Omelette and chips! Yummy! (Cooking on a Budget!)

Member Name: pmcds

Product:	Cooking on a Budget!
Date:	30/10/08 (43 review reads)
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Advantages: Quick and easy to cook

Disadvantages: Preparation time

As there isn't a section (as far as I can see) for eggs, and this recipe rather cheap as well, I thought I'd put it here. It's quite easy to make as well, and it will stop the lazy among you for splashing out on a nice ready meal (if such a thing exists) when you can just make it yourself and eat at home for cheap.

This recipe is for an omelette that my wife and I like to cook. The ingredients:

4 eggs
1 red pepper
1 green pepper
1 onion
2 rashers bacon
4 mushrooms
a little oil
10 potatoes
5 carrots

It'll serve 2 people, and the potatoes and carrots are separate to the omelette itself, so you can disregard these if you just want the omelette on its own.

First, put a little oil into a frying pan. Then, add the peppers, sliced thinly to cook quicker and to form with the omelette well. Once they're slightly softened, add the onion, thinly diced, and the mushrooms, thinly sliced. Cook these until they are all soft, then add the four beaten eggs, spreading evenly. You'll have about 5 seconds to spread it around evenly before it starts solidifying on the bottom.

If you have a lid for your frying pan, put it on the top. This allows the top to cook as well. If not, use a plate that the same size. After about ten minutes, carefully flip the frying pan and plate upside down so the omelette is on the plate, then slide it back into the frying pan to ensure the other side is cooked and that it is cooked thoroughly all the way through. After another few minutes, you should have an omelette with a good amount of filling that tastes gorgeous.

With the carrots, I peel and slice them, either in slices or batons, I'm not fussed, and they take 10-15 mins to boil, depending on the carrots and the thickness of the cut. Just serve them plain.

The potatoes take the longest. Peel and slice them into chip-shaped pieces. Spread them out in a baking tray with a little oil and salt to stop them sticking and to give them a bit of crunch, then pop them in the oven at about 180 degrees C if you have a fan assisted oven. They'll take 20 or 30 mins or so, and will need turning regularly. How long you leave them in for depends on how well done you want them.

When this is all done, you'll have omelette, chips and carrots, a lovely filling meal, and it shouldn't cost you too much either. Enjoy!

Summary: Great meal and filling too