When I need a quick and easy meal, omelette’s are normally top of the list. They are simple dinners to prepare and cook and they don’t mean I have to spend hours in the kitchen. Plus I can experiment with flavours as well. Spices are a great way to add plenty of flavour to an omelette.
Plus spices are packed full of health benefits. They are a great way to stay well during winter. Eating spices can can help to control blood sugar levels, enhance circulation and they can also help to aid digestion. Although spices aren’t prescribed by any doctor adding them to your diet can help your overall well being. The spices in this omelette certainly made our meal more interesting and hopefully they will help with this year’s cold and flu season too.
Do you like adding spices to your foods and if so what do you add them to and why? Let me know in the comments below and please don’t forget to like and follow me.
Equipment
- Sharp knife
- Chopping board
- Frying pan
- Stirring spoon
- Mixing bowl
- Fork
- Teaspoon
Ingredients
- Eggs x 8 medium
- Bacon x 8 rashers
- Courgette x 1
- Red pepper x 1
- Potatoes x 1
- Sumac x 1 tsp
- Mild, medium or hot chilli powder x 1 tsp
- Ground ginger x 1 tsp
- Ground cinnamon x 1 tsp
- Dried oregano x tsp
- Salt and pepper to taste
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180º or gas mark 4.
- Start by peeling and chopping the potato into 1 centimetre cubes.
- Put these ingredients into the baking tray and drizzle oil over the top.
- Toss the vegetables in the oil and put the baking tray into the oven for about 15 – 20 minutes.
- Next cut the red pepper, remove the core and slice into strips.
- Now peel the courgette and grate it.
- Then finely slice the leek.
- Crack the eggs into a bowl and mix with a fork.
- Slice the bacon into 1 centimetre pieces and mix in with the eggs.
- Add in the sumac, mild, medium or hot chilli powder, ground ginger, ground cinnamon and dried oregano.
- Set to one side.
- Heat the frying pan to a medium heat and add the olive oil.
- Now add the leek to the pan and stir until it becomes soft.
- It should take about 2 – 3 minutes.
- Keep stirring the onion and add the pepper and courgette.
- Stir the ingredients for another 3 – 5 minutes. (Or until everything is covered in the oil and softening.)
- Sprinkle over the sumac, smoked paprika, ground ginger, ground sweet cinnamon and dried mixed herbs.
- Remove the vegetables from the oven and add in the ones from the frying pan.
- Stir everything together and then pour over the egg.
- Sprinkle over the nutritional yeast or grate the mature cheedar over the top.
- Put the baking tray back into the oven and cook the omelette for about 25 – 30 minutes or until golden brown.
- Then serve with a salad and enjoy.
Spicy Sumac Omelette was so simple but very tasty. It makes a great evening dinner or it could be cooked as a lunchtime meal as well. Personnally I would freeze this meal but I would eat it as leftovers the next day. We thoroughly enjoyed this dinner and we hope you do too. However you decide to eat this meal, as always, please enjoy. Thank you xxx
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