Smoky Chipotle Scrambled Egg Recipe

I love scrambled eggs, they make such a quick, easy and nutritious meal.  Using the Happy Egg Co free range eggs, I know that the birds are well looked after and are happy hens, which is very important to me as a consumer.

  

The happy Egg Co have challenged me to come up with a twist on ordinary scrambled eggs, using a vegetable, a herb or spice and a surprise ingredient.  So I have come up with a scrambled eggs recipe with a Mexican flavour:  Smoky Chipotle Srambled Egg using pinto beans as my surprise ingredient.

Ingredients

knob of butter 

half a chopped onion

3 mushrooms chopped

1 heaped tablespoon sweetcorn

1 heaped tablespoon tinned Pinto beans

2 eggs

ground black pepper

1 teaspoon smoky paprika

1 teaspoon garlic granules

splash of smoky chipotle chilli sauce 

Method

Put a tablespoon of butter in a pan.

Fry the onions until softened, add the mushrooms and continue to cook for a further 3 minutes.

Add the beans, sweetcorn and seasoning.

Beat the eggs in a bowl.

Add to the pan and mix until cooked.

You can enjoy it as it is or for a heartier meal you can serve the Smoky Chipotle Scrambled Egg in a warm wrap with a blob of salsa and some grated cheese.  It is delicious, hearty and nutritious!

Easy Lentil & Egg Nests Recipe

Eggs are such a versatile ingredient and something we regularly use in our main meals.  Being vegetarian, eggs provide us with an excellent source of protein and iron.  Brit Mums are challenging bloggers to share their favourite egg recipes, looking for the easiest, quickest and most inventive main meals that incorporate an egg in each portion in their Main Meals Linky Challenge sponsored by British Lion Eggs.

I have adapted a rather complicated and time consuming baked egg recipe that I only use for special occasions into a very quick and easy midweek meal idea.  It takes just minutes to make, is filling, nutritious, cheap and very tasty.  The kids enjoy it too which is a real bonus.  Unlike the oven baked eggs which have a tendency to go a bit leathery on top, this recipe produces a delicious, soft result which is far more palatable.  It uses basic store cupboard essentials so can be made very easily, providing a delicious egg based meal for your family, even if you're short of time.

So this is the recipe I am sharing for the #eggmainsinminutes linky.

Lentil & Egg Nests 

(recipe listed serves 2 but can be easily doubled up to serve 4)

Ingredients

1 400g can of green lentils drained

1 finely chopped onion

1 dessertspoon of tomato puree

oil for frying

pinch of Italian seasoning

2 free range eggs

Method

Fry the finely chopped onion in a lidded frying pan until soft.

Add the drained can of lentils, the tomato puree and the seasoning and stir well.

Heat through.

Make two wells in the lentil mixture and break in the eggs.

Put the lid on the pan and cook gently on a low heat for about 8 minutes until the eggs are fully set.

We love this meal as the lentils make a deliciously, moist base for the yummy soft, baked egg.  They are a perfect culinary pairing.  For a variation on this recipe, you could add curry powder and cumin to the lentils, giving an Indian twist instead of an Italian one.  Either way, it is a very quick and tasty main meal that is excellent served with a portion of fresh green vegetables or a side salad to add some colour.

Find more egg recipe ideas at www.eggrecipes.co.uk/mainmealsinminutes or check out the Brit Mums linky where you can see other bloggers' egg recipes or enter your own idea.

This post is an entry for the #eggmainsinminutes Linky on BritMums.