Good Morning!
You hear my talk about getting enough protein in your diet, especially if you train a lot! I love doing crossfit and I usually refuel with a protein shake afterwards, but I also love EGGS!
One egg has:
- 70 calories
- 5 grams of fat
- 0 sugar
- 6 grams of protein
- Amino acids
Word around town is that egg yolks increase our cholesterol levels but one study showed that there was actually no effect on blood cholesterol levels at all. In another recent study, it was shown that whole eggs actually increase our HDL which is our “good” cholesterol level. Meredith Melnick- HuffingtonPost
Some other facts you may not know about Egg yolks are they provide:
- B-complex vitamin choline- “happy hormone”. This also aids in fetal brain development if pregnant women eat them.
- Protect against vision loss
- Sulfer- “necessary for the production of collagen and keratin, which help create and maintain shiny hair, strong nails and glowing skin.”
We all want glowing skin right? Now, let’s get cooking!
Here are some EGG-celent ways to use eggs to get protein into your diet!
Get Baking!
- Egg Muffins
- Mini Quiche
Egg Sandwiches such as:
- Egg Waffle-wich- These are Van’s Power Waffles. The other day my step son Alec thought they were regular waffles, put them in the toaster, and then tried them and said “these are disgusting”. That’s an 11 year old’s thought’s on “healthy waffles” for ya! Me- I love them!
- English Muffin (paleo or not) – I also love Van’s English muffins, any whole wheat brand, or you could try making this Paleo English muffin!
Hard-boiled
- On salads
Runny Egg
- Burger Topper – This is one of my favorite ways to eat those runny eggs!
- On Salad
Scrambled
Eggs on the Go
Omelets
What is your favorite way to eat eggs?
Fitcupcaker 
Ashley @ Life and Fitness
I love eggs over easy! The more yolk the better. I always forget about making quiches for dinner. Got to add that onto my menu plan.
Runner Girl Eats
Runny eggs are one of my absolute favorite meals. I’m such an egg lover and eggs without the yolk seems like such a waste!
Tiff
I love eggs! I mainly just scramble them, but I like to add them to Asian rice dishes (my po’ girl take-out) and am having a hard boiled one with snack every day this week.
cookingfortheotherhalf
Mmmmm eggs. Love this post.
I enjoy scrambled eggs the best, with veggies and beans. In fact, that’s what Connor & I made for dinner yesterday — scrambled eggs, black beans, veggies, avocado, and cheese. Erhmergerd. Hungry.
Becky @ Olives n Wine
Yum! I go on kicks where I eat hard boiled eggs every day and then times when I go a month without eggs. They’re so easy I need to remember to eat them more often!
megbek
I can’t believe this is what you posted about today…. I am having a hard craving for eggs and this makes it even worse! Ahhhhh!!! I love them in all those forms you shared, though the egg cupcake would be a new dish to try! Definitely a good idea. I have hard boiled eggs all the time (like 3 a day, yikes!) and was thrilled when I discovered the same information you shared about eggs not being bad for you. I hate that in high school, I was told not to have more than 4-5 per week. Um, what? How about 4-5 per day? Kidding, but really….
Renee @ Fit For Motherhoof
I pretty much love eggs anyway. But right now I am loving poached eggs on English muffins. Thank you for giving me so many other tasty options!
Michelle @ Eat Move Balance
Great round-up of ideas!! My favorite ways to enjoy eggs are hard boiled, “dippy” eggs on top of a salad and an omelet stuffed with tons of veggies and salsa.
running4cupcakes
Yes – I love eggs too! Especially for a quick, easy and healthy dinner. I love egg white salad and egg muffins!!
Amanda @ .running with spoons.
Oh eggs ❤ Perfection in a little package. I love eggs over-easy, scrambled, or cooked into my oats. That being said… I don't think I've ever come across any way that eggs don't taste good… especially when ketchup is involved 😀
thesavedrunner
I love eggs! And I love all of those recipes you posted! I think my favorite ways to eat eggs are scrambled with a ton of veggies!
cleaneatingveggiegirl
Ahh, so many great egg recipes!!! My favorites, though, are the waffle-wich and anything that is topped with a dippy egg and avocado!
ahealthyhappyhome
I used to not enjoy eggs as much as I do lately. I actually only ate scrambled egg whites for years just because I wasn’t a fan of the yolk. However, now I eat them hard boiled, scrambled, in muffins, fried, over greens…. love them!
dailycupofkate
I love making an egg-hash-veggie scramble. Basically scramble some eggs and throw in anything in my fridge that looks like it would be good in eggs! Love the post, and the blog too!
Kailey (Caffeinated Runner)
With eggs, the possibilities are ENDLESS 🙂
I love mixing an egg with cinnamon and topping it with some peanut butter – divine.
Lisa @ Lisa the Vegetarian
Love these ideas. I eat eggs a lot too in order to get in some protein. Usually, I’ll either scramble them and eat them with cheese or make a good old fashioned egg salad sandwich with some (not so old fashioned) sriracha sauce on top. It’s delicious!
Hailey
I can’t wait to make some of those mini quiches. I am a pretty standard hardboiled egg white eater, but maybe now I should stop being so yolk prejudiced!