MAKE ME AN OMELET

RECIPES FOR DAYS WHEN TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE AND YOU NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT WILL NOURISH AND NURTURE WITHOUT TAKING ALL DAY LONG TO MAKEThere is really something almost 'other-worldly' about eating an omelet. It makes you feel so continental and sophisticated, like you're sitting at a sidewalk cafe on the Champs-Elysees in Paris, watching all the beautiful French girls walking by with their cute little French poodles. Every French person knows how to make an omelet; I think it is in their genes In France, an omelet is not a breakfast dish, but something they eat for lunch or even dinner with a fresh green salad and a peach or a pear on the side along with a 'baguette', the traditional crusty and delicious French bread. But even if you don't have any French genes, you can still make a very passable omelet and the more you make them, the better you'll get until voila!, your omelet is good as they come and that's why you keep trying it over and over again until you get the hang of it. They're fun to make and always good to eat. Also, an omelet is something you can whip up on the spur of the moment that looks spectacular. You'll feel like you've accomplished something monumental and, in reality, you have. So here is how it's done:

1. Chop up some mushrooms, onions, peppers or whatever fresh vegetables you want to have in your omelet, say about 1/2 C. mushrooms and 1/4 C. onion and pepper.

2. Fry 1/2 C. fresh sausage until it is well browned or 3 strips of good quality bacon, crisp and crumbled. Drain on paper towels.

3. Grate 1/2 C. good quality cheese of your choice. I usually use cheddar, but any kind will do.
Fry the fresh vegetables in 1 T. oil

Set these all aside.

4. Take 2-3 eggs and beat them well with a fork in a small deep bowl. Add 1 T. water.

Pour the eggs into a 10" Teflon frying pan. Allow the eggs to cook well on one side before carefully lifting up the omelet so the uncooked eggs run underneath it, then turn it over to the other side. Allow it to cook for about 30-40 seconds or until it is slightly browned and set.

5. Place the cheese, meat and vegetables on one side of the omelet and fold over the top so it makes a sandwich. Add more cheese to the top and garnish with parsley or whatever you want to make it look even better.

6. You might want to serve your omelet with some fried red potatoes. Here is the easiest way to make them: Take 2-3 potatoes, poke them with a fork and put them in the microwave for 2 minutes. Take them out, cut them into chunks and fry them in 2 T. oil until they're lightly browned. Season with seasoning salt, garlic salt and parsley. Enjoy!