Spina-Arti-Gouda-Licious Omelette

So elegant in its simplicity.  My favorite omelet.  Or omelet.  Or is it omelette??

I credit myself as being a quite a good speller, but this word eluded me.  I started with ‘omlet,’ but I knew that didn’ t look right, so I went to google.  All I found were discussions of how to spell said word, nothing pointing to what was actually correct.

Next, I tried dictionary.com.  Here’s what I found there:

Notice the “Also, omelette.”  So apparently there’s no real answer.  Just know that omlet is wrong; omelet or omelette are okay.

Now that that is cleared up, on to the omellletttte.  Heh.

It may not look like much, but man oh man is it deeeelicious!  I never remember to take a picture of it before I start eating it, so I decided to snap it after a few bites.  That way you can see the innards, right?  It’s really too bad there’s no macro option on my camera so pictures like this would come out clearer.  I guess I’m just going to have to invest in a D-SLR soon.  I almost got one at Christmas, but then decided I might not use it enough.  Now I have an excuse!

Oh, one more rant before the recipe.  This recipe utilizes artichoke hearts.  Do you know who has the BEST DEAL EVER on artichoke hearts?  It’s ALDI.  Everyone I know hates on Aldi every time I mention it, but I freaking love that store.  Their prices are soooo good, and the quality is good, too.  I can buy a 12oz. jar of artichoke hearts in water at Aldi for $2.29!  Every other store only seems to have art hearts packed in oil only, and I can’t stand the ones packed in oil.  Nevermind they cost almost twice as much!   Aldi also sells marinated artichokes and artichoke salad for the same price, but like I said, not a fan of artichoke hearts in oil.

Without further ado, the recipe…

Spina-Arti-Gouda-Licious Omelette

Ingredients:

• 2 whole eggs
• 1 egg white
• Couple ounces of fresh or frozen spinach
• 4-5 artichoke hearts, chopped
• Smoked gouda (as much as you like!)
• Couple chopped asparagus spears (optional)
• Chopped onion (optional)

Get your wonderful husband (since mine is the perfect omelet-maker, I have to give him credit) to heat the spinach with the artichoke hearts, onions and asparagus until everything is nice & hot and the spinach is wilted.  Press out as much water from the veggies as you can and set aside.  Whisk eggs and pour into pan greased with butter or something nice (I haven’t had the guts to use real butter yet.  I’m working on it – I already stopped using just cooking spray, but for now I’m using Smart Balance Omega-3.  I’ll graduate to butter soon.).  Let eggs cook until done on the bottom, throw in veggies & cheese and fold over.

Voila!  Spina-Arti-Gouda-Licious Omelette!  Enjoy with an orange or an Almond Butter Banana Nut Muffin!  Whats your favorite omlet/omelet/omelette?

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