I don’t know about you, but we had ham as part of our Christmas dinner and I managed to keep some on reserve for leftover breakfast this morning. This Ham & Cheese Omelette is one of my favorite ways to use up leftover ham. I based this omelette off of a few others that I’ve made in the past that packs an omelette up with as much protein as possible.

I like to sub in egg whites for part of the egg in any omelette. But, I try to keep at least one yolk in there for some color and flavor. Other than that, I love to put cottage cheese in my omelettes because it gives a bit of a boost to the protein and also bonus melty cheese goodness.

Outside of that, I used unsweet almond milk instead of regular milk and of course some standard American cheese because it’s pretty much unbeatable when it comes to melting power for that ooey-gooey cheesy goodness on the inside of the omelette.

I used up leftover ham, but you could also use deli ham if you don’t have any leftovers on hand. All in all this was a damn fine breakfast to wake up to post Christmas stressing.

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