Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to eat more eggs. This is the third Super Foods challenge.
Impact Ratings: 
depends on what kind you choose; more on this later in the week!
will vary widely
Level of Commitment: Baby Steps
The last three Monday Missions, have been, in my opinion, pretty epic. Making chicken stock, really making an effort to include more beans in your meals, and homemade yogurt are HUGE nutritionally and no small task to chew as far as mental energy (and sometimes time). This week it’s time to step back, take a break, and eat more eggs.
Eggs are a simple food. They’re not scary. Unless you don’t like eggs, you probably know a bunch of ways to use them already. You’ve even seen my ridiculous 11-step method for super quick scrambled eggs that I’ve never gotten tired of, even 4 times a week! This week make an effort to eat more eggs. Maybe choose a morning that your family usually has cereal and designate it “egg day”. If it goes well, try doing it every week.
If I was really cool, I would have coordinated egg week with Easter a little better, because I’m sure you’ve all just finished your dozen hard-boiled eggs! In spite of that, this week I’ll share a great way to incorporate kids in the kitchen and enjoy eggs, especially as summer approaches.
Since the Monday Mission kind of ought to be on Monday, I’m going a little backward this week, because of time available and research necessary. Your Food for Thought on egg health benefits is coming tomorrow, then Kids in the Kitchen and some recipes with eggs.
For today, just consider how you could get more eggs into your family’s diet.
If you already are on top of your game egg-wise, go back and read the first Food for Thought series on soap and antibacterial products. Re-examine your home and see where you can cut the bad stuff out. I’m hoping to pop in this week with a Food for Thought on sanitizers, which work differently than antibacterial soaps. Families on the go need something for when they’re “out and about”, and we’ll explore the different options and their impact on health and earth.
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Our family incorporates eggs into our weekly diet by having “Breakfast for Dinner” one night a week. It cuts our grocery bill, and we have tried all sorts of interesting breakfast recipes.
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We are egg lovers. We go through about three dozen every week, if we all eat breakfast at home every day! We’ve stopped buying all processed cereals, and normally switch between soaked oatmeal, green smoothies or eggs for most of our weekly breakfasts (or a combination of two of these, depending on our mood!), and I love a good frittata for an easy dinner from time to time!
It’s interesting, if you crack open any old (i.e. vintage) cookbook, there is invariably a whole chapter on eggs alone! They’re not just for breakfast! I’ve gotten so many great ideas from those! And a relatively inexpensive way to eat more protein frugally.
Looking forward to reading more!
Best,
Sarah
PS – I wrote a post on increasing iron consumption on Friday with lots of egg ideas . . . check it out!
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admin Reply:
April 28th, 2009 at 10:19 pm
Your iron post was great — I forwarded it to two friends dealing with the same issues! Thank you! Katie
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My husband detests eggs in traditional ways…most breakfast recipes are off limits for him. One way he loves them is in a recipe that has been passed down in my family called “creamed eggs”.
You basically hard boil the eggs, quarter them, make a roux (with flour, butter, milk) and then mix in the eggs. Add some salt and pepper and serve over toast (preferably sourdough…it’s the best by far for this recipe).
He would eat this every day of the week if I would make it! I also have been known to just keep hardboiled eggs in the fridge and mix up an individual batch for lunch/breakfast some days!
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Susan Reply:
November 7th, 2011 at 4:50 pm
Creamed eggs on toast is comfort food. Yumm!
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I received a windfall! (I hope) I live on a canal and there used to be 2 geese and 3 ducks that all swam together. I don’t know what happened to them, but after awhile there was only one duck left. My neighbor saw someone getting rid of some baby ducks and got 2 of them to be companions for that lone duck. They were reall cute when they were babies. Anyway, they like to hag out at my neighbors, but they are really messy on the dock so she doesn’t want to see little ones. Today we discovered the female had made a nest in the corner of ou yard behind the canoe and she had 13 eggs. We gently took her off of the nest and I put the eggs in the frig. I will have to crack them in separate cups in case some are past the edible stage. I don’t have access to pastured chicken eggs where I live, so I am excited to get these eggs. The sad part is, she will probably go else where for her next nest and I won’t be able to get those eggs. An the other hand, if she does end up with little ones I may be able to have some duck dinners. I will just have to be careful not to get the older ones so my neighbor doesn’t get upset. She doesn’t like the mess they make, but she does have an attachment to them.
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An excellent idea! I’d love to collect more egg recipes!
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