Thalia learns to cook: Omelet!

Thalia learns to cook posts are recipes and examples of dishes I can now make! Taken from a variety of sources and changed according to my abilities, needs, and dislike of doing dishes.

Here are the steps I used to take when preparing an omelet. See if you can spot the errors!

Step 1) Decide to make an omelet.

Step 2) Turn on the heat to full blast because things need to be hot!

Step 3) Find a pan, put it on the heat.

Step 4) Put in some olive oil.

Step 5) Realize that the pan is heating up way to fast and quickly crack some eggs into a too small cereal bowl and try to mix them as fast as you can with a fork because you don’t own a whisk. Try not to get too much extra egg on the countertop.

Step 6) Add some milk to the eggs and pour into the pan without fully mixing it in.

Step 7) Take out your veggies (onion, mushroom, broccoli that’s half bad because you bought broccoli without thinking about what you were going to do with it).

Step 8) Cut veggies quickly because you realize that the eggs are starting to burn. Use a plate to cut veggies because you don’t want to wash a cutting board and your plates are 15 year old hand me downs.

Step 9) Dump veggies into pan and realize you have no idea how to flip an omelet.

Step 10) Take spatula and attempt to flip omelet. Fail miserably, and decide you would be ok with scrambled eggs instead.

Step 11) Mix up eggs and veggies into a sort of scramble.

Step 12) Dump whole pan, burned eggs and all, back onto plate where you cut veggies.

Step 13) Eat eggs and mostly raw veggies with a side of bitter disappointment.

NOW!

Here are the current steps I take to make an omelet. See if you can spot the differences!

Step 1) Decide to make an omelet.

Step 2) Get out all of your ingredients: Eggs, milk, butter, onion, mushroom and broccoli that you bought specifically to make the omelet, because broccoli is delicious and good for you. Cheese is also a possibility here.

Step 3) Using a cutting board and sharp knife, chop up the vegetables into small piles. You need less than you think you do, but if you have extras, you can always store for tomorrow.

Step 4) Crack eggs into mixing bowl, add milk and whisk together with awesome whisk.

Step 5) Put pan on burner. Turn heat to medium low. Medium low is your friend.

Step 6) Add butter to the pan, as it melts, put in the vegetables.

Step 7) As the veggies cook, stir carefully with a spoon or spatula.

Step 8) Once the veggies are pretty close to cooked, pour in eggs.

Step 9) Wait until eggs are almost set. Slide spatula under one side of the eggs.

Step 10) Take a deep breath, and flip! The more of the spatula you can get under the eggs, the better off you will be.

Step 11) Sprinkle cheese in the middle if that’s your style.

Step 12) Fold omelet in half, slide onto fresh clean plate.

Step 13) Enjoy your veggie and cheese omelet with a side of awesome.