11 Easy Ways To Prepare Eggs
Here are 11 easy ways to prepare eggs. Here’s the deal, even with the higher prices of eggs today you can make a very inexpensive meal for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. If you are lucky enough to have chickens on your property, I tip my hat to all of you. I live in an HOA and we are not allowed to have chickens, we are lucky enough to have two dogs, let alone any other animals.
I must confess, I am happy to just buy the eggs at the store. If I was younger I would have loved to have chickens with my girls so we could have all learned the skills of raising them.
But if something happens in this world that’s so unsettled I will trade my homemade freshly ground whole wheat bread for a few eggs. It’s all good. We all have our own talents. Raising chickens is not in my future, as of today, anyway. Here is one of my favorite pans to prepare eggs: Lodge LCS3 Pre-Seasoned Cast-Iron Chef’s Skillet, 10-inch
One of my favorite meals is an omelet served with salsa and a dollop of sour cream. So let’s get started with my egg recipes. My recipes are now all printables, yay!!
11 Easy Ways To Prepare Eggs
- 12 eggs
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grab a muffin tin and fill it with 12 eggs if you want to hard boil (bake) that many eggs. I fill about 1/2 inch of water in each muffin cup. Bake for 30 minutes. Carefully remove the eggs from the oven after baking and drain the water in the sink, add cold water and ice. These eggs will peel so easily!
Pan Hard-Boiled Eggs
- 12 eggs
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Grab a saucepan and add a number of eggs desired and cover them with 2 inches of cold water. Bring the water to a boil, cover and remove the pan from the stove. Let stand for 20 minutes. Next, remove the lid, drain the eggs and pour cold water with ice cubes over the eggs to cool them down. When cool, remove the shells from the eggs under cold running water.
Eggs in a Blanket
- 1 slice bread use a biscuit cutter to cut a circle out of the middle
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 egg
- Salt and pepper to taste
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Grab a frying pan, melt the butter and place the bread with the circle cut out in the pan. Fry one side of the bread and flip it over to fry the other side. Break the egg into the circle in the middle of the bread. Flip the bread again to cook the egg, or serve the egg sunny side up. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Fry the circle as well to serve on the side.
Good Old Fried Eggs
- 3 eggs
- 2-3 tablespoons butter
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If you want to keep your fried eggs tender start with 2-3 tablespoons of butter in a small 9-inch fry pan. More butter for larger fry pans. Let it melt on a low temperature and slowly crack the eggs in a bowl to slowly drop them in the frying pan. Spoon the melted butter over the eggs as they cook. I like my eggs to cook about ten minutes on low. Cook them less time for sunny side up. I like to crack the yolks on mine as they cook.
Scrambled Eggs
- 3 eggs
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 3 teaspoons milk
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If you cook your scrambled eggs on low with a ratio of one tablespoon of butter per egg you will love it, I promise. Beat three eggs with 3 teaspoons of milk with a dash of salt and pepper. Try not to stir the eggs excessively. Once you see the eggs start to set lift them with a spatula and let the raw egg go to the bottom. Stir gently. Cook for three to five minutes until fluffy and completely cooked. Carefully break up the cooked mixture.
Cheesy Egg Omelet
- Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 3 eggs
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1-1/2 cups shredded cheese
- Dash salt and pepper
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Instructions:
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Melt the butter in a fry pan or skillet. Beat all of the ingredients together, except the cheese. Pour the egg mixture into a medium hot skillet. When you can see the eggs are cooked and shiny sprinkle the cheese over the omelet and fold the omelet in half with a spatula. Serve immediately.
Easy To Make Oven Omelet
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup grated cheese
- 1/2 cup milk
- 3 tablespoons chopped onion
- 1/4 teaspoon seasoned salt
- 1-2 cups chopped broccoli
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9-inch by 9-inch baking dish. Combine all of the ingredients and then add some of your favorite cooked vegetables: one cup cooked and chopped broccoli, one cup chopped mushrooms, one cup spinach, one cup bell peppers or whatever veggies sounds good to you. I love all of them.
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I add enough vegetables so the pan is full up to about one inch from the top of the pan. Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until the eggs are set and cooked.
Erma’s Egg and Sausage Breakfast Casserole
- 12 slices white bread (crusts removed and cubed)
- 3 cups grated cheese
- 1 pound of sausage (we buy Jimmy Dean) or use leftover ham
- 4 eggs
- 2-1/4 cups milk
- 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
- The next two ingredients you save for the next morning when you bake it:
- 1 10-3/4 ounce can cream of mushroom soup
- 1/2 cup milk
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Grease a 9 by13-inch pan and place the cubed bread in it. Sprinkle the grated cheese on the top of the bread cubes. The next layer is the cooked sausage spread evenly over the cheese. Beat the eggs, the milk, and the dry mustard and pour over the sausage layer. Place the covered casserole in the refrigerator overnight.
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The next morning preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Then combine the soup and the 1/2 cup of milk together and pour over the casserole. Bake at 325 degrees for one hour covered with foil. Remove the foil and continue baking for another 30 minutes, or until the eggs are set.
Cheesy Egg-Ham Bake
- 12 slices of white bread cubed (remove crusts if desired)
- 2 cups grated cheddar cheese
- 1 pound of diced cooked ham or one pound of chopped cooked bacon
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 6 eggs
- 3-1/2 cups milk
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon dry mustard
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Grease a 9 by13-inch pan. Place the bread cubes in the bottom of the casserole pan. Sprinkle the cheese, then the meat, then the onions over the bread cubes. Combine the eggs, milk, salt, and dry mustard together and pour the mixture over the casserole. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
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In the morning, preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Bake uncovered for 40 minutes. After the 40 minutes remove the casserole from the oven and add a little more grated cheese to the top of the casserole and return to the oven to bake for 10 more minutes.
Stacie’s Egg and Hash Brown Casserole
- 8 cups hash browns (2-inches deep in your pan)
- 1 package sausage (cooked, drained and crumbled or 1-1/2 cups cooked ham or 1-1/2 cups cooked bacon, crumbled)
- Egg mixture (combine the following and set aside)
- 10-12 eggs (beat until smooth)
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 cups grated cheese (set aside 1 cup for one of the layers)
- Salt and pepper
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Grease a 9 by 13-inch pan and place the hash browns into the pan. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of oil over the hash browns. Bake at 425 degrees for 25 minutes. Remove from oven and pour 1/2 of the egg mixture over the hash browns. Put the meat of choice on top of this layer. Sprinkle the other cup of cheese on this layer. Pour the remaining egg mixture on top of this layer. Bake at 350 degrees for 40-50 minutes uncovered, or until the eggs set.
Eggs Cooked in Mason Jar Rings
- Ingredients:
- 3 eggs
- 3 wide mouth mason jar rings
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Grab a frying pan and spray it with vegetable oil. Take three mason-jar (wide mouth) rings turned bottom side up. This way the flat part of the ring is sitting next to the pan surface. Make sure your stove is warm before you add the eggs to each ring. These rings will make your eggs perfectly round. I can usually make three eggs per pan depending, on the size of skillet you are using. Cook on medium heat until cooked. All you do is toast some English muffins, add some cheese and ham or sausage. These are perfect for egg sandwiches.
Final Word
Do you love to prepare eggs as much as I do? Let me know your favorite way to prepare eggs, I would love to hear. The more we can teach others to cook from scratch, the better off our world will be.
Egg Safety by The Food and Drug Administration
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My book: Prepare Your Family for Survival: How to Be Ready for Any Emergency or Disaster Situation
Lodge Cast-Iron Skillet L10SK3ASHH41B, 12-Inch
Cuisinart 7117-135 Chef’s Classic Stainless 13-1/2-Inch Lasagna Pan
I like my eggs over easy with rye toast, hash browns, crispy bacon, and black coffee with sugar. And I remember learning to make “egg in a nest” in middle school Home Economics class. A fond memory.
Hi Sylvia, I love rye toast!! Life is good with a hearty breakfast! I wish we still had those Home Economics classes! Linda