Macaroni salad is a picnic staple. This recipe has many servings that can easily feed 6-8 people as a side. I also make another version of this recipe with tuna or imitation crab meat that excludes the egg and mustard. Spring is coming, and a light refreshing salad is always welcomed. Macaroni salad is also great to fill you up after a long day of work!
Hard-boil 3 eggs, (recipe here). Boil 4 cups of water. Once boiling, add 2 cup macaroni. Cook until al dente, then strain and rinse with cold water.
Transfer pasta to serving dish. Add 2 cups of mayo, and 3 Tbsp mustard. De-shell and crush the hard-boiled eggs with a fork until the eggs are in small pieces. Add the 3 eggs to the macaroni, and stir. Once mixed, serve or refrigerate until serving.
Hard-boiled eggs are a great and healthy snack and are a common ingredient in many dishes. My husband and I love eggs and have been going through them very quickly as we are excited for better weather to come. I boil my eggs until the yolks are completely cooked. Some people prefer their eggs some soft- or medium-boiled, but I prefer my hard-boiled eggs to be hard, and that’s why I boil them for 15 minutes.
Get 3-4 cups of water to a full boil. Pull out desired number of eggs to hard-boil.
Once water is fully boiling, use a large spoon to gently add the eggs to the boiling water. Once all are added, set a timer for 15 minutes.
After 15 minutes, take your pan to your sink and add cold water for 2 minutes. Then, turn off cold water and refresh the cold water every few minutes for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, add to a bowl and store in the fridge.
If you eat hard-boiled eggs as a snack, remove the shell, rinse with water, salt generously, then enjoy.
This was my first time trying to make eggs in a nest. I had initially heard of this from Binging with Babbish when he made them several years ago, but I don’t follow him as much now that his personality has changed. It took me 3 attempts before I was able to make this dish. I didn’t make them as sunny side up either, because everything burnt when I tried that, and I really don’t like sunny side up eggs anyway. I always try the make my eggs over easy, though I do occasionally go for scrambled.
The biggest hints for this dish are to make sure the heat is low, like making a slow grilled cheese, and to make sure you have enough oil in the pan to make a seal with the bottom of the bread. This is to try and limit how much egg leaks out. My egg came out as over-medium, but it was still delicious and super easy/fun to eat. I also garnished with chives, but it’s not necessary.
Heat a small frying pan over low heat. Spray the pan with a generous layer of non-stick spray/oil. With a toaster, toast enough bread for your desired number of servings. You only need one piece of toast per egg in a nest.
Once toast is cooked, use a 2 inch round cookie cutter, or cup to make a hole in the center of the toast. Once done, transfer the bread with the hole into the pan, and crack an egg into the center. Let cook until the bottom is no longer opaque. Shake pan to release from bottom of pan, cover and let cook for 3-4 minutes.
Once the first side is cooked, gently get the toast and egg up onto your spatula. Keeping you bread and egg parallel with the burner, tip your pan to be almost 90 degrees to the spatula, then flip your spatula’s contents into the pan and place the pan back on the heat. Cook for another 3 minutes. Flip the egg in a nest as you transfer it onto your serving plate, and serve with the hole of toast and salt.
Fried rice is a breakfast I’ve done a few times when I’ve had leftover rice. You can add anything to rice to make a filling meal, but I find breakfast to be one of my favorites with fried egg mixed in. I’ve made it before with leftover creamed dried beef, adding some milk and an egg, and it was DELICIOUS. This is enough for 2 filling meals, and it’s a great cheap meal if you’re on a tight budget!
Add 1 1/2 cup cooked rice to a medium frying pan. Add 2 Tbsp of oil to rice. Heat on medium heat until rice is hot.
Add 1/2 cup of Home Fries and crack 1 egg over top. Mix everything together thoroughly until egg is no longer soft, about 1-2 minutes. Remove from heat and serve.
French Toast can be an easy to make breakfast. You can make it plain, or add fresh fruits or other sugary toppings like caramel or powdered sugar. I’ve been making french toast for several years, and I find that adding sugar, cinnamon and vanilla extract bring a whole new level of flavor to this bread based breakfast. Today I used Homemade syrup for our french toast since we were out of our usual Mrs. Buttersworth. Homemade Syrup is a treat for us since we don’t have much of it, since it’s been gifted to us by my In-laws who make it from trees on their property. I top my toast with a pad of butter, because who can have too much butter? I have also never tried this recipe with any other bread than standard white sandwich bread. If you try with something else, let me know if it works!
Heat a large frying pan over Medium heat. In a wide mouthed dish, whisk together 1 egg, 1/4 cup milk, 2 tsp vanilla extract, 2 tsp ground cinnamon, and 2 Tbsp sugar.
Melt 1 Tbsp of butter into pan. Dip white sandwich bread and flip in wide mouthed dish before transferring to frying pan. Cook 2 minutes per side, or until you see color. This should make 4 slices of french toast.
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