Cheese and Ham Omelette 

Ingredients

3 - 4 eggs (3 x 50 g) or (4 x 50 g )

1 TS of oil, or butter for greasing the pan

3 slices of pork ham

3 slices of 30 % EIDAM cheese

salt and pepper

1-2 wholegrain baguette or buns ( 2x80 g)

cherry tomatoes about 100 g ( 5 pcs)

cucumber

celery

chive, parsley, leaves of onions for decoration

Preparation and tips

  1. Beat or whisk the eggs with a pinch of salt and black pepper.

  2. Heat the butter in a frying pan over a medium flame, and when the butter foam begins to disappear, pour the eggs over it.
  3. We let the lower part of the omelette retract, and then use a spatula to release the solid sides and, by tilting the pan, let the liquid eggs flow from the top under the omelette.
  4. Then we put slices of cheese in the middle and slices of ham on top of that. We close the omelette from the sides, thus creating a roll, which we turn with the seam down and fry for a while longer.
  5. Sprinkle the omelet with chopped chives and serve with wholegrain toast, bun, kaiser and fresh vegetables.

TIP1: The secret ingredient for perfectly fluffy omelette is whisking the eggs thoroughly and vigorously before cooking them. Whisking incorporates air, which produces fluffier omelette.

 

Serving

Sprinkle omelette with chive, parsley or young onion leaves. 

Serve with wholegrain bun, kaiser, half of baquette, wholegrain bread or just bread, roll or what you like. 

For weight loss purposes is good to eat wholegrain pastries as it slow down the metabolism, decrease of creating glucose peaks as there is lower glycemic index. And saccharides in wholegrain pastries are more complex and are slowly metabolised to particular glucose. With wholegrain pastries, the feeling of satiety is longer. 

Do not forget to add 5 cherry tomatoes, cucumber to your breakfast or healthy dinner. 

In case you eat eggs in the evening, do it a little earlier to have sufficient time to digest it before sleep as egg could someone consider as a little heavier for diggesting.

You can set your needed calory income as needed by decreasing number of whole grain buns and decreasing amount of eggs from 4 to 3 or decrease slices of cheese from 3 to 2.

Be carefull about cheese with higher amount of fat, there is more calories for sure. There is not really problem to eat even 40% cheese, but you need to adjust your whole day calory  income or output.

Do not forget to put it into your daily meal plan.

I hope this is excellent inspiration for healthy breakfast or dinner. More recipes you can find in our MEAL PLAN. 

Nutrition value of 3 eggs is

1040 kJ / 248 kCAL.

Proteins18,62 g
Fat17,86 g (5,46 g saturated, 7,14 g monosaturated, 3,23 g polyunsaturated fatty acids)
Sacharides3,3 g
Fiber5 g

Nutrition value of 3 slices of 30% Eidam cheese (51 g) is 562 kJ / 134 kCal :

Proteins15,45 g
Fat7,75 g (5,51 g saturated fatty acids)
Sacharides0,71 g
Fiber0

Nutrition value of 3 slices of pork ham  (60 g) is 297 kJ / 71 kCal :

Proteins11,4 g
Fat2,7 g
Sacharides0,3 g
Fiber0 g

Nutrition value of wholegrain buns is

1575 kJ / 376,5 kCal per 150 g (2 buns):

Proteins15 g
Fat3 g
Sacharides67,5 g / 1,5 sugar
Fiber7,5 g