Do I love eggs? Do I love kitchen gadgets? Are my omelets just shameful? The answer to all those questions is a resounding YES.
When I first moved out on my own, egg sandwiches were the first healthy breakfast that I learned to make. We all know eating breakfast is crucial to losing weight, and eggs are a good way to start the day. I used liquid egg whites (which make an already easy recipe ten times easier), a whole wheat English muffin, reduced-fat cheese, and a few slices of deli ham to create a so-much-better-than-a-McMuffin breakfast.
About a year later, I saw a recipe in “Self” for a frittata, and it sounded great, so I branched out. It involved spinach and mushrooms, and this was what got me into the whole “veggies in your breakfast” thing. The problem was that my frittata and subsequent attempts at omelets turned into what my mom affectionately refers to as “scrambled eggs with a lot of sh*t in them.”
She’s right. No matter how much I try, I cannot keep them flat and thin. They are never perfectly folded. I cannot get the veggies to cook at the right rate. I have experienced some cheese disasters. (Hint: don’t add cheese to raw eggs!) Usually they come out tasting fine, but they look like a hot scrambled mess. S-A-D.
But then a few weeks ago my mom came home from Bed, Bath, and Beyond with this guy!
An omelet pan. With a cute little egg on it! I didn’t believe at first. It seemed too small and too deep to properly cook eggs. But then she showed me how perfectly her eggs came out. They are so fluffy! If you add veggies, it steams them perfectly. Even though it’s small, it can hold a few eggs and at least four servings of liquid egg whites (which is a lot).
So I gave it a try, and I was sold!
Do I love the cute little egg? Why yes, I do. Why does he look so sad? Is it because I am frying his friends??
The pan makes perfect round eggs for my little sandwiches.
I’ve also found that putting the slice of cheese right in the pan for about 20 seconds when the eggs are done is a good idea–then it melts and is just better overall. Also, because it keeps the egg so neat and compact, you can put a veggie omelet right on the English muffin for the best breakfast sandwich ever (take that McGriddler motherf*cker)!
Ours came from Bed, Bath, & Beyond, which is great, because you probably have a 20 percent off coupon sitting in your mail bin right now; also you can order it on Amazon.
And now a bad joke (because there are so many egg jokes, and I avoided making a single pun this entire time)…
What do you call a mischievous egg?
A practical yolker!
Have a great Thursday!
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I have learned to prefer scrambled eggs with sh+t in them (and, often, cheese on top). But that little gizmo looks sweet. The problem, however, which you would learn about as you age, is each gizmo further clutters an already cluttered kitchen. And each takes significant energy to make, adding to our carbon footprint. But then again, that little sucker is cool.