To begin with an aside, I’ve always been a good speller (just saying…this single mom doesn’t brag about anything), but, holy cow, words pop up as I get older, and I just can’t get them right. Over and over, I switch letters around or double them, letting spell check do the work. Finally, exasperated, I open a tab and google my word, as in “spell omelette”. OK, terrible example. The American spelling is up there in my title. The one I thought was correct actually is…all over Europe.

Back to the omelet, aka omelette….I tried so hard. And long story short, it was delicious. Here’s what’s going on in this NJ townhouse. The Food Network has been on in the background of my life. I’m not just unloading the dishwasher. Oh no, I’m learning how to sear scallops as I stack plates.

Watching food shows with half an eye for hours at a time makes me want to try a few things in the kitchen. Even though I don’t have the boys this weekend, I feel like we single parents should nontheless eat healthily and well!

Disclaimer: I’m not putting the following out there as an actual recipe. Let’s call it an idea. It’s what hours of ingesting food shows by osmosis inspired me to try.

My egg canvas…

I cracked two eggs into my favorite copper pan. Then I created a culinary work of art on my egg canvas. I threw down ham, a chopped, fresh tomato, parsley (spellcheck saved me from parsely), and crumbled feta. For good measure and hopefully an instant omelet top, I cracked a third egg on.

The folded egg hides its uncooked middle well.

It all looked so beautiful and healthy. However, it simply wasn’t cooking, and I’m not personally into raw and undercooked foods. I folded it. The middle still wasn’t firming up. I reopened it, took that spatula, and flipped! (escalating action) Success!… or not, depending on how you look at it. I managed to cook my lunch but absolutely ended up with a scrambled product. As previously stated, it was delicious. The moral of the story is that sometimes throwing ingredients together will result in an unattractive, yet healthy and delicious lunch!

My “scrambled omelet”…delish!