This is a compensated review by BlogHer and Eggland’s Best.
In our family, we like eggs. We like eggs a lot. So when BlogHer asked me if I’d be willing to share some recipes I love to make with Eggland’s Best eggs, I stood up and raised my hand and then I saluted.
Okay. So maybe not literally.
But I was tickled to participate, mainly because Eggland’s Best is a product I’ve used regularly for the last couple of years. Since we have a growing boy in this house, I’ve tried to be careful not to buy food with added hormones and antibiotics, and Eggland’s Best has neither. Plus, since stuff like eggs and milk and meat and fresh vegetables are staples of our diet, I don’t mind paying a little extra to buy a better quality product. It’s taken me a long time to learn the lesson, but really good ingredients make for better-tasting meals, and better-tasting meals mean that the people in this family don’t mind leftovers quite so much. Since I’m the one doing the cooking, that’s a win-win for me.
So. The recipes.
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A couple of nights ago I was craving something chocolate-y LIKE NOBODY’S BUSINESS, AS IS MY INALIENABLE RIGHT AS AN AMERICAN, and since I had all the stuff for fudge pie on hand, I had no choice but to make one. This is a super-simple, very rich pie, and the great thing about it is that a little goes a long way. Just a tiny sliver of this pie will satisfy the most intense chocolate craving, and it tastes so delicious that your family and friends will love you forever for making it. The eggs are key, of course, because without them we’d have a lovely chocolate soup.
Fudge Pie
3/4 cup sugar
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
1/2 stick butter, melted
2 well-beaten eggs
1 small can evaporated milk
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350. Mix all ingredients, making sure to thoroughly combine the dry ingredients before adding the butter, eggs, milk and vanilla extract. Pour mixture into a pie shell, and bake for 35-40 minutes. When you remove the pie from the oven, it will still be a little jiggly. Let stand for 15-20 minutes before cutting. Serve with vanilla ice cream.
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My husband’s favorite pie in the whole wide world is egg custard pie, and when I told him I was going to be making three recipes with eggs, he said something along the lines of “OOOOH! OOOOH! EGG CUSTARD PIE!” It’s something I rarely make because I’m a big believer that desserts should feature chocolate, but since I had some purty, fresh eggs to use, I humored him and made my mother-in-law’s recipe. He was so grateful.
Egg Custard Pie
2 cups whole milk (skim or nonfat milk won’t work nearly as well)
6 eggs
dash of salt
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
Preheat oven to 350. Mix all ingredients, then pour into a pie shell. Bake for 45 minutes or until set. Let cool before serving.
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This last recipe is so simple, and I’ve probably made it fifty times for special occasion breakfasts (whether we have company, or I’m cooking for something at church, or we’re celebrating a holiday). What I love most about it is that you can make it the night before and put it in the refrigerator, so when you wake up the next morning, all you have to do is throw it in the oven and wait on the deliciousness.
It’s a keeper.
Crescent Roll Breakfast Casserole
1 12 oz. package bacon, chopped and fried (reserve about 2 Tbs. of bacon grease)
2 packages fresh sliced mushrooms
2 packages crescent rolls
8 large eggs, beaten
2 cups evaporated milk
2 cups milk
2 cups shredded Swiss cheese
Cook bacon pieces. Drain on paper towels. In reserved bacon grease, saute’ mushrooms until they lose their firmness (about 8 minutes). While mushrooms are cooking, press crescent roll dough in the bottom of a large (around 10 x 13), greased casserole dish, making sure that you press all the seams together. Depending on the size of your casserole dish, you may have a little bit of dough left over.
In a separate bowl, combine eggs, evaporated milk, milk, and cheese. Set aside.
Scatter bacon and mushrooms on top of the crescent roll dough. Pour egg / milk / cheese mixture on top.
Bake 15 minutes on 325 degrees, then 35-40 minutes on 300 degrees.
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Egg casserole anyday…
Love brownies! :)
Lemon cake with white chocolate frosting, also has lemon curd in it and I got the recipe in a magazine. It takes about 8 eggs, but is so good and this is the time of the year to be making it again.. spring is soon and Easter.. mmmmm
Erika
I make lots of egg and tuna salad with hard-boiled eggs. And we eat a whole lot of scrambled eggs. I also made The Pioneer Woman’s poundcake this week which took 5 eggs. Delicious!
Quiche. I’m baking one today, in fact! Ham and spinach, mmmmm.
Mushroom and spinach quiche
a DELICIOUS CHEESE SOUFFLE!
Scrambled for breakfast, lunch, or supper. Because my two boys (almost 3 and 16 months) love them! Easy, inexpensive, and good! Thanks for the giveaway!
Sausage egg casserole
We love to have veggie fritatta’s in our house–especially since it’s an easy way to get veggies into our picky one year old (the 3 year old eats anything)
Delicious, delicious cakes and brownies and homemade ice cream – oh yum! We love eggs around here.
We like to make scrambled eggs and mix in chopped up cooked bacon and cheese. Yummy!
Omelets!!!!
Egg casserole muffins! They’re always a hit at my husband’s office, the kids’ school, church breakfasts, and at home! Took the best parts of our 3 favorite egg casserole recipes, made up a new recipe and then bake them in muffin tins (regular or mini) – they are DELICIOUS!! Eggland’s Best eggs are our family favorites – they make any recipe taste better.
I love to make a bird in the nest!
Easter Eggs! HE IS RISEN!
“Dippy Eggs”, as they are called in my house. Over easy eggs to the rest of the world.
Yum…egg salad, or at the other end of the spectrum…chocolate chip cookies!!
I’m salavating all over my keyboard–darnit!
breakfast casserole!!
Crepes. Yum :)
I make a breakfast quiche that is fabulous! I use bacon, but you can also use sausage, ham, etc. with cheese, eggs, butter (of course!).
I love eggs! My family loves breakfast casserole, but my favorite (especially with fresh E.B. eggs) is just a regular fried egg. So good. Also, the egg in a basket (toad in a hole) from Pioneer Woman. The butter and toast with the egg are delicious!
chopped eggs in a casserole..an element of surprise!
Egg sandwiches! No lie. My husband and I get so excited about it when I say we are having them for dinner. I toast the bread, smear on some may and plop a fried egg on it. Voila!
Chocolate cake!! Or cookie batter!! ;)
Anything with this combo pretty much makes something yummy…chocolate, flour, sugar & eggs, etc. But at the moment I’m dieting, I know, dumb & not fun. But I love to chop up boiled eggs and put them over my salads. Eggs…excellent protein.
Quiche with a spinach and cornmeal crust and lots and lots of mushrooms. Mmmm!
A good ol’ egg salad sandwich ain’t bad either!
We just like me scrambled with grits and bacon :)
I love to make egg sandwiches for my husband in the mornings before he goes to work. The kids love them too.
My mom’s breakfast casserole and pumpkin bread!
Love me some crusty cream cheese poundcake!
ooh, mercy. just one thing? Ree’s chocolate pie. yyyyuuuummmm.
I love plain ole eggs…anyway…anytime
Quiche and I have to add cupcakes!
I have this dark chocolate pie in an oreo crust that is TO DIE FOR. It takes a lot of eggs.
I just like plain ole’ scrambled eggs! My husband makes the best fluffy eggs! (By the way, is that how you type ole’ ?)
Cookies . .
I cook with eggs ALL.THE.TIME. Really!
Breakfast, lunch, & snacks!
here’s a few examples:
Breakfast: MUFFINS!, omelets, pancakes or waffles
lunch: egg salad, tuna salad, or potato salad
snacks: cookies, cakes, brownies….we love to bake at our house!!
This is tough, since eggs are involved in most things good (much like cheese). I will have to say an omelette, since it combines both eggs and cheese!
Fried Potatoes and Onions cooked into scrambled eggs and topped with cheese.
By far, a lemon lime tart that I make. DELICIOUS!
Cheesecake!!
I love to make frittatas on the weekend. Whatever veggies I have on hand…potatoes, onions, spinach, mushrooms, whatever…if I have leftover meat like ham or sausage or bacon I throw it in too…add some cheese and you’ve got some yummy goodness!!!
Every Easter, our family would have creamed eggs on toast using the colored and boiled Easter eggs. Fabulous!
We love Egglands Best! As a newlywed I’ve enjoyed discovering that my husband likes to make scrambled eggs and these amazing egg, turkey bacon, cheese and english muffin sandwiches! Yum!
I make a mean cajun frittata thanks to Emeril Lagasse!
And I ONLY use Eggland’s Best Free-Range or Organic Eggs. No seriously. Just ask my husband. He’s been known to have to run back to the grocery store to “exchange” them out. They ARE the freshest!
A quiche with onion, bacon and gruyere! Thanks Sophie!
We love eggs any way you cook them.
I still make the old Sun-in-a-Window treat. Punch a hole out of a slice of bread, lay it in a hot frying pan, crack the egg into the hole, and let everything get toasty. Great comfort food!
I guess one of my families favorites is a hash brown and egg casserole dish that I make sometimes for supper. It is really so easy to do..and it is a great way to use up beef or chicken leftovers.
This sounds like a whole lotta cholesterol, but my wonderful (non-morning) husband eats scrambled eggs EVERY morning of the week. He likes them “fluffy.” Now isn’t that a lovely culinary term?
I LOVE to make an old Pampered Chef favorite called ham puffs. Sort of like mini quiches. Awesome egg recipe.
We love breakfast tacos/burritos and casseroles… yum!
Stuffed French Toast. Oh my.
Creme Brulee…
My non-egg-eating husband (gasp) made me a egg sandwich, where the egg was actually in a heart he carved out of the toast. Ain’t that cute?
I can give my boys pancakes, cereal, pop-tarts or anything else for breakfast and they just nibble it…but when I make scrambled eggs (Eggland’s Best rocks!)they eat every bite!!! So that is definitely makes scrambled eggs a favorite…but for me, it has to be baking–cookies and cakes from scratch!
My family’s favorite is homemade breakfast sandwiches – a toasted muffin, a scrambled egg round made in my smallest skillet, and some cheese. Sometimes, if I’m feeling daring, we like to mix it up and replace the muffin with two pancakes to make a knock-off McGriddle.
i love egg and sausage breakfast tacos…french toast with bananas & walnuts…homemade brownies…and always with eggland’s best. seriously.
thanks.
I seriously love eggs–any way, shape, or form (except if it has a runny yoke…) But my favorite dish to make with eggs is a frittata, using anything in the fridge that needs to be used. And the best thing about eggs–and frittata–is that you can eat it for any meal of the day. And my favorite snack? A hard boiled egg!
Belgian waffles, I use 7 eggs in those babies!!! Yum yum!
mmmm…my favorite is eggs and bacon on a bagel for breakfast…yum yum! But one of my fav recipes would be fresh hot loaves of challah. Oh. My. Goodness. Of course our cookie jar is almost always full and so that’s probably the most frequent use for eggs…
Any baked goods, but I am trying to recover from my sugar addiction.
My hubby’s favorite? Plain old scrambled eggs.
Can’t beat a classic!
ham and cheese quiche!
Right now my favorite thing to make is just plain scrambled eggs for my little man! He loves them for breakfast and pretty much always requests them! :)
Those yummy breakfast casseroles… any of them…. eggs, potatoes, cheese, bacon.
And I always use an egg when making meatloaf or burgers!
Cheers for eggs!
Mmmm. Buttermilk Pie!
French Toast all the way
Um, brownies, and then chocolate chip cookies, and then muffins. Oh, and my homemade dinner rolls. Probably in that order. :) We aren’t big on egg recipes with eggs as the main ingredient, but boy do we enjoy them in other things!
Quiche- with crabmeat, mushrooms and swiss cheese
My favorite recipe to make with eggs are simple homemade egg noodles! Simple — eggs, flour, and water with a pinch of salt!! There you have it!
Fried eggs!
I’d make Broccoli Surprise – Surprise is it has no Broccoli – basically hashbrown, sausage, eggs and cheese in a skillet – usually had for dinner. Yummy
I’d also have to make some delicious and killer homemade rolls – complete with 4 eggs. Delicious and buttery.
I make a quiche every few weeks that the guys in the family love – who says real men don’t eat quiche!!
Chocolate Chip Cookies
I twittered about this!
http://twitter.com/Laru/status/8046956879
I love ham and cheese frittata!
breakfast casserole!
Egg salad sandwiches! Yummy!
Challah. Easy, yummy honey-egg yeast bread.
scrambled eggs are a favorite around here. We have them breakfast, lunch and dinner!!!!
I love to make breakfast cassersoles that you prepare the night before and bake the next morning. I have several different versions, but they all have eggs. The other ingredients vary such as bacon or sausage or hash browns, but they are all delicious!
baked eggs!
Scrambled eggs with cheese and homemade Italian Cream Cake….YUM!
brownies baby!!!!
My husband LOVES old-fashioned coconut pie! It’s always a winner!
I love making breakfast casserole for my family. Bacon, eggs, cheese, bacon and did I mention bacon? It’s quite the winner in my home!
Natillas – a New Mexico specialty egg custard folded with whipped egg whites and cinnamon
Egg salad sandwiches, of course!
:-)
Oooh, my father in law also makes an EXCELLENT potato salad with hard-boiled eggs in it… my mouth is watering now!
Oven Omelet –
18 eggs
1 c. sour cream
1 c. milk
2 tsp. salt
1/3 c. butter
Melt butter in pan in oven at 325*. Mix eggs and other stuff until frothy. Bake 30-35 minutes or until fluffy/puffy and delicious!
Scrambled eggs! I love Saturdays and scrambled eggs!
We adore eggs around here. Just plain old scrambled eggs is such a comfort food for me. But my very favorite dish has to be the Breakfast Casserole we make for CHRISTmas morning/brunch.
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I am a purist – simple scrambled eggs, little salt and pepper, with rye toast! So good!
Chicken fried rice!
Mmm, Pound cake! 6 eggs for each batch!
A favorite around here is:
Sausage and Pepper Frittata
10 eggs – scramble in a bowl
1 T. olive oil
1 red pepper, cut into small pieces
1 medium red onion, diced
3 pack of turkey sausage links cut into bit size chunks
1 1/2 cups cooked hash browns
1/3 cup chopped parsley
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
3 scallions diced
INSTRUCTIONS
In a bowl, use a wisk on eggs, parsley and 1/4 teaspoon of salt and pepper. Set aside
In a skillet cook the pepper and onions and sausage for four minutes. Add hash browns. Season with salt and pepper.
Pour the egg mixture over the sausage mixture and potato and cook. Stir with a spatula.
Place the almost set mixture under the for 2 minutes. Remove from heat and after a minute run a spatula around the edge of the frittata to remove. Invert frittata. Cut into slices and serve with scallions on top.
Scrambled eggs, cheese, bacon rolled in a soft tortilla. MMMMM!
Thanks for the contest! One of my specialties is stuffed eggs, plain and simple with Miracle Whip or Mayo, a little prepared mustard, salt and pepper, with a little paprika sprinkled on top of some of them. Wherever I have ever served them people rave about them!! Yummy eggs! Egglands are wonderful, too!! Also, Texas Sheet Cake which is kinda the same ingredients as Pioneer Woman uses in her chocolate sheet cake except they are mixed together differently! Both are very good. Have a great day all!!