Remember that advertising campaign about the “incredible, edible egg?”. Well, I’ve realized recently that eggs are pretty darn amazing.
Princess has decided lately that her favorite breakfast is a fried egg with toast. At first I tried to disuade her from the notion. Then I realized “What am I, crazy?” A dozen eggs costs $.88 at Aldi’s, and a loaf of white bread $89. that’s almost 2 weeks of breakfast for $1.76.
Granted, pulling out the frying pan and cracking an egg into it, then throwing a couple of pieces of toast into the toaster does take a few seconds longer than pulling out a box of cereal and pouring some milk on it in a bowl. But it really is just a few seconds. Plus since the egg is high in protien she will be satiated longer and have more protien available for building muscle etc.
So, bring on the eggs!
There are also some great ways to use eggs for the rest of the family. Back when I worked full time one of my favorite “I’m totally desperate” dinners was scrambled eggs, bacon or sausage and toast. It is a meal that pretty much everyone likes, it’s cheap, and it’s fun (Hey look! We are eating breakfast for dinner! What fun!). You can dress it up more by making an omlette, frittata, or “breakfast” style burritos.
Leftover (or freshly) scrambled eggs can be worked right into fried rice. I love making fried rice for lunch or dinner. It is just plain yummy, and you can use up a lot of the little bits and pieces that are languisihing in your fridge.
Quiche is also delicious, elegant, and a great way to hide those self same leftovers. As an added benefit, it freezes well and can be eaten either hot or at room temperature. I use the “Universal Quiche” recipe from The Complete Tightwad Gazette. Surprisingly, you can make a quiche big enough for the whole family with just 3 eggs.
I even plan on adding “Egg Foo Yung” to my egg repitoire with my next batch of bean sprouts.
Tune in tomorrow for the Quiche recipe!
When my oldest was little he and my husband would make something called ‘eggie surprise’ on Saturday morning. I don’t know why it was called that, but I bet Princess would like it! Just butter a piece of bread on both sides and use a glass to cut a hole out of the middle. Put the bread in your frying pan and crack the egg into the hole. Put the round piece you cut out from the bread on top of the egg, flip the whole thing over and finish it off. (I think this might be what they call ‘Toad in the Hole’ over in England.)
We used to love ‘breakfast for dinner’ when I was a kid. It was a big treat when mom made pancakes for dinner, but looking back I bet it was her way of ‘making do’ when supplies got low.
When I was in junior high and high school, my father would make me a fried egg with toast every morning before school. Your post brought back that special memory…
I was a huge egg foo yung fan in my youth as well! Yummy!
My son’s only egg phase was when I would make green eggs and ham, but the ham he lost interest in quite quickly and eggs soon to follow. I have eggs at least once a week. They’re great when you throw in some onion, jalapeno, tomato, tomatillos and finsh it with a little cilantro at the end. Yum!
M2F-We called that same thing “eggs in a basket” growing up or “egg in a hole”. I haven’t made that for her-maybe I’ll try it tomorrow.
SS-Wow, it’s great that your dad made you breakfast. In highschool and Jr. High we got ourselves up and out the door. That is a sweet memory to have.
K-Princess’s Nursery school did green eggs and ham for Dr. Suess’s birthday. I remember my big sister made us green eggs and ham when we were little kids. But to spice up the eggs she added a pkt of Knorrs vegetable soup mix. So the green eggs had all these orange and yellow bits in it. . . looked pretty gross but tasted good.