Southwestern Hit-It-Hot Omelet

I'm Hungry! This is no time to mess around. I need nourishment now.

Here is one of my sure fixes. It's a Southwestern Hit-It-Hot Omelet.

[Orange Bell Pepper by Sirenne Courtesy of Photobucket.com]

For your Grocery List, you will need:

-2 Eggs
-2 TBSP Soy Free Earth Balance (cooler health food section) or Fresh Butter
-2 Big Fresh Brown Mushrooms (or 1 white, 1 brown)
-Slices from 1 red or orange and 1 yellow sweet pepper
-1 Tomato
-Baby Spinach
-1/8 Avocado
-Fresh Black Pepper
-Dried Parsley Flakes
-Chi-Chi's medium thick and chunky salsa
-Shaken Cold Tropicana Orange Juice

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In a small skillet or frying pan sprayed with Pam Olive Oil, add 1 TBSP Earth Balance or Butter and heat up pan hot to about level seven (medium high).
Cut a 1 inch section from each of your two peppers and cut into thin strips and toss into the pan.
Cut the 2 mushrooms into thin strips and then again and throw the pin size pieces into the pan after the pepper. Make sure the peppers really, really cook while sauteing the mixture. Let the mushrooms get good and brown too. Pepper and add dried parsley flakes.

Chop 2/3 of the tomato into small pieces and 1/3 into bite size pieces. Put the 1/3 part on a plate along with 1/8 of an avocado wedged.

When the peppers and mushrooms are nice and tender and browned, throw in the 2/3 tomato pieces and add another TBSP of Earth Balance.

Beat two eggs with a dash of whole milk in a bowl.

When the liquid reduces from the tomatoes, throw in a big handful of fresh baby spinach. Fold in and cook for another 30-60 seconds. Then throw in the beaten eggs over it all and let it sort itself out and do what it's going to do. Reduce heat to medium (about level 6) once you've added the eggs.

Pour your orange juice. Put fresh cracked or ground pepper on the table and the salsa and wait for it.

The bottom will brown nicely and then flip it. When it looks fully cooked, slide it onto the plate with the 1/3 tomato and the avocado wedges. Go ahead and cover it over with Salsa because there are only 10 calories in 2 TBSPs. You can have 6 TBSPs if you love salsa like I do.

Enjoy.

This filling meal, orange juice included, with 6 TBSPs of salsa will cost you 632 calories.

You can even have a big mug-sized cup of freshly brewed coffee with 1/4 cup of whole milk and call it 675.

You will be out of the danger-zone and feeling no hunger pain and have worked your flavor well. You'll have used your calories where they added flavor but did the least amount of harm, all while taking care of your appetite and eating a balanced and balancing meal.

-bbffair

Notes:

1.)  I can't usually eat sweet peppers because they give me kick-back, but once in awhile, when I just have to indulge, I have discovered that if I cook them nice and tender and browned that they are no problem at all.

2.)  Sometimes you just have to have a 700-800 calorie meal to get rid of the "I'm hungry's!" It's better that you have a few ideas of where to run for the right meal than taking a more calorie costly turn, (i.e., a "plan-of-action" :-D )!