Good Times

A few weeks ago, we had a house full of children for the dinner hour. Our three were here, and we had 2 extras for the evening. And of course our 4th child would be dinning with us also. I needed something to offer that was kid friendly, crowd pleasing, speedy quick (because it was church night), and easy clean up (because I'm lazy). Here's what we came up with. A little something my mom forwarded to me in an e-mail. I'm not sure who thought up this idea, but it's a keeper. And now I'm passing it on to you. My bloggy friends. Because I love you. And because I've been neglecting you for a few weeks and this is my feeble effort at making nice.

We made omelets! In record time, I might add. The whole thing, cooking for 8, eating, and clean up, only took about 45 mins. Here's what we did:

You'll need to gather these ingredients:

quart (for 1 egg omelet) or gallon (for 2 egg omelet) sized freezer bags; sharpie; eggs; and omelet fillings

(we chose to use ham, cheese, and green chili for the grown ups)

This is a picture of the cooking staff that night.

You'll also notice the various freezer bags on the bar. Before we started cooking, everyone got a bag with their name on it. That way we knew for sure that each person got the omelet they'd prepared.

Once the bags were labeled, we let the kids add the ingredients they wanted to theirs. Here's H. putting some ham in his. His technique was his very own. He preferred the "one-bite-in-the-bag-one-bite-in-the-mouth" technique.

Here's Bruiser and Mary TuTu filling their bags. This is the "kid friendly" part, by the way.

After adding the ingredients, we added the eggs. Just cracked them right in the bag. We sealed them up and let the kids shake till their hearts content. When the omelet was thoroughly mixed, this is what it looked like.

Then we placed them all in pots of boiling water, and set the timer for 13 mins. Here's a shot of our omelets cooking. This is the "speedy quick" part. Cooking all 8 omelets at the same time in 13 mins.


Here's an after shot of mine all nice and warm and ready to eat.

Now the only thing left is remove the omelet from the bag and eat! I have to admit that we had some interesting shaped omelets. The "easy clean up" included tossing the paper plates and pouring out the hot water. We did stick our silverware and drinking glasses in the dish washer.

And here's the "crowd pleasing" part. I'll just let the pictures speak for themselves.

If they're eatin' it, they're likin' it. I give you "crowd pleasing".









We've tried this a couple of times since then and we still love it. Here are some helpful hints though:

Don't use more than 2 eggs. I'm not sure why, but that's what the e-mail I got said. And I always trust what I get in the e-mail.

I only eat a 1 egg omelet. The first time, I ate 2 eggs, and I got so full. So the next time we did it I just used 1 egg for myself and it was pu-lenty.

Do you have any more kid friendly, crowd pleasing, speedy quick, easy clean up recipes? I'd love to hear about them.