Egg•strordinaire
January 3rd, 2007 by Fiddledeedee
Since I’ve started back on the Southbeach diet, I’m eating a lot of eggs for breakfast. That is, if I get around to it. This is a typical morning in my household
as I begin to prepare my eggs.
Emme: “Mom, can you get me some pancakes?”
Me: “Sure.” (Don’t be impressed, these are found in the frozen food section) “Cailey, do you want some pancakes too?”
Cailey: “No thanks Mom, I’m not hungry.”
The pancakes are nuked and served to Emme in a lovely presentation. (My children are not allowed to use the microwave themselves. If you knew my children, you would not ask why.) All the pancake fixings are then put away. I’m a clean as you go kind of gal.
Cailey: (eyeing the sister’s pancakes) “Mom, can I have some pancakes?”
Me: (as I am beginning to make my own breakfast, for the second or fifteenth time) “I asked you and you said that you didn’t want any.”
Cailey: “Well, I changed my mind. You always say it’s a woman’s ‘pogative’.”
I put aside my egg making to get the pancake fixings out again. Pancakes are then served to Cailey, and as always, in a lovely presentation. Pancake fixings are then stored away. And, finally, I begin to prepare the morning mommy’s omelet. At this point I’m near death from starvation.
Emme: (eyeing her sister’s pancakes) “Mom, can I have some more pancakes, please?”
Now to the point of the WFMW post. You know that I must take you with me down the bunny trail before I reach The Point. I have figured, that if I want to eat breakfast, before, say noon, I have a window of opportunity that spans approximately 20 to 30 seconds.
Listen to this. I have found an amazing invention that allows me to make the perfect omelet in a very short amount of time. With very little clean up.
I found this at Wal•Mart and the cost was under 3 dollars. Be still my heart. It’s by Mainstays and is simply called “Nordic Ware Microwave Omelet Maker.” I was as usual skeptical. Microwaved eggs? Only if I’m hungry for the taste of tires. Not so. Before I found this invention, I made a very tasty omelet the old fashioned way, but it took me at least 15 to 20 minutes. And the clean up lasted well into the afternoon. Now, I can put together the perfect omelet while I’m juggling the breakfasts of 4 other hungry barbarians. I’ve even gotten them to eat omelets as well. Each omelet suited to their individual taste. I know, I’m a glutton for punishment.
I spray both sides of the omelet dish with a little canola spray. Mix the eggs in a measuring cup and pour them into the cookware. Then after 2 minutes in the microwave, stir the eggs and add cheese and whatever is left over in the fridge from last night. After another 2 minutes, I remove it from the microwave, close the lid, reopen and slide it onto my waiting plate and fork. And voila, I’m getting some much needed protein for breakfast.
Now, if I could figure out a way to actually sit down while I eat my omelet, with a cup of coffee, breakfast would be perfection. But at least now, it happens before noon.
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Posted in Works For Me Wednesday | 19 Comments »
January 3rd, 2007 at 6:19 am
Ooh, that looks good! Gonna have to check that out @ Walmart- I am always in to big of a rush to eat breakfast- but I could fit this in-
Good luck on your diet, YOU CAN DO IT!!
January 3rd, 2007 at 7:52 am
Ok off to wal mart I go today, thanks. I have been making eggs every morning also.
Can I just share a pet peeve. I make something, one son says he is not hungry, then after I make the rest their dinner/breakfast/snack, then I sit down to eat MINE. Then the one son comes up and says “can you make me….”. I WAS JUST IN THERE MAKING THEM! Sorry hit a sore spot, it drives me up the wall and the Lord really has to hold me down so I don’t blow a top. If it happens once, ok, but
each time it is a different person and it happens almost daily. Sorry you got me in vent mode on this one gal.
But I too am eating my canadian bacon and Egg Beaters (of course I did have a little chocolate Dove late last night, I am sure that was not allowd
Now you got me writing a novel here, I will stop. I need to go to Wal-Mart.
January 3rd, 2007 at 8:28 am
My husband would absolutely love this. I have to get one! He’s doing the South Beach again. I’ve done it many times – just now right now, although I’m sure I need to. You have to be ‘ready’ for that one.
Your kids, again, sound just like mine. Just yesterday, I was going through their fickle attitudes about breakfast, and I said (under my breath, I thought), “You girls are killing me”. Emma walked over to Olivia and said, “Don’t worry, Olivia. Mommy isn’t really dying. She just says that when we get on her nerves.”
January 3rd, 2007 at 8:42 am
“All the pancake fixings are then put away. I’m a clean as you go kind of gal. Cailey: (eyeing the sister’s pancakes) “Mom, can I have some pancakes?”
At which point you shoot a dead-pan look at the hidden camera in your pantry and think, “What am I, the IHOP?”
January 3rd, 2007 at 8:56 am
What is it with kids? They can be on the other side of the house and if you start doing something for yourself, they come out of the woodwork needing things! I think they are smarter than they show us sometimes!
The omelet maker looks great! I will have to get me one when I go to Wal-Mart next. Thanks for sharing!
January 3rd, 2007 at 9:17 am
Wow, that is is the coolest invention. I am definitely getting one of those. It would be a nice Sunday dinner when I am too tired to cook. Thanks for the tip!
Oh, and your house sounds like my house except one of the people can’t talk…No, they just scream & scream & scream until their breakfast is in front of them.
January 3rd, 2007 at 9:34 am
I should get one of those for my girl who loves omelets so much. I hate making them because I always make a mess and never get it quite right.
January 3rd, 2007 at 10:29 am
That is awesome! I happen to be going to Walmart tonight~can you believe that Wal-mart is the only store we have in our town
( Anywho, I have been eating alot of eggs on my diet and this would definitely save my hips from standing on them 
) And to think the kids could make their own as well!! Love it!
Have a great day DeeDee!!!!
January 3rd, 2007 at 11:00 am
I just got back from Wal-Mart–but heading back! This sounds like a great idea. Thanks for sharing!
January 3rd, 2007 at 11:29 am
wow! you’ve totally inspired me. i love omelets but who has the time for all the prep and cleanup. I can’t wait to try it out…
January 3rd, 2007 at 8:43 am
Oh Jules, the IHop is too Hoopty Ploopty for me. It would be more like “What do I look like? The drive thru at McDonalds?”
January 3rd, 2007 at 5:05 pm
I love that and will have to look for it the next time I’m in the city. We don’t have a Walmart where I live if you can believe it.
Great tip!
Laura
January 3rd, 2007 at 5:10 pm
Great tip! Thanks for sharing, I’ll have to look for one of those =) Happy New Year!
January 3rd, 2007 at 7:40 pm
Hmmm…now that sounds handy. My family loves eggs, but they are pretty messy. I’ve been reading a little about the South Beach Diet. Have you ever done it before?
January 3rd, 2007 at 9:14 pm
DeeDee – I am so with you! I feel like it’s never MY turn to eat! In fact, I was going through that today, a few times (one of those times while I was making eggs-in the microwave-LOL). It’s one of the reasons I’ve decided to have the kids help me get lunch ready, as stressful as that can be. I think the omelet maker would definitely improve the process.
Thanks!
Laurel- I understand. It’s a peeve, too. One wants one, the other doesn’t. Then she does. Then she won’t eat it. Then they want something else — OH NO YOU DON’T, YOU’LL EAT IT AND YOU’LL LIKE IT!! ARRRGH! I try to stick to a rule when we’re eating. If everybody is served and I am already sitting to eat mine, I’m not getting up again until I am done unless it’s REALLY important.
January 3rd, 2007 at 10:06 pm
Oh, I’m going to have to check out a nearby Walmart or Target and see if I can find this.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for your comment on my WFMW mesh laundry bag uses post! I do appreciate it!
January 4th, 2007 at 12:03 am
I’m definitely going to have to get one of these. I’ve been making a ton of egg white omelettes since starting back on WW. This would really come in handy. Thanks for sharing.
I can totally relate to your breakfast chaos. My kids are the same way.
January 4th, 2007 at 2:10 am
And I bet, with this handy dandy invention, there might actually be a chance you could eat them at least lukewarm?
If I made mine last, that is…
February 15th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
Hello! I found one of these pans and I’m so excited. Quick question from this challenged in the kitchen cook…when you say 2 minutes…is that on high power? Just want to get this right!! Thank you for the tip!
Laura