Today I'm sharing with you easy 5 Hard Boiled Egg Recipes to help you create a quick weeknight meal for your family.
You can easily add them to salads, soups, sandwiches, and even vegan burgers. They make a great snack when topped with herbs, spices, and seasonings like paprika or cumin.
Included in this collection are a traditional deviled egg recipe, chocolate chip cookies and even a tasty boiled egg pizza recipe! Make an easy high-protein meal using an ordinary egg!
Check out the other Weekly Meal Plans for even more Family Dinner Ideas.
Hard boiled eggs have shown to be the healthiest methods of preparing eggs, as they don’t require oil or butter for cooking. Hard boiled eggs are full of vital nutrients, from muscle-building protein to metabolism-boosting B vitamins as well as vitamin D. Eggs are also protein-packed.
One hard boiled egg packs six grams of protein! Eggs are shown to help make you feel full and are great to serve not only for breakfast, but for dinner.
They can also be enjoyed as-is with a pinch of sea salt for a nutritious and delicious protein-packed snack.
If you're looking for an easy way to make hard boiled eggs, check out my post on Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs.
Looking for more recipes that use hard-boiled eggs? Try my Tuna Nicoise Salad Recipe or my Easy Classic Egg Salad Recipe.
💡How long does a boiled egg last?
What do you do when you find yourself with a surplus of boiled eggs on hand? There have been plenty of times I boiled a dozen eggs thinking my husband would grab a few to take to work every morning.
Or maybe you have a surplus of colored Easter eggs on hand. Here's how to handle any leftover eggs you may be wondering if they're still okay to eat:
Peeled or unpeeled hard-boiled eggs are safe to eat up to one week after being cooked.
You might even want to consider writing the date that you boiled the eggs on the bottom of them just be to safe.
🍶 Storage Tips for Boiled Eggs
Hard boiled eggs should be stored in the refrigerator. If you like to peel them all at once, you should store them cold water in an airtight container. Make sure they are completely covered with cold water. Change out the water daily to ensure that it remains fresh.
Place boiled eggs still in their shell in a sealed container and keep them in the refrigerator until ready to use.
💭Deviled Eggs
Most people only think of making deviled eggs as a side dish for a picnic or summer barbecue. However, deviled egg recipes can be extremely versatile!
You can add many exciting flavors, herbs and even bits of bacon or other meat to the mixture that these eggs go far beyond appetizers or snacks. Add them to the top of a salad and you have a high-protein packed lunch or dinner!
💭Egg Salad
Egg salad is great because you can eat in on a bed of lettuce or as a sandwich. An easy addition to classic egg salad is to add chopped celery and green olives.
Another healthy addition is to add chopped avocado to the mix and substitute plain yogurt for the mayonnaise.
💭Salads
Sliced hard boiled eggs can turn a leafy green salad into a protein-packed meal, or be used as a substantial ingredient in other types of salads.
Try this Warm Roasted Asparagus Salad that is topped with hard-boiled eggs and fresh shaved Parmesan cheese.
💭Pizza
Now this is something I've never tried and I have to agree it sounds strange, but given the right ingredients, you can slice or crumble your hard-boiled eggs on top of pizza toppings.
💭Desserts
Adding chopped hard boiled eggs to a cookie recipe will give you a thick, soft texture for the cookies.
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This recipe has been updated since it first appeared in 2019 with new photos, and information. I hope you enjoy the updates as much as I enjoyed working on them!
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