Veggie Omelette with Zucchini & Caramelized Onions - Healthy Recipe (2024)

This veggie omelette packs in a ton of flavor and is ready in less than 20 minutes. It's perfect for brunch or a quick, healthy dinner! 163 calories and 1 Weight Watchers Freestyle SP

Veggie Omelette with Zucchini & Caramelized Onions

This Veggie Omelette is inspired by my youngest son (T). When he was 10 years old, he embarked on a culinary mission. He was determined to make the perfect omelette. Quite honestly, as long as it involved a hiatus from Nerf guns and potty talk, I was thrilled! Once a day, either at breakfast or after school, he pulled out the nonstick skillet, cracked a couple of eggs and set up his mise en place. Yes, mise en place. Hey, if he's going to make the perfect omelet, he might as well talk the talk!

Actually, the mise en place (prepping and organizing the ingredients) is key when making an omelette because everything moves at a breakneck pace. As I mentioned in my step-by-step photo tutorial, How to: Make an Omelet, the heat should be set at medium-high. You'll be adding your omelette fillers before you can blink ten times.

There's no messing around here!

Zucchini, onions and feta cheese aren't usually T's first choice of fillers. He's more of a cheese and salsa kind of guy. But when he was at school one day, I commandeered the nonstick pan and take a shot at my own version.

I was in an onion kind of mood after writing my tutorial on How to: Caramelize Onions, I really couldn't think of anything but golden, sweet onions. I didn't go as far as caramelizing the onions for the omelette, but they took on just enough sweetness in a few minutes of sautéing to satisfy to my craving.

If you prefer to dice the zucchini, go for it. The first time I made this omelette, it was lunchtime and I was hungry, so grated zucchini seemed like the way to go because it took about two minutes to tenderize in the pan.

An omelette just never seems complete without a little cheese. When you're using a cheese with a strong flavor, like feta, you can get away with using just a little. One tablespoon did the trick for this two-person omelette.

This healthy egg dish hit the spot, but I must admit that I still look forward to be treated to one of T's omelettes whenever he pulls out the skillet.

Other healthy breakfast recipes:

Baked Whole Wheat Peach Pancake {Cookin' Canuck}
Chipotle Guacamole Eggs Benedict {Cookin' Canuck}
Low Carb Slow Cooker Breakfast Casserole {All Day I Dream About Food}

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This post was first published on September 5, 2014 and updated on August 8, 2019.

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