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July 27th, 2024 Blog, Breakfast, Cycling Food, Eggs, Fitness Food, Hiking Food, One Bowl Meals, Running Food Comments Off on Microwave Cooked Scrambled Eggs Picture Book Recipe

Microwave Cooked Scrambled Eggs Picture Book Recipe

Sliding freshly cooked microwave cooked scrambled eggs onto a plate

Last post showed how to make stove cooked scrambled eggs all very easily and with 2 quick tips:

  1. Add just a little salt before cooking the eggs to help break down proteins in the eggs so that they turn out soft & fluffy, not fork-bouncing hard and rubbery. You should do the same thing here when cooking scrambled eggs in the microwave oven.
  2. Make sure the pan is warmed to the right cooking temperature before starting to cook the eggs. No need to do that when cooking with a microwave oven.

I will say that the first time I heard of microwave cooked scrambled eggs, I laughed, “No way!”

But then just for humor’s sake, I tried ’em – nose close to the microwave as shown here – and couldn’t believe my eyes.

Bruce watching MW cooked scrambled eggs in the microwave oven

Even better, I couldn’t believe how flavorfully they turned out, how easy it was to put them together, and how little there was to cleanup as I could mix, cook, and eat the eggs from the same bowl. Great!

Here’s all you need for ingredients and…

Ingredients needed to make microwave cooked scrambled eggs

…equipment.

Microwave safe bowl, towel & fork needed to make microwave cooked scrambled eggs

Click any picture on this page for a complete, freshly revised step-by-step picture recipe.

Microwave Oven Cooked Scrambled Eggs Recipe First Page
July 24th, 2024 Blog, Breakfast, Eggs Comments Off on Stove Cooked Scrambled Eggs Picture Book Recipe

Stove Cooked Scrambled Eggs Picture Book Recipe

Pan Cooked Scrambled EggsWhen I was about 7 years old, the first meal I tried to cook was scrambled eggs. I’d seen my mom cook them many times. How hard could it be?

I felt fully confident putting a pan on the stove, firing up a burner, putting butter in the pan, giving an egg a good crack – and then, horrifically, watching the egg white and yolk splat next to me feet while I reflexively tossed the broken egg shells in the hot pan. Stove off, clean up the mess before anyone saw me. That cured me of cooking for the next 10 years.

If you’ve had similar experiences, I get it, and that’s what this site is all about: helping you empower yourself with the kitchen skills you need to make easy fully flavorful meals on your own.

As I mentioned at the end of the last post, Freeing Eggs From a Bad Rap, which came on the heels of a piece about how dietary fat does not cause heart disease, this post is about how to make scrambled eggs, which is the most popular way to cook and eat eggs. Before downloading that picture book recipe, which you can do by clicking any picture on this page or this link, here are two easy tips, included in the recipe, to ensure your scrambled eggs turn out fluffy and tender, not fork-bouncing tough and rubbery.

Tip one: adding just a light dash of salt, as shown below, to the eggs before cooking them,…

Dash of Salt
…adds a little flavor but, more importantly, helps break down some of the proteins in the eggs so that they turn out soft and tender, as shown in the contrasting pictures below.

Salted vs. Unsalted Eggs

Tip two: make sure to heat the pan you’re using to the proper cooking temperature. To check the temperature, wet your fingers with tap water, and flick the water onto the hot pan surface. The pan is properly heated when the water sizzles and evaporates on the pan surface – but not so hot that it immediately turns to steam.

pan temp check

Here are the ingredients and…

Pan Cooked Scrambled Eggs Ingredients

…pieces of equipment needed to make stove cooked scrambled eggs.

Again, click any picture on this page or this link for easy to follow, step-by-step picture book directions, and have fun making your own scrambled eggs with full-on empowered confidence!

June 30th, 2014 Blog, Breakfast, Cycling Food, Eggs Comments Off on Scrambled Eggs with Sausage, Bell Pepper and Cheese – All in Pictures

Scrambled Eggs with Sausage, Bell Pepper and Cheese – All in Pictures

Scrambled Eggs with Sausage, Bell Pepper & CheeseThis full-on flavor recipe combines the protein power of eggs and sausage, fresh zest of red bell pepper and shallots and richness of Parmesan cheese – all in one pan.

As mentioned in other scrambled egg recipes here, adding just a small amount of salt to the eggs before cooking them not only enhances scrambled egg flavor, it also ensures the eggs will turn out soft and tender. Eggs cooked without salt tend to be tough and rubbery as shown in the comparison pictures below.

Salted vs. Unsalted Eggs

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