Don't Hate the egg!

Pearlyladybug
Pearlyladybug Posts: 882 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Is it me or I'm I seeing a lot of people hating on whole eggs!

E.g People Sharing breakfast recipes and are trying to save on Cals have 4 egg white omelettes but then add a butt load of butter/oil and cheese!

If you were that keen on saving on cals why not cut the oil and cheese!

Whats the deal?
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  • PunkyRachel
    PunkyRachel Posts: 1,959 Member
    I always egg the whole egg, I agree It's kinda stupid
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    I love the egg. The egg is good. The egg is true. The egg is delicious.
  • quiltlovinlisa
    quiltlovinlisa Posts: 1,710 Member
    Always use the whole egg! Usually two. :D Good stuff!
  • Pearlyladybug
    Pearlyladybug Posts: 882 Member
    The yolk is the best part! nom nom nom
  • Esther50
    Esther50 Posts: 252
    I hate cheese and have cut out cooking with oil. I eat the whole egg! Yum yum
  • PunkyRachel
    PunkyRachel Posts: 1,959 Member
    The yolk is the best part! nom nom nom

    agreed!
  • Pearlyladybug
    Pearlyladybug Posts: 882 Member
    Good to see there is still whole egg people still out there! :drinker:
  • laele75
    laele75 Posts: 283 Member
    I love eggs! I have deviled eggs (made with greek yogurt, how did I not hear of this awesome sooner?) tempting me in the fridge right now!
  • Pearlyladybug
    Pearlyladybug Posts: 882 Member
    I hate cheese and have cut out cooking with oil. I eat the whole egg! Yum yum

    Non stick pans are your best friend!
  • melindasuefritz
    melindasuefritz Posts: 3,509 Member
    i eat eggs
    but the yolks are bad for u
  • iquiltoo
    iquiltoo Posts: 246 Member
    I like whole eggs, and do eat them from time to time, but I use the other eggs because of the cholesterol. I am diabetic and can't have the amount of carbs that having breakfast cereal or porridge and the like would have if I ate the quantity I would like for breakfast, and having several eggs every day would not be good! So I use the egg whites and make a big omelette with lots (I think it's close to 1.5 or 2 cups) of celery, onion, and red peppers. That keeps me full until lunch. I only use 2 tsp. of butter to saute the veggies, and no salt or oil or anything else. I suppose people cut the cals on their eggs so that they CAN use the butter and cheese!
  • Pearlyladybug
    Pearlyladybug Posts: 882 Member
    I love eggs! I have deviled eggs (made with greek yogurt, how did I not hear of this awesome sooner?) tempting me in the fridge right now!

    I'm yet to try deviled eggs! Might give it a go!
  • 1brokegal44
    1brokegal44 Posts: 562 Member
    Whole egg girl right here! Egg white anything is just weird to me.
  • Pearlyladybug
    Pearlyladybug Posts: 882 Member
    i eat eggs
    but the yolks are bad for u

    No
  • laele75
    laele75 Posts: 283 Member
    i eat eggs
    but the yolks are bad for u

    Myth leftover from the 'all fat is bad' 90s. Eggs are full of good fats.
  • Pearlyladybug
    Pearlyladybug Posts: 882 Member
    I like whole eggs, and do eat them from time to time, but I use the other eggs because of the cholesterol. I am diabetic and can't have the amount of carbs that having breakfast cereal or porridge and the like would have if I ate the quantity I would like for breakfast, and having several eggs every day would not be good! So I use the egg whites and make a big omelette with lots (I think it's close to 1.5 or 2 cups) of celery, onion, and red peppers. That keeps me full until lunch. I only use 2 tsp. of butter to saute the veggies, and no salt or oil or anything else. I suppose people cut the cals on their eggs so that they CAN use the butter and cheese!

    That is a good point but to me I still wouldn't even use the butter if you were really worried about cholesterol!

    edit:bad english
  • Dori_Gaga
    Dori_Gaga Posts: 50 Member
    I don't think yolks are bad, but when I eat eggs on their own (like scrambled eggs) I only eat the whites because I don't like the taste of the yolk... never have. As a kid I used to cry if my mom made us scrambled eggs, and then she'd say "they're good for you!" and I would have to drown them in ketchup so I couldn't taste it... so I didn't eat eggs for 15 years, and finally decided to try an egg white, and I eat them like every day now....

    If I am cooking with eggs I use the whole egg, like recently I learned how to make cauliflower pizza crust and I use a whole egg in that, rather than just the white.... it's actually a pain taking the yolks out, but I have tried numerous times, I just can't get used to the taste!
  • laele75
    laele75 Posts: 283 Member
    I love eggs! I have deviled eggs (made with greek yogurt, how did I not hear of this awesome sooner?) tempting me in the fridge right now!

    I'm yet to try deviled eggs! Might give it a go!

    Easiest snack to make ever. Hard boil eggs, cut in half, scoop out yolks, mix with greek yogurt/sour cream/mayo (whatever floats your macros), a little mustard, maybe some relish if that's your liking, season and fill back in the carved out eggs. Sprinkle on a little paprika and voila. Just remember to refrigerate any portions you don't eat within half an hour. Eggs and milk products spoil really fast!
  • iquiltoo
    iquiltoo Posts: 246 Member
    I like whole eggs, and do eat them from time to time, but I use the other eggs because of the cholesterol. I am diabetic and can't have the amount of carbs that having breakfast cereal or porridge and the like would have if I ate the quantity I would like for breakfast, and having several eggs every day would not be good! So I use the egg whites and make a big omelette with lots (I think it's close to 1.5 or 2 cups) of celery, onion, and red peppers. That keeps me full until lunch. I only use 2 tsp. of butter to saute the veggies, and no salt or oil or anything else. I suppose people cut the cals on their eggs so that they CAN use the butter and cheese!

    That is a good point but to me I still wouldn't even use the butter if you were really worried about cholesterol!

    edit:bad english

    I hear ya, but I can't abide the spray can stuff - it does not taste good to me and it doesn't saute the veggies well. And since there's no chol. in the eggs, a little in the butter, rather than having both, isn't so bad, I think.

    Edit: I had to go check! 2 tsp butter is only 25 mg chol. One egg is 195!
  • Carnivor0us
    Carnivor0us Posts: 1,752 Member
    I love the egg. The egg is good. The egg is true. The egg is delicious.

    The egg will never leave you for another egg. The egg is faithful. The egg is loyal.

    The egg attends church every Sunday.
  • Athijade
    Athijade Posts: 3,300 Member
    I like whole eggs, and do eat them from time to time, but I use the other eggs because of the cholesterol. I am diabetic and can't have the amount of carbs that having breakfast cereal or porridge and the like would have if I ate the quantity I would like for breakfast, and having several eggs every day would not be good! So I use the egg whites and make a big omelette with lots (I think it's close to 1.5 or 2 cups) of celery, onion, and red peppers. That keeps me full until lunch. I only use 2 tsp. of butter to saute the veggies, and no salt or oil or anything else. I suppose people cut the cals on their eggs so that they CAN use the butter and cheese!

    Except current research shows that dietary cholesterol has almost no impact on blood serum levels. Just about all of the cholesterol found on your system comes from what you make. Research shows that it is more about the types of fat you consume because apparently that can cause the body to release more cholesterol.

    Considering how good for you the yolk is (healthy fats, most of the nutrients, and almost half of the protein) one should be eating the whole egg over just whites.
  • AllonsYtotheTardis
    AllonsYtotheTardis Posts: 16,947 Member
    i eat eggs
    but the yolks are bad for u

    no


    OP - I lurve eggs. It makes me sad that people are tossing perfectly good yolks.
  • Carnivor0us
    Carnivor0us Posts: 1,752 Member
    I like whole eggs, and do eat them from time to time, but I use the other eggs because of the cholesterol. I am diabetic and can't have the amount of carbs that having breakfast cereal or porridge and the like would have if I ate the quantity I would like for breakfast, and having several eggs every day would not be good! So I use the egg whites and make a big omelette with lots (I think it's close to 1.5 or 2 cups) of celery, onion, and red peppers. That keeps me full until lunch. I only use 2 tsp. of butter to saute the veggies, and no salt or oil or anything else. I suppose people cut the cals on their eggs so that they CAN use the butter and cheese!

    Except current research shows that dietary cholesterol has almost no impact on blood serum levels. Just about all of the cholesterol found on your system comes from what you make. Research shows that it is more about the types of fat you consume because apparently that can cause the body to release more cholesterol.

    Considering how good for you the yolk is (healthy fats, most of the nutrients, and almost half of the protein) one should be eating the whole egg over just whites.

    Hell, I'd sooner eat just the yolk!
  • Flowers4Julia
    Flowers4Julia Posts: 521 Member
    YEAH! Egg yolks have the majority of the nutrition! Ya know stuff the brain needs....

    The cholesterol/fats aren't the problem....it's all the other junk food folks are consuming ......so they cut out the yolks and opt for processed crap (cause it tastes good ??) ....... that is what is really driving up inflammation in the body and THAT is the real problem.....
  • Crankstr
    Crankstr Posts: 3,958 Member
    i eat eggs
    but the yolks are bad for u

    :angry:
  • Pearlyladybug
    Pearlyladybug Posts: 882 Member
    I like whole eggs, and do eat them from time to time, but I use the other eggs because of the cholesterol. I am diabetic and can't have the amount of carbs that having breakfast cereal or porridge and the like would have if I ate the quantity I would like for breakfast, and having several eggs every day would not be good! So I use the egg whites and make a big omelette with lots (I think it's close to 1.5 or 2 cups) of celery, onion, and red peppers. That keeps me full until lunch. I only use 2 tsp. of butter to saute the veggies, and no salt or oil or anything else. I suppose people cut the cals on their eggs so that they CAN use the butter and cheese!

    Except current research shows that dietary cholesterol has almost no impact on blood serum levels. Just about all of the cholesterol found on your system comes from what you make. Research shows that it is more about the types of fat you consume because apparently that can cause the body to release more cholesterol.

    Considering how good for you the yolk is (healthy fats, most of the nutrients, and almost half of the protein) one should be eating the whole egg over just whites.

    I was going to mention that I heard that some where!
  • Pearlyladybug
    Pearlyladybug Posts: 882 Member
    I love eggs! I have deviled eggs (made with greek yogurt, how did I not hear of this awesome sooner?) tempting me in the fridge right now!

    I'm yet to try deviled eggs! Might give it a go!

    Easiest snack to make ever. Hard boil eggs, cut in half, scoop out yolks, mix with greek yogurt/sour cream/mayo (whatever floats your macros), a little mustard, maybe some relish if that's your liking, season and fill back in the carved out eggs. Sprinkle on a little paprika and voila. Just remember to refrigerate any portions you don't eat within half an hour. Eggs and milk products spoil really fast!

    Im sold! thats me this weekend! im just going to watch tv ad eat eggs!
  • Aniski7
    Aniski7 Posts: 5 Member
    I love eggs! I just need to find new ways of making them because I get bored with the scrambled/omelets I usually eat.
  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
    This must be the thousandth time I have seen this topic come up in this forum.
  • WestCoastPhoenix
    WestCoastPhoenix Posts: 802 Member
    This must be the thousandth time I have seen this topic come up in this forum.

    Thanks for your input, Debbie Downer.

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