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Illustration for the table of contents of the 1912 edition of “Just So Stories” by Rudyard Kipling. Credit Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Just So Omelet is a story about eggs and flatbreads. Just So Stories<\/a><\/em> was a collection for children by Rudyard Kipling. Rather than illuminate biology for children with facts, his were fanciful tales<\/a> about, for example, how the elephant got its trunk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a homemade version of Just Egg, the “plant-based scramble.” Just Eggs<\/a> do resemble eggs but likely would fail a Coke-Pepsi sort of challenge. Taste and mouth-feel are close, but the cooking takes its own touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s an appeal for a vegan alternative to what you can buy ready-made from a store. The jar is convenient but on the pricier side. It’s 12 ounces, so it’s about 6 servings of scrambled eggs or 4 omelets \u2014 equivalent to 2 eggs per or 3 eggs, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It turns out lots of food tinkerers have worked on cloning Just Eggs. For me the Mung Bean Momelet Mix<\/a> comes closest to the manufactured product, whose protein is from mung beans. It’s by Monica of Whole Food Plant Babe. I’ve made a few changes that for me more approach the Just company’s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further research revealed this sort of dish to be Indian in origin and called Moong Dal Chilla, with moong dal referring to peeled and split mung beans. It’s similar to my earlier Vegan Frittata<\/a> made with chickpea flour. Every culture seems to have flatbread in its origins, made from ground grains (tortillas to matzo) and ground legumes (farinata\/socca to dosa) \u2014 not to mention good ol’ pancakes! Chilla<\/a> is yet another flatbread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the Just So Omelet, the proportions nearly fill a pint jar for the fridge so this recipe too makes 4 omelets, perhaps cooked over the week of nearly instant hot entrees for morning or evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n