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How to Make the Perfect Spinach and Goat Cheese Omelet

Learn how to make the perfect Spinach and Goat Cheese Omelets. Rich flavors pair nicely to create the perfect fluffy, hearty, healthy breakfast omelets.

Food science is not only an interesting conversation subject, it’s useful for creating flavorful, perfectly cooked recipes. It’s one thing to read a recipe and follow it step-by-step. However, understanding why things are made and prepared a certain way will help you become a better cook, not just a direction follower. This allows you to improvise, change, and expand recipes to your liking. This blog will help you do that. I will be focusing more on the why’s and food science in many of my recipes, so read each post carefully for tips and more in-depth processes.

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Creating the perfect omelet is not an easy task. Cooking schools and classes often start out with this seemingly basic task. The goal is to cook eggs (in any form) to a smooth texture. Omelets are particularly tricky in that they need to be firm enough to hold together, while still having this characteristic. The half-and-half in this recipe helps prevent tough omelets and makes them fluffier. Another thing that helps is heating over medium heat to set the eggs, then removing from stove, and covering to hold in heat. This evenly cooks the eggs without burning the bottom. Carefully read the instructions in my recipe below and you’ll have a perfect omelet in no time.

To keep this recipe interesting, we’re doing Spinach and Goat Cheese Omelets. Creamy, rich goat cheese cuddles up in a silky omelet blanket. Spinach, tomatoes and green onions add nutrition, texture and more flavor. All this pairs together nicely to create a hearty, healthy breakfast you can feel good about.

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Food Science and Cooking Tips

  • Water in half and half boils and makes steam as it cooks, fluffing up the eggs.
  • Fat in half and half coats the egg proteins that bond together while cooking; without this they bond together tighter and squeeze out extra moisture, creating tougher eggs.
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Perfect Spinach and Goat Cheese Omelet

Products used in this recipe:

3-Piece Mixing Bowl Set, Blue/Green/Yellow
Stainless Steel Measuring Cups and Spoons Set
11-Inch Balloon Whisk
Cuisinart Chef’s Classic Nonstick 4-Quart Chef’s PanGlass Cover

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Perfect Spinach and Goat Cheese Omelets

Spinach and Goat Cheese Omelets. These flavors pair nicely to create a hearty, healthy breakfast.
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Keyword easy cheese omelets, easy spinach omelets, spinach cheese omelets
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Calories 368kcal
Servings 2
Author: Matt Ivan
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Ingredients

  • 6 large eggs
  • 1 tablespoon half-and-half, cream
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 green onion stalk, sliced (about 2-tablespoons)
  • 3- ounces soft goat cheese
  • 1 cup fresh baby spinach leaves
  • 1 medium tomato diced

Instructions

  • Heat non-stick pan to medium heat.
  • In small bowl combine eggs, half-and-half, salt and pepper. Beat together with fork 1-2 minutes until solid yellow and no longer streaked. Do not over-beat and cause bubbles.
  • Melt butter in pan and pour in half of egg mixture. Cook about 1 minute. Then gently lift up edges while tilting pan in that direction, do this all the way around the omelet. This allows uncooked egg on top to cook more evenly. Once bottom is mostly set and no longer breaks when lifting edge (the top will still be slightly runny), add half of the green onion, goat cheese, spinach and tomatoes to one side.
  • Take off of heat and cover with lid to evenly cook omelet and vegetables, about 1-2 minutes more. Once egg is set and spinach slightly wilted, fold half over to form complete omelet.
  • Remove omelet from pan (place plate on top of pan, then flip pan over plate to cleanly drop the omelet on the plate). Repeat process for second omelet.
Nutrition Facts
Perfect Spinach and Goat Cheese Omelets
Amount Per Serving
Calories 368 Calories from Fat 252
% Daily Value*
Fat 28g43%
Saturated Fat 14g88%
Cholesterol 528mg176%
Sodium 410mg18%
Potassium 297mg8%
Carbohydrates 2g1%
Fiber 0g0%
Sugar 1g1%
Protein 25g50%
Vitamin A 2930IU59%
Vitamin C 7.2mg9%
Calcium 156mg16%
Iron 3.5mg19%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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Some steps and ideas adapted from The Science of Good Cooking. 2012. Print

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4 Comments

    1. Hi Rebecca. This recipe serves 2, so you make them separately. The last line of instruction says “Repeat process for second omelet.” Hope that helps!

    1. Thanks Thalia! It’s cooks very well with this method and thanks for the compliments! You’re blog looks wonderful by the way. Will definitely stay tuned.

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