Boris, Tony, Nonie, and me. Eggs make you crazy, but they won't kill you!Forget about all that stuff you heard that eggs are bad for you and they'll kill you with cholesterol! Yay! The nutrition scientists have taken it back and now say that eggs are good for you. An egg a day is fine and gives you vitamins A, D, E, K, the highest quality protein, and that miraculous stuff we all keep hearing about, Omega 3. Especially eggs from organic free-range chickens. The fact that these chickens eat little bugs and things off the ground outside make their eggs a ton more nutritious as well as extra tasty.
So, a couple of days ago on Easter Sunday, Nonie (pictured above)--also known as the adorable Winona Nelson(the same Winona Nelson that does all those kick-butt character designs for video games)--came here with her really sweet boyfriend, our son, Tony Palumbo, to join us for dinner and she suggested we dye some eggs with food coloring. Actually, she and Tony did all the egg coloring, Boris and I just watched. But it was so fun and from now on, I'm going to color eggs every week. I'll just make a bunch of them and have instant high-quality, high-protein snack food waiting for me in the refrigerator. What a great plan!
You have just inspired me to hard boil some eggs. . . yum!
ReplyDeleteThat's great, Blaze. They really are such a perfect food.
ReplyDeleteThose eggs are so pretty, though I think the one that Boris is holding is made of kryptonite! ;-)
ReplyDeleteI read an article in a British paper a couple of years ago about how eating eggs could help people to lose weight. I just did a search and this might be that same article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-452282/How-eating-eggs-breakfast-help-lose-weight.html I think the findings can be summed up with this quote: "Despite equal energy content and weight, an egg breakfast had a greater satiating effect compared to a bagel breakfast, which translated into a lower energy intake at lunch." Good protein vs. refined carbs-no contest! My doctor claims that scrambled eggs have higher cholesterol than boiled or sunny side up eggs because the yolks have been oxidized, but I can't find any info online about it. I sure love veggie omelettes, so I hope that's not true! Have you ever heard anything about leaving the yolks unbroken?
Jen, thanks for the great article link!
ReplyDeleteNo, I haven't heard anything about broken yolks having higher cholesterol. My gut feeling about it is that it's kind of splitting hairs--if there actually is any difference, it's probably not enough to matter. But, as I said, that's just my gut feeling. Interesting idea, though!
Here is my experience on eating eggs: Ten years ago my cholesterol was 260. My weight at the time was 192. Today at 69 years old my weight is 158 and my cholesterol is 130. Although I am mostly vegetarian I eat fish and eggs regularly. Scrambled, boiled, whatever. The difference, as far as I can tell, is excercise and keeping an eye on what I eat. Seriously, I truly believe that I am alive and healthy thanks to my wife's advice. Thanks, Julie!!!
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I am glad to see eggs less-demonized. I feel a moral obligation to eat what I can from what my backyard-chickens produce. (I have my own tiny flock of 3. They free-range for much of the year - not now, while I'm putting the garden in. They'd dig it all back up! This time of year they must console themselves with kitchen scrap-veggies, dandelions and whatever else I pick for them from the yard).
ReplyDeleteJennifer thought that while you are decorating eggs, you might enjoy this method: http://www.theautumnsociety.com/2010/04/neil-numbermans-monster-easter-egg.html
It would be so great to have a couple of chickens! Everybody I know who has them says it's really easy and not a hassle.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the egg decorating link! Those are pretty cute.
That really is true - once you get the coop set up (and predator proofed) it is minimal upkeep - and totally worth it in eggs and the delight of watching chickens do their thing. They can be ridiculously endearing. (Plus, they eat your veggie scraps and weeds, and make fertilizer. A win for everybody!)
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