Cheese Lovers, So many of you write to me asking silly questions about nutrition - I am only a mouse, a fatter one at that who will eat most things put in front of me. I know VERY little about calories and fat grams. I do know a few simple rules to live by when trying to cut back on the excess though, and cheese is a harder thing to cut back on - believe me, I know first hand.

When you are craving cheese, you want the real thing right? Even at breakfast - but it doesn't have to be a fondu pot on the breakfast table to satisfy your cheese craving, here is a recipe for a cheese omelet that comes highly recommended and won't break the calorie bank - for even less fat try using one yolk and two egg whites instead! Nutritionally, eggs are a great source or protein and cheese has calcium. Olive oil in this recipe is heart healthy, but again, just like everything - moderation is the key.

Ingredients

Makes 1

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 3 large eggs or 1 whole egg and 2 egg whites
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 3 tablespoons finely grated Gruyere, Parmesan, or Fontina cheese

Directions

1. Heat a 10-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat; add butter. When your palm placed over the skillet feels very warm, the skillet is ready.
2. While the pan is heating, in a medium bowl whisk together eggs, and season with salt and pepper; incorporate a lot of air into eggs, so that the omelet will be light and fluffy.
3. Pour eggs into the hot skillet. Simultaneously, briefly whisk eggs and shake the skillet vigorously back and forth over the heat, until eggs begin to set. Stop whisking, and let cook until almost completely set, 1 to 1 1/2 minutes.
4. With the handle of the skillet facing you, sprinkle the left half of the omelet with grated cheese. Using a rubber spatula, carefully loosen eggs from the edges of the skillet, and then fold the right half of the omelet over filling, forming a half-moon shape. Lightly press down on the omelet with the spatula to seal it together.
5. Lift up the skillet with one hand and a serving plate with the other. Tilt the skillet, and let the curved edge of the omelet slip onto the plate. Quickly invert the skillet, folding the portion of the omelet that is left in the skillet over the curved edge already on the plate. Serve immediately.