Egg prices have dropped recently, but with grocery shoppers still waiting to see the benefits, every carton can feel like a precious commodity, especially at breakfast. And really, haven’t eggs always been a gift in the mornings? The combination of yolk and white delivers comfort and sustenance while cooking up in mere minutes. Thankfully, making eggs stretch further doesn’t mean watering down their flavor. Instead, these strategies, using many recipes found at NYTCooking.com, ensure they’re more delicious as well.
SCRAMBLE EGGS WITH EVERYTHING
While many recipes for scrambled eggs tend to be simply, well, scrambled eggs, dishes like Turkish menemen, Mexican migas, Greek strapatsatha and Pakistani aloo anday start by sautéing vegetables in the pan before the beaten eggs are poured in. The other ingredients merge with the modest number of eggs, infusing them with flavor, adding more volume and giving them tenderness. If you’re especially low on eggs, simply increase the amounts of everything else. For even more ballast in your breakfast, tuck that extra-special scramble into a warm tortilla for a breakfast taco or breakfast burrito.
BULK UP EGG BITES WITH DAIRY
Egg bites are a beloved coffee shop standby, and making them at home means you can incorporate another member of the protein pantheon: dairy. Blending in plenty of cottage cheese, along with a few generous handfuls of your favorite shredded cheese, or a combination of milk and cheese, helps them bake up fluffy rather than rubbery and you’ll end up with even more egg bites to freeze for later.