The Healthiest Way To Cook Eggs

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.

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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.

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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.

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3 Super Tips To Make Healthy Eggs Right Now-

ONE: Choose The Healthiest Cooking MethodsNow 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.

Keynote: If you are struggling with your 5 a day you’ll love this (Click Here)

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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Helge Nielsen
Helge Nielsen
7 years ago

I like them RAW!

Matthew Atkinson
Matthew Atkinson
7 years ago

Very good post Karim 🙂

Joseph Chang
Joseph Chang
7 years ago

I love eating eggs with vegetables and tuna.

Joseph Chang
Joseph Chang
7 years ago

Thank you Karim! I appreciate the thought put into this as eggs are so simple and sometimes…boring lol keep it coming please!

Malakai Whitfield
Malakai Whitfield
7 years ago

I like to fry a lot like you said Ha, and number 2 is my fav super 🙂

Connor Francis
Connor Francis
7 years ago

Very good job. I’m lazy so I love to microwave them, one for the super.

Jop Weevers
Jop Weevers
7 years ago

I found out the hard way that eggs explode in the microwave. Right when I opened that thing it blew up all over me.

Alie Taai
Alie Taai
7 years ago

Thank you for the information buddy.

Mustafa Kattan
Mustafa Kattan
7 years ago

scrambled eggs all the way.

Gustav Mrázek
Gustav Mrázek
7 years ago

Great article,thank you for putting this up. The best super tip was two.

Emil Bureš
Emil Bureš
7 years ago

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 🙂

Lidia Scarpello
Lidia Scarpello
7 years ago

omelet w/ cheese, mushrooms, onions, peppers, spinach is really nice.

Henry Barnes
Henry Barnes
7 years ago

I normally have for breakfast Toast , and eggs which are always boiled.

Emily Kidd
Emily Kidd
7 years ago

poached, poached eggs on toast MMMMMMMMMMMM

Vilma Iodice
Vilma Iodice
7 years ago

Nice 🙂

Vilma Iodice
Vilma Iodice
7 years ago

Interesting I’m a massive fan of eggs, 4-6 whole eggs on most days of the week I eat.

Sulya Kaur
Sulya Kaur
7 years ago

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 🙂

Jatin Soni
Jatin Soni
7 years ago

This made my day I LOVE EGGS 🙂

Martien Hooijer
Martien Hooijer
7 years ago

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.

Taisha Dougall
Taisha Dougall
7 years ago

Thanks you just saved me a trip researching it on google 🙂

Hosanna Norott
Hosanna Norott
7 years ago

I’ve always avoided eggs because I thought it was unhealthy, I’ll defiantly start eating them now.

Carmelo Vecchione
Carmelo Vecchione
7 years ago

Great job Karim 🙂

Amy Thomson
Amy Thomson
7 years ago

My fav super tip was two.

Brynn Richard
Brynn Richard
7 years ago

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 🙂

Isla Black
Isla Black
7 years ago

I thought this was very informative well done XXX

Cameron White
Cameron White
7 years ago

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 ?

Joel Dixon
Joel Dixon
7 years ago

I only use the microwave to make my eggs, now I’m going to be bold and fry, boil, poach! wish me luck!

Yǐn Qiu
Yǐn Qiu
7 years ago

Excellent article 🙂

Fai Tāng
Fai Tāng
7 years ago

I’m fully convinced that I should eat the whole egg now.. I feel guilty for wasting the yolk all these years 🙁

Yasu Nishi
Yasu Nishi
7 years ago

I love all of your content, the best super is number 2. I love Vegeta!

Neven Bojanić
Neven Bojanić
7 years ago

I’ve taken away a lot of nutritional information, just what I wanted about eggs.2 was the best super tip.

Hasin Anand
Hasin Anand
7 years ago

This was very good.

Barry Fonte
Barry Fonte
7 years ago

I prefer fried, scrambled or in an omelet. With bacon, of course. Eggs are the perfect food for a type 2.

Wang Ju Won
Wang Ju Won
7 years ago

I eat about 12 eggs a week, boiled, fried, poached.

Chi Hyejin
Chi Hyejin
7 years ago

Eggs like me and I like them 🙂

Henrik Kruse
Henrik Kruse
7 years ago

I eat around 10 eggs a week.

Lilian Dahl
Lilian Dahl
7 years ago

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.

Maila Banjade
Maila Banjade
7 years ago

Omelettes are the best.

Tyronne Eaton
Tyronne Eaton
7 years ago

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.

Dylan Silburn
Dylan Silburn
7 years ago

yeh they do taste better two is the bomb!

Jessica Ellick
Jessica Ellick
7 years ago

I hate eggs.

Garuda Grewal
Garuda Grewal
7 years ago

Very useful tips thanks 🙂

Haripriya Narine
Haripriya Narine
7 years ago

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 🙂

Jason Walsh
Jason Walsh
7 years ago

Great article as always keep it up bro!

Alex Mcdonald
Alex Mcdonald
7 years ago

the best super tip was three 🙂

Jel Ekene
Jel Ekene
7 years ago
Reply to  Alex Mcdonald

Ditto

Phoebe Cole
Phoebe Cole
7 years ago

Nice work.

Omer Mossé
Omer Mossé
7 years ago

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 🙂

Dany Masson
Dany Masson
7 years ago

Marvelous tips here thank you so much.

Violaine Brunelle
Violaine Brunelle
7 years ago

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.

Shalonna Tyrill
Shalonna Tyrill
7 years ago

I prefer them in Omelets or plain Scrambled with cheese and bacon.

Robbert Jansman
Robbert Jansman
7 years ago

That sounds tasty.