Oatmeal Omelette
My husband was browsing his way through the internet the other day and got super interested in a recipe. Yes, you heard that right, a recipe. “Listen to this,” he said, “maybe we should try this for breakfast!” The recipe was in video format, not in English but with sufficient subtitles.
“Well, why not,” I said, “it would be nice to eat something besides bacon and eggs for a change.” The quantities were in metric which throws me, but I think I got the measurements more or less right. The video cook used ordinary spoons, not measuring spoons, so I figured out that winging it a bit would work out okay.
My omelette (pancake?) didn’t poof up quite like it should, maybe because I couldn’t resist adding about 4x the amount of cheese. Here’s the basic recipe.
1 cup oatmeal in 1cup warm milk, leave sit for awhile and mush it around so it blends some
Add 1 teaspoon each of salt, pepper, and cumin
Add 2 eggs
Add 1 Tablespoon grated sharp cheese
Mix all well
Put 1 Tablespoon (or so) of olive oil in a medium sized fry pan and spread it to cover bottom.
Add your omelette mix, cover, and cook on a low heat till it poofs up, preferably fairly high.
Remove cover and turn over, cook until browned evenly, can lift edges to check.
Done!
Quite good actually, a nice alternative to regular oatmeal. We added nothing on top but maybe you could - butter? maple syrup? jam? fresh fruit? Maybe you could throw in a few pumpkin or sunflower seeds, or alter the spices.
To make it easy here’s the link to the YouTube site: https://youtu.be/Jjge2pYKuUM. Definitely worth a try. Might be worth checking out some of the other recipes there as well.
