Microwave omelette, forage

I am so sorry for not keeping up with the blog lately! Grad school is winding down and I'm looking for jobs and writing my thesis, two things that don't mesh well with finding time to write out my cooking process and recipes. While you're waiting for me to put up something more complicated (I have meatloaf and banana chocolate chip donuts with peanut butter frosting coming up!) why don't you try making an omelette in the microwave?

I made it yesterday morning for breakfast, but it was way too much for me to eat in one sitting, so Buster really enjoyed himself. :)

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Try it out. I've seen other recipes that take much less time in the microwave to make. I don't know if it's because my microwave is particularly low-powered or if my particular combination of ingredients made it take forever. I ended up microwaving mine for about 6 minutes, which I think is too long to consider this is a time-saver. I think I might omit the milk (or decrease to one tablespoon) next time. Also, if I halved this recipe to feed just me (and not my dog too!) it would take much less time. I'll definitely play around with it.

I did ham and cheddar cheese this time, because that's what I needed to use up. I also squirted some Sriracha on top of my portion, because it is so good with eggs. A different hot sauce could work, but I prefer Sriracha. You could use just egg whites too. I've done that with feta and spinach before. It was pretty awesome.

Some other good omelette microwave combinations:

• Herbs (dill, chives, parsley), scallions, and goat cheese
• Feta and spinach
• Bell pepper, cooked sausage, and mushrooms

It's all good, y'all. Go crazy.

Microwave omelette
(serves 1 woman and 1 small dog)

Ingredients

3 eggs
3 tbsp milk (I used whole, because that's what I had--skim, 2%, half and half are all fine to use)
a handful of shredded cheddar cheese (use swiss, if you like that sort of thing ::shudder::)
a couple slices of deli ham, torn into small pieces
salt and pepper, to taste

Preferred condiment: Sriracha or other hot sauce. My grandma loved salsa on her omelettes.

Crack eggs into a largish cereal bowl and whisk in the milk with a fork. Add salt and pepper and stir again. Stir in the ham and cheese. Place in the microwave and cook in two-minute increments, until the egg is no longer runny in the middle. If it's cooked on top, poke through the middle with a fork and check to make sure it's done all the way through.