It’s something I’ve been literally chewing over lately. Egg prices have come down a lot and eggs really fill you up for a long time due to their combination of protein and saturated fats at a relatively low caloric impact. They are sugar free but rich in vitamins so no morning sugar crash.

The flip side is well known about eggs. They’re loaded with cholesterol, eating two eggs a day puts you over what the Agriculture Department recommends for healthy levels of cholesterol in a day. Eggs are mostly Omega 6 fats which aren’t great either. Pastured raised eggs like folks who use chicken tractors are better but most of the eggs I’m getting these days are almost entirely grain fed.

Hard boiled eggs are great when cooked perfectly to the recipe but still a bit hard to peel. The trick is to watch the stove for as soon as it rolling boils, and then take it off burner immediately thereafter and let cool for no more or no less than 10 minutes then immediately rinse in cold water and refugerate. Sometimes especially after the cold bath they do peel better. But I sure hate biting into an egg shell as I have too many memories of real chicken shit covered eggs growing up in the country.

I’ve been adding many mornings a hard boiled egg with black coffee before my morning walk especially if I’m planning Ina carbohydrates rich breakfast like oatmeal or banana pancakes. Probably from a calorie to protein ratio I would be better with Greek yogurt or cottage cheese but I like to mix it up.