Fantastic Veggie and Goat Cheese Omelette

Had a wonderful omelette this morning for breakfast:  scrambled eggs with caramelized vidalia onions, chopped red pepper, spinach and goat cheese.

Yummmmmmmmy!

Just had to share a quick recipe -- it honestly took me no more than 10 minutes to put the entire meal together from the start of chopping to plating the eggs and buttering the toast.  It was one of those happy accidents of what I could throw together quickly from our fridge and pantry, and I am so, so happy we had all of this.

Here's the loose version of the recipe:


Scrambled Eggs with Caramelized Vidalia Onions, Red Peppers, Spinach and Goat Cheese

Take half a vidalia onion and chop roughly.   Heat a small nonstick skillet over medium-high heat, and add olive oil; heat until oil begins to shimmer then toss in the chopped onion, stirring to coat, and allow to fry until it begins to wilt and caramelize a bit around the edges.  At this point, give the onions a good pinch of sea salt and a hefty grind of black pepper, stir, and let them begin to brown, stirring occasionally to prevent any burning.

Meanwhile, cut, seed and chop 1/2 of a red bell pepper.  When the onion begins to caramelize, toss the chopped red bell pepper into the pan and brown a bit as well.  Once all of this is cooked through and caramelized, add a substantial handful of washed baby spinach and stir well to incorporate with the hot ingredients.  At this point, I removed this pan from the heat, gave it another good stir, and let it sit.

I took three eggs and a cup of egg whites and whisked them together in a small bowl.  Then I placed another small nonstick skillet on the stove at medium-low heat, and added a pat of butter to the pan to melt and begin to foam.  Then pour in the eggs, whisking gently to form curds and allow the eggs to begin to set.  I did a grind of sea salt and a couple of pepper at this point to season the eggs and left them to cook, stirring frequently to scramble gently.  I then took some goat cheese, crumbled it onto the eggs, and stirred it in to melt into the cooking eggs, still stirring to prevent overcooking at any point.  Once they were almost done, I plated the veggies on the bottom, then topped them with the eggs and cheese, crumbling a little more goat cheese on the top of each.

During this, I'd also placed a couple of pieces of whole wheat toast in the toaster.  It popped up when it was brown and I spread a little olive oil/butter spread on the top and we were ready to eat.

Seriously easy and absolutely delicious.  Caramelizing the onions first makes an enormous payoff in taste, and is worth the effort.  Enjoy!

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