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Now, omelets are an excellent brunch, not nearly as hard to do as Eggs Benedict, nor do you need as many specialized ingredients. If you've got eggs you're in business. Just add whatever looks best in your fridge. This particular morning, I had leftover crab meat from the steamed crab legs, which I'd doused with the remaining lemon butter the night before. I had 4 oz. of mushrooms, an avocado and some grated cheese. And the Get Out of the Doghouse Omelet was born.

Eggs should be at room temperature by the time you beat them, so get them out first and let them warm while you prepare the rest of the meal. Do the same with the cheese. Slice the mushrooms, peel and seed the avocado and cut into very thin slices.

Sauté crab meat long enough to reheat. Remove and set aside. Add butter to pan and sauté mushrooms until they release their juices. Feel free to spice them up anyway you like - I prefer a little garlic and white pepper. Remove and set aside. If necessary, wipe pan and add small pat of butter.

Beat eggs until fluffy. I suggest two eggs as a better portion than three - especially for brunch. Pour into pan. As soon as underside sets, slip a thin, flexible spatula underneath the eggs and sweep in either direction to allow uncooked eggs underneath. Continue this until most of the liquid has escaped from the top of the omelet.

Sprinkle one half of the omelet with grated cheese. Get this on first so it has plenty of time to melt. Then layer the crab, mushroom and avocado. When bottom is slightly brown, slip omelet, filled side first, onto plate. Flip unfilled half over the top. Serve with hollandaise sauce if desired.

Your presentation can include hollandaise over the top, or a little reserved cheese and a slice or two of mushroom and avocado if you have any left over. Garnish with a sprig of parsley if nothing else. Make it look as good as it will taste. Add a mimosa, some nice warm rolls or muffins, some fresh fruit and serve in bed on a tray. While she's eating, rub her feet and tell her what a jerk you were (for the umpteenth time). And if you're lucky, she'll let you out of the doghouse in time to watch the game.

Notes:

This recipe was originally part 2 of an apology, so to speak. You know what I'm talking about, guys. The big dinner you prepare because you fouled up royally on something and you're trying to get out of the doghouse by being extra good.

Yeah…that apology. Sometimes, even a great dinner, replete with fine wine and gourmet dessert isn't enough to get you all the way out of the doghouse and back into Her Majesty's good graces. So you have to do breakfast or brunch the next morning. (Let's just hope it stops there and you don't have to take her shopping and buy her lunch, as well. Uh, ladies, please ignore this part.)

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