The above monstrosity was an attempt to make a 'packed to the brim with vegetables' omelet. It looks pretty unappealing in this picture and I will admit that it was not the tasty delicious meal that I was looking forward to. And it had a lot of calories - 556 to be exact.
So why did I cook this? For starters I was unorganised. They day before I had defrosted a split chicken to be cooked in the slow cooker all day so that I would be able to walk straight in the door after work and have a delicious and healthy dinner on the table in less than 30 minutes. So didn't happen.
Instead, I came home - starving - and there was nothing for me to cook. This is usually when disaster strikes. I'm starving, tired and the kids are banging on that they are hungry. My usual go-to meal is pretty lame - pasta with a jar of pasta sauce. So I made my husband (the poor thing) and the kids pasta while I dry fried (without oil or water) broccoli, capsicum and onion. Then I fork-whisked two jumbo eggs together and added them to a small frypan with a 1/2 tablespoon of oil. The oil is what really pushed up the calorie count, adding an extra 73 calories. Perhaps I should have used a spray of oil or cooked the eggs on a very low heat to stop them from sticking and burning? Anyway, lesson learned!
Once the eggs had started to set a little, I added the cooked vegetables plus a chopped tomato (fresh from our garden) and stirred together. At the same time, I toasted two slices of grainy bread.
To, hahaha, serve, I just heaped (obviously) the cooked egg mixture over the toast and added some hot tomato sauce over the top.
It wasn't really tasty at all. My husband was complaining that he had to eat pasta and he would have preferred my egg mixture thingy. Once I started eating though, I assured him that he was definitely NOT missing out.
So I will just put this one down to experience and perhaps try to find a recipe next time?
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