Mediterranean Omelet

The morning after we made the Mediterranean pizza, my Mom and I used the left over turkey-sausage/tomato/spinach mixture and made one heck of an omelet.

We also used a cooking technique we saw Paula Dean (food network) use to make a 'no-mess-omelet'.

Ingredients:

*4 large eggs- beaten,

*Any left over amount sausage mixture from the Mediterranean pizza recipe

*A handful of sharp cheddar

*light sprinkle of salt and pepper

What we did:

Beat the eggs and pour them into a large resealable bag. Pour in the handful of sausage mixture, the handful of cheddar cheese, and a sprinkle of salt and pepper.

Close the resealable bag, letting out most of the air.

Start to boil water in a pot big enough to hold the bag of omelet mixture. When the water comes to a boil drop the bag into the water. Let the hot water cook the egg mixture until eggs are fully cooked. If the bag begins to fill with hot air, just open a small hole in the resealable bag.

It might take a little longer, for this big omelet it took 40 minutes for the omelet to fully cook, but there is no clean-up afterwards. We just cut the bag away from the omelet and served it up. This serving fed all three of us (Mom, Dad and myself) easily.

We also served this awesome omelet with some turkey goetta and toast.

Hope you enjoy this wonderful breakfast.

Goetta and Goetta Nachos (pronounced Getta)

Goetta is ground meat and oats that people in the Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky area use in many different ways. The most common way to eat Goetta is as a breakfast meat. It goes great with hash browns, pancakes, eggs, almost anything breakfast!

My Grandma Judy sent me her recipe. I substitute beef and pork for ground turkey. Dark turkey meat works best, but if you want it extra lean you can use white meat. I’m sure any ground meet combination would work.

Goetta is a German dish. There is a great history of it on Wikipedia. Some people even make a vegetarian version. I might have to try and make that later...

One way to serve Goetta that my Grandma found in a Northern Kentucky restaurant was Goetta nachos. I have the picture above. It tastes great! The recipe for Goetta nachos follows the original recipe.

Goetta

Ingredients:
1 lb beef
1 lb pork
8 cups water
2 ½ cups pinhead oatmeal
1 large onion (chopped)
1 to 4 bay leaves
3 tsp salt
Pinch of pepper

How to:
1. Mix the beef and pork together in a bowl.
2. Put water in a pan until it comes to a boil; add salt, pepper, and oatmeal. Cook the oatmeal 2 hours, stirring often; keep lid on while cooking over low heat.
3. Add meat, onion, & bay leaves, mix well. Let cook 1 hour stirring often.
4. When done take out bay leaves and put into bread pans. When cool, refrigerate.
5. This will keep for days, but when ready to use slice into pieces and fry in desired cooking fat until browned. This can also be frozen and used at a later date.

Goetta Nachos

Ingredients:
Couple slices of Goetta (recipe above)
Nacho cheese (we just used Velveeta)
Nacho chips

How to:
1. Melt Velveeta cheese in the microwave. Try to make it creamy; add some milk to the Velveeta if needed. Or prepare nacho cheese the way you know how.
2. Prepare a big platter with nacho chips; corn tortillas are fine.
3. Fry the Goetta in some canola oil (or other desired fat) until golden brown.
4. Crumble the Goetta over the nachos then pour on some cheese. Then some more Goetta and more cheese.
5. Layer it up until the desired nacho plate is made.

This recipe is great for parties. For a twist you could mix some salsa into your cheese and use that with Goetta and chips.