Salmon Omelet

My son popped in today for an unexpected visit.  Nothing makes me happier than cooking for people, especially my children.  I offered to throw a lunch together.  Hmm, I felt like I was on Chopped.  Looked at the basket ingredients, in this case, my refrigerator, and came up with a plan.

If you remember I did salmon for dinner on Wednesday.  I had a nice size piece leftover.  I also had the 1/2 package of spinach left from last night's sandwiches.  I am a believer that you can pretty much fashion an omelet with just about anything you have on hand.

Salmon Spinach Omelet (I made 3 omelets)

5 eggs
4 oz. cooked salmon, flaked
1/2 cup frozen spinach squeezed dry
Fresh grated Parmesan Reggiano
butter
salt & Pepper

Lightly beat the eggs.  Melt a sliver of butter in a small nonstick skillet on medium high.  Again, yes butter=flavor.  But seriously that sliver of butter at most is 30 calories (a Tablespoon is 100, and you are only using a bit!).  Have you read the back of the can of non-stick spray?  silicone propellant-yuck!

Pour 1/3 of the eggs into the hot skillet.  With a rubber spatula, gently pull the egg as it sets towards the center of the pan.  The uncooked egg will run to the outside.  Go around the perimeter of the pan, until you have a nice even thin layer of egg mostly set.

When it looks just about set with only a little wet egg add the filling of spinach, salmon and cheese down the center.  Season with salt and pepper.

Slide the spatula under the side with less filling and book it over the top of the filling. Note the nice golden brown, the butter is responsible for that loveliness!

Give the omelet another few minutes in the pan so the last of the egg sets, the cheese melts and the filling warms up.  I must admit after I finished making the third omelet I remembered I had some baby bella mushrooms....da*% I should have added them :)

I had a food trifecta today....1. cooked for my son, great surprise!  2. used leftover ingredients, which is perfect on my budget.  and 3. it tasted great!

Now, if you were paying attention, you will see that this was lunch.  We went to a local pub we enjoy for dinner.  Oliver's Pourhouse which is downtown, has a Chicken Pesto sandwich I crave!  I convince myself I have to taste it periodically, because I have yet to master the perfect balance of ingredients-the argument works.  However, it is a catch 22 when I do finally figure it out!   We look forward to seeing Paige who usually waits on us.  Her smile is welcoming. So I will continue to struggle with figuring out the boursin cheese, the pesto sauce and the balsamic drizzle.........