Omelet is a meal that can help you reuse many food leftovers. Parties and holidays are usually followed by a kind of competition of trying all kind of leftover recipes. That’s common, as nobody wants to cook less for their dinner guests, so this is how they end up by cooking too much. Ham is one of these dishes people cook for Christmas or other holidays, then they put their creativity at work to incorporate the leftover ham into other tasty meals. Here’s an idea of what you can do with ham, cheese and some eggs:

Ingredients for a one-person omelet:

• 2-3 eggs
• 2 slices of ham, cut in small pieces
• 2 slices of cheese
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• Salt, pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano

Preparation time: 2 minutes

Cooking time: 5 minutes

Cooking the omelet:

Break the eggs and mix them with salt and pepper. Heat the olive oil in a frying pan. Add the ham and cook it for one minute, stirring continuously. The smaller you cut it, the less it takes you to cook it. When ready, put it aside in a dish and pour the eggs mixture into the pan. With a wooden spatula, move the edges of the omelet in such a way as to allow the top layer which is not cooked yet to penetrate below and get in touch with the pan bottom. After two minutes, flip the omelet, so it gets cooked on the other side as well. Keep it like that for one minute, then put the ham and the cheese on half of the omelet surface, then fold the other half on top of it. Cook it for about one minute or until you start smelling the cheese melting. Serve it hot with dried oregano sprinkled on it and with salsa or with sour cream.