Omelet night

I always have those nights when I just have a craving for something besides pasta or rice. I just need to have that protein and usually I come up with Omelets. I don't usually make these for breakfast because I think it is just too much food for the morning when I am still trying to wake up my stomach. I DO think that this is the perfect dinner meal when you really don't want to cook too much and don't feel like having a super starchy meal.

To start my omelets I put 2-3 eggs (depending on the person eating it) into my magic bullet. This machine is so amazing and I really REALLY love it. I pretty much use it everyday, whether it be for a smoothie or just to help make scrambled eggs.

I put about 1/2 TBSP oil into the pan to get hot and then I add the egg. I make sure that the egg is spread out evenly in the pan so it will cook evenly and I don't get those really disgusting soggy spots. I usually let this cook 2-3 minutes so it isn't soggy in the middle. Then I add whatever I fancy.

My husband's Omelet-

My husband likes to keep things simple. He doesn't like to add fancy stuff. I used 3 eggs for his omelet because he works hard all day long and he needs the extra protein. In the middle I put cheese, bacon and cherry tomatoes (since I have a million in my garden). Then I garnished with a tomato on top.

My daughter's Omelet-

This 3 year old is really picky so I kept it super simple and just used 2 eggs and cheese and bacon. She loved it because I cut it up like pizza. She will eat anything in the shape of pizza.

My Omelet-

Unlike my husband I like to make things fancy so before I got to cooking all of the omelets I dices some onion, garlic and green peppers and sauteed them all together so they would be slightly cooked when I put them into my omelet. I used 2 eggs for my omelet because I am super picky about the texture of the omelet and I CAN NOT eat soggy omelets. In the middle I put the veggies that I had sauteed beforehand, cheese and bacon. I decided not to do tomatoes this time because I wanted to dip my omelet in my homemade salsa. I really enjoyed mine and the veggies just hit the spot. I also garnished with some green pepper to make it look pretty. Just something fancy.

I just love Omelet night.

Zucchini Bread

The baseball bats are taking over! I have to keep up with my zucchini somehow and I thought that I would shred a bunch of it and put it into my freezer. Then I decided to use some of the zucchini to make a treat for us and zucchini bread sounded perfect. I also needed to make something to take to my neighbor so I set out for the task.

Zucchini Bread

3 beaten eggs

1 cup oil

2 3/4 cup sugar

3 tsp vanilla

1 tsp salt

1 tsp baking soda

1 1/4 tsp baking powder

3 tsp cinnamon

2 cups shredded zucchini

3 cups flour

1 cup chopped nuts or chocolate chips

In your Kitchenaid mixer combine the eggs, oil, sugar and vanilla. Mix all dry ingredients in a separate container and then add to the Kitchenaid mixer and mix well. Then add the zucchini again mixing thoroughly. Pour into 3 bread pans ( I did two last time and so my loaves were huge but I suggest using 3 instead. Sprinkle the nuts or the chocolate chips on just before you put it into the oven. Cook at 325 for 70 minutes.

This particular loaf turned out extremely moist. It was delectable and all of the chocolate chips sunk to the bottom to make for a surprise on the bottom. My husband really liked it and surprisingly so did my really picky 3 year old eater.

Happy Baking!