What Is Healthy To Eat With Eggs?
A question that keeps coming up is what is healthy to eat with eggs. There was a scare in the UK a few years ago when someone from the government stated that it was unsafe to eat eggs because of salmonella. This was proven to be a complete false alarm and it was found to be completely safe to eat eggs.
There are lots of recipes that contain eggs and some are more healthier than others but it is not really the eggs themselves that are healthy or unhealthy but the way in which they are cooked and what is added in the cooking process.
For instance there is nothing at all wrong with fried eggs but if you had two or three of them everyday, cooked in fat, then that would not be so healthy. They are full of cholesterol and this, along with the method of cooking would do you no good at all, with the blocking of your arteries being the main risk to your health.
Another example would be using eggs to make a cake mix. A slice of cake will do no harm to anyone but if you ate the whole cake it wouldn’t be such a healthy option.
A healthy meal made with eggs that always springs to mind is a simple plate of scrambled eggs. Adding a little milk and seasoning when making the scrambled eggs results in a perfect meal.
Of course there are many foods that are associated with eggs which can turn a healthy meal into an unhealthy meal if not eaten in moderation. A fine example of this would be what is known as a full English breakfast. This meal consists of fried egg, bacon, mushrooms, beans and quite a few other items, cooked in fat and eaten everyday this could be described as something that is definitely not healthy to eat with eggs.
So there we have it. Eggs can be part of a healthy meal but it is how you cook them and what you cook them with that can determine exactly how healthy, or not as the case may be.
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Dominic
