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Healthy Eating : SPANISH OMELET

5 Small potatoes
Vegetable cooking spray
1/2 medium onion,minced
1 Small zucchini,sliced
1 1/2 cups of green and red peppers,sliced thin

5 medium mushrooms,sliced
3 whole eggs,beaten
5 egg whites,beaten
Pepper and garlic salt with herbs,to taste
3 ounces of shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
1 Tbsp. low-fat Parmesan cheese

Directions

1).Preheat oven to 375.
2)Cook potatoes in boiling water until tender.
3)Lightly coat a nonstick pan with vegetable oil spray.Warm pan on medium heat.
4)Add onion and saute' until tender but not brown.
5)In a medium bowl,slightly beat eggs and eggs whites,pepper,garlic salt and mozzarella cheese.Stir egg-cheese mixture into the cooked vegetables.
6)Lightly coat a 10 inch pie pan or any oven proof skillet with vegetable spray.Transfer potatoes and egg mixture to pan.Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.Bake until firm and brown on top,about 20-30 minutes.
7)Remove omelet from oven.Cool for 10 minutes,and cut into five pieces.

Nutritional Facts

Serving size:1/5 of omelet
Calories----260
Calories from fat----90

% Daily Value(DV)

total fat:10g---15%
saturated fat:3.5g----18%
tran fat:0g
cholesterol:135mg----45%
sodium 240mg---10%
total carbohydrate:30g----10%
dietary fiber:3g----12%
sugars:3g----0%
protein:16g----0%
vitamin A 8%
vitamin C 60%
calcium 15%
iron 8%

BASE ON A 2,000-CALORIE DIET...

Serving Size

1

From Comment
Diabetic Connect Member FLDawn
FLDawn
October 8, 2009 6:22 AM

This sounds easy and good. Thanks for sharing.

Diabetic Connect Member FLDawn
FLDawn
October 6, 2009 12:10 AM

YUMMY this sounds good. I use egg beaters or the generic variety of them and wonder if there is a reason for the extra egg white in the recipe. What is great here is that it sounds yummy and easy. Thanks for sharing this.

Diabetic Connect Member mdawn854
mdawn854
October 5, 2009 10:54 PM

I had to leave out the potatos but it was really good.