Four Seasons Omelet
When you have children, playful nutrition is important. If they can play with their food, kids will basically eat everything you give them. This is an example of creative omelet recipe designed for children who hate spinach, carrots, bell peppers or tomatoes. It’s an omelet in four colors which takes a bit longer to cook than a common one, but it’s worth trying, for the sake of feeding your child balanced meals, healthy and full of essential nutrients.
Ingredients for 2 omelets:
- 4 eggs
- 2 ounces baby spinach, chopped, which will give us the green part of the omelet
- 2 ounces carrots, grated, for the orange part of the dish
- 1 yellow bell pepper, finely chopped, for the yellow part
- 1 small tomato, diced (this can be replaced with tomato sauce), for the red part of this playful meal
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- Salt to taste
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 10-15 minutes
Directions for cooking:
You are going to make four different one-egg omelets, in the four colors, then combine them on the two plates in such a way as to obtain the “four seasons” on each plate. If you want to obtain other colors, just think what foods you could use to help you color the omelet the way you want. Kids will love to guess the colors of the day! Break each egg in a separate bowl, then put one vegetable in each of the egg bowls, together with some salt. Cook one omelet at a time, fold them after cooking, then cut each of them in two, so you get a double-layered quarter of circle from each omelet. Combine them on the two plates, make two funny faces from chopped olives, tomatoes and parsley as food decor, then invite your kids to play and eat while the food is still hot.
Turkish Omelet
We call it Turkish omelet, but only try to say this to Turkish people, and they’d instantly reply that it’s not an omelet, it’s Menemen. Although made with the same basic ingredients as a common omelet, Menemen has a completely different, non-compact texture because of the way it is cooked and because of the bigger proportion of its main ingredients other than eggs. You can as well call this dish scrambled eggs with vegetables. Either way you may be calling it, it’s really delicious. Give it a try with our recipe here and come back to tell us how it was.
Ingredients for one omelet:
- 2 eggs
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 green pepper, chopped, seeded
- 1 big tomato, diced (if you want, you can peel it, but it’s fine even if you don’t)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil (or butter)
- Black pepper, ground
- Red pepper, ground
- Dried oregano
- Dried mint
- Salt to taste
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Cooking procedure:
Saute the chopped onions with olive oil or butter. When they soften and become slightly transparent, add the peppers, then the diced tomatoes. After these soften too and their color starts to change, add the eggs and the spices and mix everything while the food gets cooked at low to medium temperature. Stir from time to time. In about 10-15 minutes, the omelet should be done. If you want, you can add some finely chopped parsley just one minute before the cooking finishes. Depending on your personal preferences, you can add chopped black olives, feta cheese, or anything else you find suitable for an omelet. Serve it hot with toasted bread and garlic butter.