eggs for dinner

This light & healthy dinner is easy and only has 9 ingredients. Keep caramelized onions in your fridge to throw this together in a flash.

After Christmas Cookie Week, I’m certainly feeling the need for some healthy dishes in my life.

Today, I have a really easy dinner that serves one or you can increase the ingredients to serve two or more.

There are only 9 ingredients, and it takes less than 30 minutes start to finish.

It’s a perfect meal for the holiday season because it’s easy, quick, and healthy.

I love having eggs for dinner because there’s something fun about eating a breakfast food at dinner. I don’t really know what it is, but there’s just something…

I served this with a side salad because I am trying to get as many nutritious foods in my body as possible, but you could certainly include a piece of whole wheat toast for a little more substance.

Now, don’t you worry if you’re not a great omelet maker.

If you’re not taking pictures of the omelet, there’s no need to worry about it being perfect.

Unfortunately for this un-skilled omelet maker, I did have to take pictures, but as luck may have it, I just got my brand-spankin new camera in the mail from Santa {thanks Santa! You’re the best}

It’s so amazing, and I read the entire manual last night.

Now I’m reading the Tasty Food Photography eBook from Pinch of Yum, and I’m obsessed with it. I’m contemplating taking notes. {I’m a nerd and get really excited about things}

These pictures are pre-entire manual read, so they aren’t great. But hopefully they’ll keep getting better 🙂

Caramelized Onion Omelet

This light & healthy dinner is easy and only has 9 ingredients. Keep caramelized onions in your fridge to throw this together in a flash

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Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 35 minutes

Servings: 1

Author: Meme

Ingredients

• 1 tsp olive oil
• 1 onion chopped
• 1 clove garlic minced
• 1/2 tsp salt divided
• 1 whole egg
• 2 egg whites
• 2 TBSP 1% milk
• few dashes of hot sauce
• 1/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese {can substitute with Swiss or Gruyere}

Instructions

• Heat the oil over medium heat in a skillet. Add onion, and caramelize {read here for more info on caramelized onions}. It should take about 30 minutes but there's very little hands-on activity; just stir occasionally.
• Add in the garlic & 1/8 tsp salt and stir for 30 seconds. Remove from heat and set aside to cool slightly.
• Meanwhile, whisk together the egg, egg white, milk, remaining 1/8 tsp salt, and hot sauce.
• Heat an 8-inch non-stick skillet over medium. Pour in eggs, and let set for 3 minutes. Gently push down the sides slightly, and tilt the pan to re-distribute the uncooked eggs {so they're not just sitting in the middle of the pan the whole time}
• Sprinkle the eggs with onions & cheese. Let the eggs harden to your desired consistency. Then remove from heat, and fold one half over onto the other to make an omelet. Slide onto a plate & enjoy!

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Meme