Hello! Hope you had a lovely, lovely Christmas š Normal posting will continue soon, Iām just enjoying my time off at the moment. But I do have a quick post on one of my favourite foods (no not apples!)
Iāve many times expressed my love for eggs. I think theyāre brilliant. When Iām all stressed out and donāt know what to cook for dinner, it usually ends up being eggs. A perfect source of protein, it goes with everything and anything and itās easy to keep a pack of eggs in the kitchen at all times.
Thereās always a nit of confusion as to whether to keep eggs in the fridge or not. Iām part of the āout of the fridgeā group. I havenāt had any nasty food poisoning yet so fingerās crossed!
Keeping eggs out of the fridge is handy considering a friend of ours gave us a huge amounts of eggs the other day that Iām not sure would have fitted in the fridge. He gets a load free of eggs from work apparently and was happy to palm some off to us. Nice!
Whereas Iām more a scrambled egg fan, Ben loves poached eggs. We used this cool egg poacher and, after a few bumps in the road (we forgot to put the lid on so it took AGES), Ben got some perfectly poached eggs to sit quite nicely on his toast.
Iām not a fan of the poached egg texture though which is a bit random I must admit. I much prefer the crispiness of a fried egg or scrambled egg when it has a million other ingredients in it.
Or a meal that has firmly stuck on our weekly rotation is gammon and fried eggs.
And it has to be a runny yolk. Itās devastating if we overdo our fried eggs, or it splits when cooking. Sad times indeed.
It always irks me a little when I hear people are still harbouring a fear of eggs. Specifically the cholesterol in eggs. The British Lion Eggs has a great website which goes over this misconception about cholesterol (amongst other interesting things to know such as egg allergies). People used to think that you shouldnāt eat so many eggs in a day because of the cholesterol the eggs contain, and this would apparently increase the risk of heart disease in healthy people. But recent evidence suggests this isnāt so as the cholesterol they contain doesnāt significantly affect our blood cholesterol. This is great news for egg lovers like me š We get through a lot of eggs in a week!
Do you eat a lot of eggs?
Whatās your favourite egg-based recipe?
Poached, fried or scrambled? I love fried egg but I cannot stand ketchup with my eggs. It really doesnāt go in my mind and freaks me out.
***Full disclosure: I was asked to write this post by the British Lion Eggs in return for the egg poacher. All opinions are my own. The links are not affiliate links.***