Traffic Light Omlette
One long story how we get to fast breakfasts…
We were having roast chicken a couple of days ago and that day I felt a strong craving for spinach, so I went and bought some frozen one in a kind of pellets, more like tablets actually, it was organic but .. well, lets just say after all that cutting, packing, “tabletting” and freezing – there wasn’t much spinach-ness left in it.
Fast forward to next dinner. We decided we will have a Chinese flavoured chicken noodle soup from chicken bone broth made from that roast chicken bones and some chicken meat left over. Katherine suggested it actually, saying its cold and we need something warm and liquid to keep us strong. Go Girl! So anyway, we did as we were told 🙂
Roger always does this amazing Chinese omelette to be cut into strips to be added on top of the soup. When he made it, Katherine hovered around the kitchen, sampled some and said it was yummy. We continued eating strips of omelette during dinner on top of our soup and then she asked that question that is quite new and still makes me smile a silly proud smile inside and out “Roger, which ingredients did you use?” There were spring onions, fresh coriander, sesame oil and soy sauce in it, apart from eggs of course. I said I would love to have just such an omelette for breakfast.
Green omelette! Yes from the pre-schooler. Second “Yes” from me – thinking maybe I can use up those spinach “tablets”, they are a natural colouring, not a vegetable any more.
Roger of course comes up with yet another twist – “what about having a traffic light omelette? Red, Green and Yellow?” So that was that, cemented in our minds and on our planning chalk board. I thought (that was 8 pm and some wine later) great idea, really easy, some cooked pepper pureed for the red one, spinach tablet for green one, plain for the yellow). However, when your child wakes you up at 6 am tickling you with a toy monkeys foot, asking you for a traffic light omelette, you realise how mad and unrealistic your idea of cooking AND puréeing a red pepper was… I made some excuse and offered a speedier option that morning and pierced Roger with a deadly glare saying thank you very much for coming up with the most elaborate breakfast idea ever!
This morning however I had this traffic light omelette feeling – the time has come, it has to be done before the excitement of our invention wears off, I was ready for the challenge. I must admit the last couple of days I was fretting over many aspects of it: will it be green/red enough? Will it stick to the rings? Will it cook before burning? Should I arrange it on a plate in a vertical traffic light shape or should I attempt to cook the different colours in concentric circles (free hand pouring or think of concentric circle cooking rings? )Needless to say that kind of thoughts magically simplify themselves at 6:30 am.
Recipe
I decided on short cuts – I cut some raw red pepper very finely for the red one, some coriander and spring onions for the green (few drops of sesame oil). I whisked two eggs and divided them between 3 bowls, red, green and yellow. Then I greased (with beef tallow) stainless steel rings on the frying pan to cook the three “lights”. The whole prep process took about 5 minutes. Omelettes cooked in 5 minutes too. Total 10 minutes – so manageable even on a school morning.
It was a success! We decided to add some tomato sauce to the red one next time for more flavour and colour. Green was our favourite. And a yellow/pink (with lots of bacon) was definitely asking to be included into the next mini omelette feast.
These omelettes seemed to us to be a great “take with you to the play park” snack. Compact, non-crumbly, full of goodness and flavour. And yes, my daughter eats cold omelettes to the disbelief of many people, but I don’t really understand this “disbelief”, ’cause I like them cold too 🙂
I keep thinking about beetroot for dark pink… And black olives for a black omelette… or even squid ink? Any other suggestions?
What was in today’s breakfast:
egg
clarified butter
fresh coriander
spring onions
red pepper
sesame oil
beef tallow
natural sea salt
Read up on why eggs are good for us:
Dairy and Egg Product Facts
Eat eggs and have chicken too
Seven reasons why butter is good for you