Omelet people, share your recipes.

[Azrael256]

After two years of watching the chef in the cafeteria make me an omelet every morning, I decided to give it a try on my own.  Evidently my powers of observation have not completely failed, as I was able to pull it off without a hitch.  I discovered that an omelet is a fantastic way to dispose of the leftovers from last night's dinner.  I just polished off some of last night's smoked turkey, some pepper-jack, and a whole pile of mushrooms.

So, give me ideas.  What odd things do you guys like in yours?

[stevelyn]

Everything except seafood. Omelets are limited only by one's imagination.
A typical omelet for me cheese, Spam, onions, green peppers and mushrooms if I have them (especially wild shrooms).
I limit the meat to breakfast meats such as bacon (regular and Canuck), sausage, ham, and ground beef. Any variety of cheese I can get my hands on. Veggies=tomatoes, peppers (all varieties) and onion. I like to top them off with a salsa and sour cream. On simpler days Franks Hot Sauce does fine.

[Harold Tuttle]

try braising an onion in balsamic vinegar

[thumbody]

One of my favorites
Ground beef seasoned w/ taco seasoning
green and red peppers finely chopped
mushrooms
sharp cheddar
topped w/ salsa

[Vodka7]

Just make sure to use good cheese and fold in thirds

[spacemanspiff]

so i didnt look at the names of the posters replying, but i saw "spam" and instantly thought 'no one outside alaska eats spam!'
then i see it is an alaskan who uses spam in his omelets! heheh

[mfree]

leftover chili and cheese. Also fajita meats.

I've also *never* milked or watered my eggs, can't stand that. Just roll the stuff around in the pan till it's hard, flip and stuff, then fold after a few moments.

No real "recipes" here

[jefnvk]

Well, at school, I get a bunch of bacon, a bunch of ham, put it in a bowl, hand it to the cook, and tell her that I want American cheese, wait about 5 minuets, and out comes a delicious omlete.

[charby]

One of my favorites is eggs from free range chickens, scallions, chedder cheese and tomatillas.

[BobR]

Omlets are only limited by your imagination.  My favorite involves ham, cheese, mushrooms, jalepenos, and salsa.

You can do about the same thing with a tortilla. Use a burrito sized tortilla, run it through an egg dip, throw it in the skillet (open), fill with your favorite stuffings, fold and cook like an omelet. Actually works pretty well.

bob

[Standing Wolf]

Lima beans, mushrooms, cheese, bacon, spices.

I'm the only person I know who'd even consider eating a lima bean omelette.

[Paddy]

Sauteed red and green pepper and onion.  Some fresh tomatoes and maybe some feta cheese.  Top with salsa.

[Sindawe]

Must be the altitude up here Standing Wolf.

My Suffering Succotash Omelet

Take a pat to two of real butter, melt in pan and use to brown 1/4 cup of hash browns.  Reserver for later

Add 2 Tbsp of Hot Pepper olive oil to the pan, use this to brown 1/4 cup of diced hard tofu.
When brown, add 1/2 cup of Suffering Soccotash (Yellow corn, lima beans and diced Scotch Bonnet peppers) and the hash brown.
Add 1/2 cup of Egg Beaters or the like, then place in a 275 F oven until eggs almost firm, lay in sliced Pepper-Jack cheese and fold omelet over, cook for another five minutes, then top with favorite salsa and enjoy.

[stevelyn]

Hey Spiff,
Ya want Sailor Boy crackers with that?

[Silver Bullet]

I'm the only person I know who'd even consider eating a lima bean omelette.

I believe you.    

[Sean Smith]

Shaved black forrest ham & sharp cheddar cheese.  I add a tiny bit of milk to my eggs, by the way.  Black pepper and a little Tabasco on top, eat 'em with hash browns.

One of the few things about me that impresses the ladies.  

[doczinn]

Use a little half-and-half in place of the milk, it works wonders.

[stevelyn]

I prefer heavy whipping cream.

[LawDog]

No Muss-No Fuss Omelettes:

Take three eggs, crack 'em and dump them into a ziplock baggie.  Add salt and pepper to taste.  Throw in a palm full of cheddar cheese, a palm full of chopped red onion and a palm full of cooked sausage or ham or whatever floats your boat.

Seal your ziplock baggie, and place ziplock baggie inside of another ziplock baggie.  Seal and shake.

Drop your ziplock baggies into a pot of boiling water, until omelette has achieved the desired consistency, usually somewhere between five and ten minutes.

Fish baggie out of boiling water, open and deposit omelette on plate, throw away baggies.

Enjoy!

LawDog

[K Frame]

Horse. I like horse in mine.

But that's another show.

Eggs need to be at room temperature. I beat them lightly with a fork, adding a little salt, some pepper, and some ground cumin, along with a couple tablespoonsful of cream or half and half.

I like to grease the pan with bacon or sausage grease.

Fillings are whatever I feel like, most often cheese and ham.

[grislyatoms]

Grislyatoms' cholesterol bomb omelette

A handful of cream cheese cubes and cheddar cubes
shredded cheddar cheese
spicy breakfast sausage
tater tots
3 eggs
onions
broccoli
green pepper
super hot salsa

Fry breakfast sausage until done. Fry tater tots (mash them up), onion, broccoli, and green pepper in sausage grease, set aside to drain.

Scramble eggs in a bowl and add the cream cheese and cheddar. Pour in the hot pan. Fold omelete over the sausage/taters/onion/brocolli mix.

Pour hot salsa over the whole thing, top with shredded cheddar. Nuke for about 30 seconds to melt the shredded cheese.

( I eat this once in a blue moon because it's so full of fat, but damn it's good!)

[JAlexander]

I forgot about this'n, but Grisly reminded me.  Once in some little burg outside Portland I had an omelet that contained bacon, ham, sausage, cheddar and jack cheeses, onions, mushrooms, and green peppers.  It came with a huge mess of hash browns, and the whole thing was topped with sausage gravy.  I wouldn't try to eat it again, but it was mighty good that one time.

If I'm cooking at home, they usually contain cheddar and onions, and sometimes bacon.  Every now and again I'll make a dessert omelet of cream cheese and some variety of jelly.  Grape or strawberry, as a rule.

James

[InfidelSerf]

on the topic of omlets...

Has anyone seen that auto flipping pan on tv... it has a lever on the handle that flips half of the pan over to make an easy one step omlet.

I'm just curious if anyone has used it and if its worth $10   I noticed TJMaxx had some.

[K Frame]

"A handful of cream cheese cubes and cheddar cubes
shredded cheddar cheese
spicy breakfast sausage
tater tots
3 eggs
onions
broccoli
green pepper
super hot salsa"


That's not an omelette, that's the aftermath of a drive by breakfast.

[TheEgg]

Once you get a little bored with omelets, start in on fritatas.