egg breakfast in a jar

egg breakfast in a jar

One of the easiest breakfasts to make!  Egg breakfast in a jar takes minutes to prepare especially when short on time.  All you need is a jar with a cover.  The ingredients below are a guideline.  Check your fridge for other items such as chopped red bell pepper, tomatoes, leftover chicken, breakfast sausage, smoked salmon,…

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Bacon and Gruyère Egg Bites

bacon and gruyère egg bites

On her wedding morning, my daughter asked for Starbucks egg bites, so I picked some up near our hotel. Later I made my own copycat at home: eggs, cream cheese, gruyère and crisp bacon, good warm or cold.

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Breakfast Wrap

breakfast wrap

Breakfast on the go in 10 minutes: eggs scrambled with green onion, sun-dried tomato and feta, rolled in a warm pita. Tuck in a few slices of avocado or a spoonful of your favourite sauce and make it your own.

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Poached Eggs on Sourdough

Eggs are a kitchen staple, so versatile you can enjoy them at breakfast, lunch or even as a light dinner. But mornings are where they shine: a poached egg on toasted sourdough with spinach, asparagus, tomato and spring onion is a true breakfast champion.

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stuffed and rolled pork tenderloin

rolled porked tenderloin

Easter is fast approaching and if you have young children, chances are you have an Easter egg hunt all planned out.  It was a ritual in our home as it was when I was a child.  The thing is, though, as you grow older you begin to wonder what an egg-laying bunny had to do…

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marbled eggs – just in time for Easter

marbled eggs made with beet juice

Looking for a fun way to serve hard boiled eggs?  Start with the eggshell.  Years ago when the kids were younger, I would make colored eggs for them as part of the Easter egg hunt.  I would also make marbled deviled eggs to serve to the adults.  Marbled eggs are a cinch to make and…

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Naturally Dyed Eggs – an Easter Treat!

If you were to tell me a rabbit could lay eggs, I would seriously have to check your pupils.  German folklore suggests a story about a rabbit laying eggs and hiding them in a garden.  It was pre-Christian Germany where people worshiped gods and goddesses.  Ēostre, the goddess of spring and fertility, chose the rabbit…

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Braised Eggs with Pork

Eggs for dinner?  You betcha!  This dish gently cooks the eggs while sitting atop a glorious, well-seasoned ground pork surrounded with dollops of yogurt and pan-seared cherry tomatoes.  Braised eggs take center stage.  This recipe is slightly adapted from Yotam Ottolenghi.  In the past I’ve cooked eggs in a chunky tomato sauce, sliced chorizo sausage…

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