It's a Crepe! It's an Omelette! It's a Fritatta! It's...

...I don't know what it is.

But I made it, and it was good.

And it's only 215 calories.

The "it" here was my attempt to make an omelette but with less egg. Or a crepe with less flour--less batter-y. Or a fritatta but with less cooking.

So I came up with the idea of making a batter that had very little flour and only one egg. I thought I'd cook it like a crepe--very thinly, in a frying pan, like an unlayered omelette.

And I wanted vegetables and a little cheese on top.

Well, it worked, and it was good. And here's the recipe.

Crepomeletta.

Beat 1 egg. Add 2 T. flour. Mix until smooth.

Add 2 T. low fat milk. Mix well.

Season with salt and pepper, e.g.

Steam some chopped vegetables--such as broccoli.

Heat a large frying pan on low heat. Spray with nonstick cooking spray.

Pour the batter into the heated pan and slide it around until it very thinly coats the bottom.

Top with the steamed vegetables. Add 2 T. grated cheese.

When the batter's surface is dry and the cheese is melted, use a spatula to ease the edges away from the surface.

Roll the creation up, like a thin omelette.

Serve.

By my calculations, that's 215 calories, 9.5 grams of fat, 4 grams of saturated fat, and 13.8 grams of protein.

And it's yummy good.

--E. R. O'Neill