How do you cook your eggs?

Poached eggs are lovely (especially on spinach....mmm...) but they are very tricky to get just right.

One variant is to bake them in theh oven. You can make an eggs florentine this way - line an ovenproof bowl with plenty of spinach, break an egg into it, sprinkle with cheese, and then bake in the oven until the egg is at the right consistency.

Or bake them in a bowl of salsa for huevos rancheros.

Scrambled with bacon, cheese and spinach with tabasco and cayenne.

Preferably eggs from the 'next door' neighbour too (we collect scraps and get the spoils ) ... lovely colour yolks

I love eggs. I usually eat mine either hard boiled or over-medium. With of course bacon, potatoes and toast!

I go for raw but poaching is easy.

Get a shallow fry pan and half fill with water and bring it to the boil. Turn it down so it isn't bubbling. Crack your eggs into a cup (make sure it has a handle) and gently lower it into the water and slide the eggs in. Let them sit for 5-6 mins and gently spoon water over the top of the eggs until the white goes opaque.

Voila! Try not to use vinegar, it does nothing but make the eggs taste like vinegar:)

I put mine in the microwave for 1 minute & sometimes put it on a breakfast sandwich.

Pretty much every way but raw. I love poached egg with smoked salmon, bolied with toast or asparagus, scrambled with breakfast, cheesy omelettes, frittattas, veggie quiches. All lovely.

I heat up my Tefal non-stick egg pan on the hob, then spray it with the 1 calorie oil, Fry Light [or Pam in the USA].
Then I toss in an egg, and flip onto a slice of toast :bigsmile:

For dinner eggs, I'll fry up some onion, mushroom, pepper, sweetcorn etc [with the 1 cal spray].
While that fries, I'll boil a potato, which I'll mash up with 5g of margarine/butter and a splash of milk \o/
Then make an omelette with the mash in the middle! So so so yum

I prefer mine fried or hard boiled. I like scrambled, too, but if I have a choice I'll have them one of the other two ways. I LOVE my hubby's fried eggs. Mine just don't taste the same.

POACHED
Pot or pan with about 2" water.
Add cap full of vinegar. (Keeps egg from spreading out)
When tiny bubbles appear on the bottom, gently add egg. (You are trying to maintain a constant temperature (Look it up. From memory about 165 F. From experience, I think that is when the tiny bubble appear)
Cook about 3-5 minutes.
You want the yolk to run a little but not too much.

FAKE HOLLANDAISE
I can make Hollandaise for poached eggs, but my recipe is 6 egg yolks and 2 sticks of butter.
A healthy alternative is 1/2 cup greek yogurt, juice from half a lemon, pinch salt, pinch white pepper.
I also add a pinch of cayenne sometimes which is not in hollandaise.

Serve over english muffin with ham.

OMLETTE
I just learned to make an omlette
Spray 10" pan with Pam.
Whish 3 eggs in a bowl. Use a whisk. Whisk and whisk and whisk until tiny bubbles appear in the eggs. You do not need to add milk.
Add 1/2 tablespoon butter to pan. This will help put some color on the omlette. I also use it to guage temperature. You want pan hot but not too hot. When butter melts over medium high heat, add eggs.
For 30 seconds you can scrape edges of eggs to middle to help it all cook. After 30 seconds, leave it alone and do not touch it.
When it is just runny in the middle add cheese or add sauted veggies (From a separate frying pan)
Lift pan and hold at 45 degree angle, fold omlette with a spatulat. Cook another 30-60 seconds

Fried, scrambled, poached, hard-boiled, over-easy. Just about any way except raw.

My cats love them too.