5 Egg Omelet with Ham and Cheese

By Justine C. Tajonera

5 Egg Omelet with Ham and Cheese

What you'll need:

• 5 eggs
• 2-3 slices of cooked ham
• 1/4 cup of diced cheddar cheese
• a dash of salt (since the ham and cheddar cheese can be salty)
• a little butter

Procedure:

• Pre-heat your skillet on medium-high heat. Put a little butter, enough to cover the surface of the pan.
  
• Slice the cooked ham into little squares and prepare the diced cheddar cheese.
  
• Beat the eggs in a bowl and add a dash of salt.
  
• When the skillet is hot enough, pour the egg mixture onto the pan and leave alone for a few seconds.
  
• When the sides of the omelet start getting cooked, carefully drop the pieces of ham onto the omelet until you've strategically covered most of it.
  
• Then add the cheese after.
  
• Carefully fold the omelet. Turn off the heat and remove from pan.
  
• Serve with whole wheat toast.

Serves 2-3 people.

It's All About the Pan

I never realized how uninspired I was because I had the wrong frying pan. We were making do with an old, cheap frying pan (the thin type that burns most of the food that you put on it while the heat is high). Everything stuck to that pan and I dreaded washing it.

Why did I have to suffer?

Vier and I recently decided to get a proper pan because we had to cook (no household help). We got ourselves a Sunnex skillet on sale: double coated Teflon, thick stainless steel base, built for electric ovens (which is the one we have at home, no gasul allowed in our building). It's in an apple green color.

Boy, I'm happy. It's the first time I've been able to make lovely, perfect pancakes. And now, a lovely folded omelet. When it folded over perfectly I wanted to melt with joy. So, apparently, that's part of the secret of cooking. If you don't have the right instruments, you might not also get the results you were looking for.