Omelette Recipe | Quick and Easy

Omelette

4 ratings

Cooking Time:5 mins

Serves:1 Adult

Cost:Low

Busy lifestyles mean we don’t always have time to cook from scratch. Omelettes are a very quick meal to make and are very healthy, especially if you take care to include lots of vegetables.

Ingredients

2 medium eggs
3 teaspoons of water
½ teaspoon of dried herbs
1 teaspoon of olive oil
Black pepper to taste

Method

Beat the eggs, water, pepper and herbs together. If you do this in a jug it makes it easier to pour into the pan
Heat the oil in a frying pan, and add the egg mixture
Spread the mixture around the pan and cook until the eggs are set and come away from the edge of the pan, the mixture should be firm
Turn the omelette carefully to cook on the other side

What you will need

Frying pan
Wooden spoon

Serving suggestions

Some tasty combinations are: chopped onion, cherry tomatoes and peas; or chopped onion and mushroom. You can also try adding meat, for example, ham or some leftover cooked chicken

Nutritional Information:

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The recipe contains

Energy

727kj

175kcal

Fat

13.9g

20%

Saturates

3.3g

16%

Sugars

Salt

0.4g

To add some variety to your omelette, try gently cooking some vegetables in the pan before adding the egg mixture.

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