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Update: I am entering this controversial recipe into Naomi’s Go Ahead Honey Its Gluten Free! event for May, 2008. No modification necessary, gluten-free by nature!
I awoke the morning of Thursday, March 6th with a rumbling belly and a well-rested mind. I got on my comfy pants (my term for loungewear that meet precies specifications) and ventured to the kitchen to cook my standard PB&J Oatmeal. On the journey, I remembered that I had a carton of Eggbeaters in the fridge. I had only used 1 tsp of them in the past few days (I was trying out a new cookie recipe that I shall post soon) and needed to use them before they went bad.
An omelette (also spelled “omelet”, did you know that?) was the obvious solution but the only omelette-esque ingredient I had on hand was some cheese. And while a cheese omelette is good, it’s not nearly as good as the ones at IHOP. Speaking of which, IHOP makes a mean & customizable omelette with egg whites or Eggbeaters that I normally order stuffed with vegetarian black bean chili, spinach, mushrooms and all kinds of other veggies.
But back to my omelette. My usual breakfast contains peanut butter so I wanted to incorporate it into the omelette somehow. Well something else was needed and the obvious choice: banana. So I sliced me up some banana into the eggs and lathered on some peanut butter and voila! A culinary masterpiece!
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2-3 eggs (1/2 – 3/4 cup egg substitute)
1 banana, in slices
2T chunky or creamy natural peanut butter
pinch of sugar
Instructions:
1. Place a medium sized skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Spray with cooking spray and pour in the eggs.
2. Sprinkle some sugar into the eggs and place sliced bananas into pan as demonstrated below:
3. Lift the sides of the omelette up to allow the still-liquid eggs to flow underneath and cook. After a few minutes, flip the omelette over with a large spatula.
4. Spread a generous coating of peanut butter onto one half of the omelette as shown below. Fold the omelette over and allow to cook for another minute. Flip it onto the other side for one last minute and serve!
Additional Info:
Yes it’s a very different flavor combo than you’re probably used to. But it’s also surprisingly tasty! I normally enjoy my eggs with ketchup but I don’t think it works in this situation. But a nice strawberry or apricot jelly might work well as a dipping sauce, though I cleaned my plate before I thought of that.
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If you want to start baking bread, id first try out a recipe with out alterations. In the bread bible, you could try the cracked wheat loaf, ten-grain torpedo, or possibly the sourdough wheat bread. Which all sound pretty healthy.
Hi! This is our first time here and it’s awesome! What a fun site and all your peanut butter recipes rock! We’ll have to keep your recipes in mind when we decide to do a peanut butter video! Thanks!
Hi– thanks for your comment on my blog about the chocolate bread! I’m not sure about using whole wheat flour, especially since the bread is already quite dense to begin with. I’d suggest using white whole wheat flour with some bread flour. But again, I haven’t tried that, it’s just a suggestion. Let me know how it goes if you do try! That bread was really good, I need to make it again soon.
Wow, a blog all about peanut butter?! I can’t think of anything better– I love peanut butter :o). Peanut butter and bananas, peanut butter and chocolate, peanut butter and jelly… the list goes on and on!
Thanks for the sweet comments on my blog. Yes, purple cauliflower tastes the same as regular, and it looks so much prettier too!
Love your blog! How cool is it to have a whole blog on peanut butter! You should call this the Elvis Omelette!
Thanks for all the great comments. I hope you enjoy and benefit from my addiction to peanut butter =). My goal is to keep the peanut butter content of this blog to at least 75%. Overall it’s a blog for healthy eating but by peanut butter is by far the shining glory of my culinary crafts.
The Elvis Omelette is an excellent name for it!
As a die-hard PB fan, I’m going to have to give this a try!
I urge you to try it! It is a different experience but quite a tasty one!
Wow, this looks so yummy! Keep the awesome recipes coming! :)
i’ll be honest, i was totally skeptical of this recipe and had pretty much decided that i’d be wasting my perfectly brown-spotted banana, a bit of peanut butter, and a couple of eggs in making this.
i was wrong, so very wrong. i practically licked my plate clean and contemplated making another. thanks for the stellar idea–i’ll never doubt you again!
yeah nick, you should name this after elvis, and serve it on jan 8th and aug 16th! but jan 8th has passed. so aug 16 is comming up!
Just made this over the weekend and all I can say is what a treat. Who said omelete’s have to be boring. I didn’t have any honey so I used some Agave Nectar. Worked out great.
All I can say is YUM, YUM, YUM!
This was FANTASTIC …. not sure how I ended up at this blog, but so glad I did. Only wished I had some jelly around, as it would have made a great condiment. Try it!
All, I’m so glad you’re all enjoying it! This was a real spur-of-the-moment recipe that just worked out so well. So far at least 3 readers have tried and loved this. Thanks for the positive reviews guys!
after finding this recipe, i ate pb and banana omelets for three mornings straight. YUMMY!
Thanks for letting me know, that’s some positive feedback for this omelet! ~ Nick
This is definitely an example of “don’t knock it till you’ve tried it!” I used to make something similar – I’d make an “egg pancake” (basically an unfolded omelette) that I sprinkled with cinnamon sugar before flipping it. Then I ate it with sugar-free syrup. Mmm! If I still ate eggs, I’d certainly give it a try with PB :]
It’s true, several people have said how much they enjoy this recipe, I’ll have to try it with some cinnamon too, thanks! ~ Nick
This is an eggcellant idea for a low carb Pb and banana sammie. Thanx!!
Haha thanks, hope you enjoy it =) ~ Nick
I’ve done the bananas in the scrambled, but havent tried it with peanut butter yet–although it would obviously be awesome. The bananas really give a nice sweetness to an already delicious savory meal
My dad made something similar to this growing up, but I never knew how he did it.. I always lose the peanut butter because it gets so runny. I guess I should try a name brand ?
Yes, a natural peanut butter will fall out easier, but an easy workaround is to just add the bananas to the omelet and when it’s done, transfer it to the plate. Then spread the peanut butter on top and fold it in half. The peanut butter will melt quickly and any peanut butter that squeezes out can be used to dip each bite into =). But alternatively, a Skippy or similar peanut butter will hold it’s shape better.
Fellow health freak/dude/peanut butter addict here..You, my friend, are the man. Been experimenting with PB recipes ever since I fell in love with PB oatmeal after wrestling season ended.
Always good to find another addict! I’m with ya – I can’t have oatmeal without peanut butter anymore! Thanks for the praise =)
Dude…I grew up in LI too, seriously crazy. What town were you in?
Really? I grew up around Huntington – first South Huntington, then Cold Spring Harbor. Yourself?
it was gross lol
Really? Did you put anything on it? Syrup? Ketchup? Both?
I didn’t add anything except some olive oil. It got burned a bit for some reason though. I think it was the bananas…
Hmm, well the bananas should get browned/blackened but that’s a delicious caramelization thing.
Overall, it’s meant to be more sweet than savory so I suggest dipping it in a little syrup or strawberry jam next time!
This is amazing. I’m a swimmer so this had everything I needed, protein and bananas. I showed it so my coach and he loved it. It’s a team favorite.
Wow, that’s great to hear! I’m so glad everyone enjoys it! When I first made it, I rememeber thinking how it was a perfect combination of ingredients – thankfully it tasted good too!