How Versatile Are Eggs?
Written by admin on June 19th, 2009For an easy to cook, versatile, and nutritious, low cost, food, You really cannot beat eggs. You could easily have your own supply simply by building your own hen house, and keeping a few hens. In some recipes such as cakes and pastries, eggs are absolutely essential.
Eggs are usually used for breakfast - who can forget boiled eggs as a child. Eggs really are healthy cooking for kids. A more sophisticated (and modern) dish is scrambled eggs and smoked salmon. Very easy to prepare and impressive to serve to guests. It doesn’t need great knowledge to get it right, yet is one of the simplest dishes to create - serve with toast and champagne if you are really pushing the boat out. For simpler tastes, Orange Juice or coffe works just as well.
For lunch or brunch, soufflés and omelettes are great. These require a little more skill, but the results are worth the trouble and many changes can be made with the use of various fillings - Many different tastes can be achieved with various cheeses and cold meats Shellfish, vegetables and ham are a few options you could try.
Try a Spanish omelette for a tasty quick meal. It doesn’t have to be light and fluffy and is much easier to make. This is really simple. Take some eggs, break them into a bowl and whisk for a few minutes until they are well mixed. Cut some left over vegetables into small pieces and gently fry in a little low fat cooking oil for a few minutes (just enough oil to stop it sticking in the pan), then add the eggs and stir gently. Now let it cook until the eggs are cooked all through. Cut into as many pieces as you want and serve. Delicious.
Try using boiled eggs as finger bites at parties. Boil your eggs until they are hard boiled. Remove the shells and cut them in half lengthways. Scoop out the yolks and put them in a bowl. Carefully set the whites aside - you will want them whole later. Now flavour the yolks. There are a number of ingredients you can use depending on your taste and your pocket. You could try mayonnaise (or salad cream). Cream cheese. Small pieces of ham. A little garlic butter. However, only use one flavour to an egg. Mix your egg yolk with the selected flavour, then spoon it back into the egg white halfs. Serve on a bed of lettuce with a garnish of parsley. These can be used as an entree for a main meal, simply serve them with salad.
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