Hi all,
I'm currently living in a group home. There are 9 residents, and we take it in turn to cook the evening meal. There are generally a couple of staff present too, and some of the residents are very healthy eaters, so I usually cook for 12.
We have a four week rolling programme which specifies what kind of dish to eat each night (meat, fish, vegetarian etc.) We're supposed to come up with 5 menus for each option, so we have some variety in our meals.
I'm struggling with the eggs section. I don't eat eggs that much, and we only have one oven with a four-ring hob, so ordinary omelettes are not really practical (we had them the other night and they were really burnt). We don't have any pie dishes, so quiche is also not an option.
So far I have pasta carbonara, Spanish omelette (we have two huge frying pans), foccacia with a warm egg salad, and kedgeree (if I can find an alternative to smoked haddock). But now I'm stuck. Googling 'eggs recipes' doesn't help, because you don't often get recipes where eggs are a main ingredient.
Can any of the cooks on here help me? It needs to be something I can easily prepare for 12 people, and that takes a maximum of two hours to prepare and cook. Also it needs to be reasonably healthy (which is why I excluded the idea of a fry up). And if it's cheap, so much the better.
Any ideas?
Frittata.
Easier for larger numbers than an omelette, and can be eaten hot, cold, or warm.
Tom
Wow! Thanks everyone... I'm sure I'll be able to find something that suits me... (except the salad nicoise... I don't like tuna!).
Scotch eggs? (Not really a meal in and of itself, unless you get all fancy-schmancy on them and use meat like venison, et al)
Deviled Eggs (More of a side as well, but still good)
Egg salad sandwiches
I'm guessing souffles are right out?
Frittatas
Eggs and Soldiers
...that should be a good start (And hopefully helpful.. )
Here is one recipe for Shaksuka...
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandst...cipe-shakshuka
But there are many variations and you can just google the word for more.
Some people make it in a large pan on a fire and others bake it in the oven.
Some cook with the whites showing and others mix the eggs so that it is more like scrambled eggs.
We have made the Ottolenghi recipe, and I can recommend it.
Does that recipe really say "180ml oil"?
That must be a mistake.
Even if you divide by four, as suggested, that still leaves 45ml of oil per person - for a breakfast?
No mistake, it is an Ottolenghi recipe after all!
Day 1 - Egg-dish such as Shaksuka, or poached eggs on spinach, scrambled egg and sausage, Spanish omelette etc
Day 2 - Stew - potatoes, beef, lamb, white beans or other pulse, vegetables, mushrooms, pasta etc - so many possibilities so that one can make four different types of stew.
Day 3- Risotto or Paella - easy to come up with four different variations.
Day 4 - Meat or chicken dish in sauce with creamed, boiled, sautéed or fried potatoes - I.e. Sliced beef in pepper sauce, chicken breast in mushroom sauce, braised kidneys, duck in orange sauce etc
Day 5 - Fish night - shallow fried in dill sauce with rice, breaded and fried with sliced fried potatoes, sweet and sour sauce and rice, whole grilled fish with boiled potatoes.
Day 6 - Pasta - easy to find four easy to cook variations
Day 7 - Curries with rice - again easy to do four different types of curry
All above can be prepared in well under two hours, using two pans/pots on two gas rings. In some cases one could cook additional vegetables in a third pan.
Personally I would make a much simpler dish, with much less oil.
Heat some corn oil in a pan, add diced onion, green pepper, tomato, and any other left over vegetables, add and stir in eggs, season and serve with a chunk of bread.
We had it for dinner/supper, I don't think I would have it for breakfast, I'll stick to my porridge for that!
Pancakes/Crêpes, with different fillings. (what we call in Swiss German Part a Omelettes). With an oven a easy thing. Just put in on 60-70°C to keep them warm after frying in the pan. An option is to add spinach to the dough.
French toast/Pain perdu. Use Ticino Bread or Einback/pain brioché for that.
Vogelheu (there is no french word for for this dish): http://www.swissmilk.ch/fr/recettes/...=vogelheu&nr=1
Eggs in a sauce. (Sorry, this one is German but just looks and sounds delicious).
And also simple and super easy with an oven. Oeuf cocotte A thousand varieties of this alone.
my favourite recipe of this season: white asparagus (boil it around 2 minutes and finish it on a smoking hot griddle pan for another minute) with a poached egg on top. Feeling flush, top with white truffle. Otherwise with ribbons of parmesan. It's more of a starter really, but it is egg based.
Errrmmm.... OP says that (s)he is living in a group home, so the budget probably won't reach to asparagus with white truffels, poached egg on top or not
It would be a minor bastardisation of salad nicoise, but why not substituting a bit of what comes before (or after ) the egg for the tuna.
I feel like you meant to say "asparagus with poached egg on top, white truffles or not.
I clearly gave a budget alternative. Clearly. In the same post. Which you read. The cost of my meal is about 1chf per portion. And you know that. So what's your point?