Eggs are a very good choice of food when looking to eat healthy.
Their versatility for a start is of great benefit, they’re extremely nutritious and very affordable… especially in bulk.
They have few calories in them, and are packed with lots of proteins, healthy fats, vitamins, minerals etc.
With all that being taken into account though, like most things the way you prepare is key as the way you prepare your eggs Morning, Noon or Night can affect the nutrients.
So down below we will explore the healthiest ways to cook and eat them.
What Are The Different Ways Of Cooking Eggs?- Eggs as I mentioned earlier are versatile and can be cooked in so many ways,
but not only that, they can combine well with other healthy food such as vegetables. Cooking them destroys the dangerous bacteria, making them much safer to consume.
So here are the cooking methods of eggs:
Fried- eggs are cracked into a hot pan that typically contains oil.
Boiled- eggs are put into hot boiling water with their shells in place for about 5-10 minutes, just depending on how well cooked your yolk will be.
Of course the longer you cook the egg for the firmer the yolk will become.
Baked- eggs are cooked when you put them into a hot oven until the eggs are set.
The heat of the oven should be 162°C and you’ll have a 10 to 12 minute wait for them to cook.
Poached- Poached eggs are cooked in slightly cooler water than boiled ones.
They are cracked into a pot of water between 70 to 84 °C for 2 to 4 minutes.
Microwaved- Microwaves are used to cook eggs too. It takes the least time to cook eggs in a microwave than any of the other options, though it also taste the worst. However, I must warn you not to put an egg still in its intact shell into a microwave, the reason being that it the egg will simply explode and make a total mess of your microwave!
Scrambled- eggs are beaten in a bowl, poured into a pan which is hot and stirred over and over on low heat until the eggs set.
Omelette- eggs are beaten, poured into a hot pan and then cooked slowly on low heat until they become solid.
The difference between this and scrambled eggs is that an omelette is not stirred once it goes in a pan.
Which Ones Are Healthiest Then?- Overall then the shorter the time plus the lower the heat when cooking, the better the nutrients are retained in the eggs.
So for this reason alone, the poached and boiled eggs are the healthiest choices to consume.
3 Super Tips To Make Healthy Eggs Right Now-
ONE: Choose The Healthiest Cooking Methods– Now you know that poaching and boiling are the healthiest options for you to cook eggs with, it would be silly of me not to make this top of the top three. This will also help you cut back on calories as I know a lot of my readers are working on that presently.
TWO: Mix them up with Vegetables- Eggs are a great mixed in with vegetables. This means that when you eat eggs this a perfect time to boost your vegetable intake and add extra fibre to your meal.
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THREE: If You’re Going To Fry… Fry Healthy- This a lot of people’s favourite method of cooking eggs, yet so many get tricked into using the so called oils that are really bad for your health… such as vegetable oil (Click Here) which is one of the most outrageous lies told by the food industry.
Don’t be fooled any longer, you should be using healthy oils such as extra virgin olive oil or butter.
DID YOU KNOW?: Vegetable oil has no vegetable in it. It’s actually just made up from grains, seeds, beans!
Still Not Convinced?- Then you should read this (Click Here)
That’s It!
I really enjoyed sharing with you The healthiest ways to cook eggs. Please do let me know though…
What do you make of all this?
What is your favourite method of cooking eggs before and now after reading this?
What was the best super tip?
What topic would you like to me to write about next?
Of course Any other questions are always welcome just leave a comment below
Until next time Ciao
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I like them RAW!
Thank you for the information buddy.
No worries Alie 🙂
I found out the hard way that eggs explode in the microwave. Right when I opened that thing it blew up all over me.
LOL
Very good post Karim 🙂
Thanks Matthew 🙂
I like to fry a lot like you said Ha, and number 2 is my fav super 🙂
Thank you Malakai for sharing that with us… have a great day 🙂
I love eating eggs with vegetables and tuna.
Me too Joseph too peak 🙂
Very good job. I’m lazy so I love to microwave them, one for the super.
Thank you Karim! I appreciate the thought put into this as eggs are so simple and sometimes…boring lol keep it coming please!
I appreciate that Joseph once again! Hahaha will do 🙂 We Look Up 大
scrambled eggs all the way.
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Interesting I’m a massive fan of eggs, 4-6 whole eggs on most days of the week I eat.
Me too I love eggs…thanks for letting me know this Vilma 🙂
Nice 🙂
Great article,thank you for putting this up. The best super tip was two.
omelet w/ cheese, mushrooms, onions, peppers, spinach is really nice.
Yessss Lidia delicious indeed.
I normally fry my eggs with what I thought was oil 🙁 Thank you for enlightening me, I will be trying out poaching next chance I get too 🙂
Your Welcome Emil get using the right oils I left in the link 🙂
I normally have for breakfast Toast , and eggs which are always boiled.
loool it taste goooooooooood.
poached, poached eggs on toast MMMMMMMMMMMM
This made my day I LOVE EGGS 🙂
Ha glad this made your day better Jatin 🙂
Excellent advice Karim! as you know I have type 1 diabetes;and I found that this and your generally help has really made me handle my type 1 much better.
Thanks once again 🙂
Thanks Sulya for the kind words! very happy I’ve been able to help you handle your diabetes better.
I appreciate the love and continued support as always Sulya 🙂 We Look Up 大
Great job Karim 🙂
Thank you Carmelo
Thanks you just saved me a trip researching it on google 🙂
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After reading this I didn’t know as much as I thought I did about eggs. Thanks for info, the best super tip is three.
Haha 😉 Your welcome Martien for letting me know your best super 🙂
Excellent article 🙂
I’ve always avoided eggs because I thought it was unhealthy, I’ll defiantly start eating them now.
Good Good Hosanna 🙂
I thought this was very informative well done XXX
My fav super tip was two.
I loved this article Karim so much. My favorite super was one and it’s got to be a thanks given post next surely right ?
That’s great to hear Cameron, I appreciate that thanks! and haha 😉
I fry my eggs like almost every time though I do use the correct oil. You’ve encourage me to poach and boil my eggs now thank you 🙂
Your Welcome Brynn… I’m very happy to hear this 🙂
I only use the microwave to make my eggs, now I’m going to be bold and fry, boil, poach! wish me luck!
Good luck Joel! 🙂
I love all of your content, the best super is number 2. I love Vegeta!
Thank you Yasu this means a lot (your kind words/thoughts) yeah his a dope guy 😉
I’m fully convinced that I should eat the whole egg now.. I feel guilty for wasting the yolk all these years 🙁
Hey Fai don’t beat yourself up about it… FORWARD now is all you’ve got, make it happen 🙂
I’ve taken away a lot of nutritional information, just what I wanted about eggs.2 was the best super tip.
This was very good.
I prefer fried, scrambled or in an omelet. With bacon, of course. Eggs are the perfect food for a type 2.
I so wish I liked eggs more than I do as I will agree they are very versatile, pretty inexpensive. As it is, I can only take about 2-3 a week. I just don’t like them enough to eat more than that.
Eggs like me and I like them 🙂
Haha, I like you too Chi:)
I hate eggs.
I eat about 12 eggs a week, boiled, fried, poached.
I eat around 10 eggs a week.
Nice work.
Omelettes are the best.
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i used to eat about 15 a day. i rarely eat them anymore. got sick of cleaning hahaha, i need to start eating them again. i got dozens for 5 dollars local super market.
Ahaha thank you for sharing that with us! that’s a cool deal, yeah get back on it man 🙂
yeh they do taste better two is the bomb!
Very useful tips thanks 🙂
Your Welcome Garuda 🙂
This was a real 101! I’m a fryer myself, and it surprised me that I was using the wrong oils. Thank you for expanding my knowledge 🙂
Haha it was my pleasure Haripriya!
Great article as always keep it up bro!
Thank you Jason your support is appreciated 🙂
I prefer them in Omelets or plain Scrambled with cheese and bacon.
That sounds tasty.
It’s got to be Scrambled for me, my fav super tip is three, and I enjoyed reading this 🙂
the best super tip was three 🙂
Ditto
Scrambled supremacy.
The general you know LOL!
LOL M.Bison
Hard boiled for me.
Same here.
I love to fry my eggs all the time. Thank you for the tips about the oils I’ve learned a lot.
I’ll second that 🙂
My favourite way of cooking eggs is actually boiling, so I’m happy I cook this way! after reading this I would like to fry with extra virgin oil now. Super tip 2 was the best one;and thanks for creating this 🙂
Thank you Omer for sharing that with us.Please do start using extra virgin when you are frying… your welcome Omer We Look Up 大
My preference for eggs tends to change a lot, but I’ve been in a scrambled egg phase for a while now. I also like fried and poached eggs.
Okay Violaine thank you for telling us that. just make sure of course you are using the correct oils, have a great day Violaine We Look Up 大
I only ever make omelettes but now I will poach too.
Good on you Sidney get out of your comfort zone 🙂
I have been really lazy lately,I’ve just been microwaving. Now I’m boiling/poaching as you advised and this HAS to be best tasting breakfast out there. Thank you very much Karim this has improved my mornings!
I can feel your energy Andrew! this made me 🙂 I’m so happy for you that your mornings have improved now, this why I do this for Di1’s like you… We Look Up 大
Marvelous tips here thank you so much.
I would love to see a Christmas post next.
I prefer scrambled (a bit runny) and fried eggs.
I like boiled eggs! I’m sticking to it first.
Thanks for letting me know about the correct oils, I was afraid to ever switch to fried eggs.
Your welcome Izayah 🙂
I cant eat eggs they make me sick.
Seeing how i get a dozen eggs a day from my chickens….. i have to be creative.. i eat eggs every way EXCEPT poached.
eggs are a very underrated food.
Very true that Sebastian.
Poached on toast.
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What about a deep- fried egg ?
No way unhealthy
i like all of those omelet, fried ,scrambled, boiled all fantastic.
This has been very beneficial to me thanks.
Great post. I microwave my eggs before, now I fry and hard boil. Thank you for explaining it.
fried eggs baby lol
Lol 🙂
Great site 🙂
Super tip two is the best one. Great work as always keep it up!
Boiled egg for me is the best way to eat it.
Very good tips. I’ll use real oil now, I had no idea that vegetable oil was bad.. thank you so much 🙂
Your welcome Sam, glad you know now 🙂
Three was the most useful super tip for me.