Eggs are super foods that are very common in our diets and they are consumed all over the world. Rich in protein and fat and with low calorie content, eggs are easily digested and are used to prepare savoury and sweet dishes.
Egg composition
Eggs have three different parts: the yolk which contains the most proteins, lipids and minerals; the egg white, which is mostly made of water, and the shell which covers the first two components and can be brown, white or with dark spots. Regardless of the shell’s colour, the nutritional components of the egg remain the same.
Culinary uses of eggs
You can eat eggs fried, in tortillas, scrambled, cooked, boiled or baked. You can have eggs in salads or pizzas because of its versatility. You can have it in sauces, pastries, pancakes or crepes or other types of pastries. The possibilities are endless.
Before making a recipe with eggs, it’s important to know if you have any kind of intolerance or if you can eat them on a vegan diet or not.
Eggs can be cooked in different ways and therefore they need different cooking times. You can check out the different cooking times with the cooking time calculator.
Eggs are a type of food categorized among food. One portion of Eggs (considering as a portion 1 large, meaning more or less 50 grams of Eggs) contains around 72 calories.
When compared to other food, Eggs have less caloriess than the average of food, as they contain 143 calories per 100 grams, while other foods like the Eggs have much more calories.You can use Eggs as an ingredient for the next recipes:
Eggs can be used as a natural remedy to treat the next diseases:
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