Western Omelet—A Cowboy’s Delight!

Name: Western Omelet—A Cowboy’s Delight!
Yield: serves 2
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons chopped yellow onion; 2 tablespoons finely chopped red and/or green bell pepper; 1/3 cup thinly sliced white button mushrooms; 1/4 cup diced ham (not sugar-cured); 2 teaspoons canola oil; 4 large eggs; Salt and ground black pepper to taste; 1/3 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese

January 24, 2012

Cooks' Note

This hearty “ranchman” breakfast provides a good combination of protein and carbohydrates and should keep you quite satisfied until your midmorning snack of a nice piece of fruit or a few nuts. It’s so big it would be difficult to flip, so we just stick it under the broiler and let it puff up instead. Serve with stone-ground whole-wheat toast.

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