Ostrich Egg Omlette

My kids are pretty adventurous eaters. They have tried and liked things that even most adults will have hard time trying. Every year in Chandler Arizona there is an Ostrich Festival. I don't know how it originated but we have had Ostrich burgers at the festival before. Also quiet often we take a trip to Tucson, Arizona, about 90 minutes south of us, and on the way there we usually stop at an Ostrich farm. Kids get to feed the deer, Ostrich, birds and goats at the farm.

During one of those trips back from Tucson, we decided to stop at the Ostrich farm. They also sell Ostrich Eggs ($20 I think), that I always wanted to get but they always ran out when I wanted to buy one. But this time they had some available, and with consultation from the kids, we decided to buy an Ostrich egg, bring it home and make omlettes out of it for dinner.

Keep in mind that one Ostrich egg is equivalent to about 22 regular size eggs. Also you can't just crack the egg like a regular egg because the shell is very hard. So what the farm does is when they sell each egg, they make a round crack on the shell, which after bringing home you can use a hammer and a screw driver to crack the small round part. This way you can also wash and dry the shell afterwards and keep it as a decoration.

After you empty the eggs in a large bowl, it's similar to making any regular omlettes. The flavor of Ostrich egg is much stronger than a regular egg but the texture is very similar. We had some cheese, tomatoes, jalapenos and green onions in the omlette, served with a side of turkey bacons. Here are some pictures.

Taco Salad

This menu has a lot of ingredients but many of them are optional and you can pick and choose which toppings you want to put on your taco salad. It is a very simple dish to make and everyone loves to pick their own toppings to make their own taco salad.

The main ingredients are basically taco shell (available in any mexican store or even in any major grocery store), lettuce (replace with spring salad if you'd like), refried beans, ground beef or chicken cooked with taco spices, packaged spanish rice, mexican cheese and toppings. I will write them in order below:

Main Ingredients:
Taco Shell
Refried Beans
Lettuce
Spanish Rice
Ground beef
Mexican Cheese

Toppings:
Green Onions
Black Olives
Cilantro
Lime
Salsa
Jalapenos
Hot Sauce
Guacamole
Sour Cream
Chopped Tomatoes

Directions:
Cook 1 lb of ground beef with taco seasoning from the store. Just follow the directions on the taco seasoning packet. Same way make spanish rice following directions on the package. Refried beans are available in cans and is very conveneint.

Chop lettuce and rest of the toppings and ingredients. Set them on the table in seperate bowls.

Take one taco shell and put some lettuce in it. And them choose your main ingredients and put your own toppings and enjoy :)