Are you looking for an elegant, yet easy breakfast recipe to serve your Memorial weekend guests? The Candlelight Inn, a ten-room bed and breakfast inn, located in Napa, California, shares their recipe for a breakfast strata with Blisstree readers. Add some fresh fruit and a side of sauteed diced potatoes and you have a breakfast your guests will remember for years.

Artichoke and Roasted Red Pepper Strata
Ingredients:
12 eggs
2 tsp. hot sauce
1/2 cup flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup melted butter
1 pint cottage cheese
1 lb. shredded cheese, such as Jack and Cheddar mixed
8 oz. marinated artichoke hearts, coarsely …read more

In my household, it just wouldn’t be Easter without a jar of pickled eggs and beets. Not only is this traditional dish pretty to look at, but it’s filled with Christian symbolism–the beet juice represents the blood of Christ and the eggs are a centuries-old symbol of rebirth, regeneration, and resurrection.

My group has already devoured the first batch I made and I’m making a second, hurried batch this morning. The recipe is easy.
Pickled Beets and Eggs
6-8 medium sized beets with green stalks cut off
6-8 hard-boiled eggs
1 1/4 c. cider vinegar
1/2 c. sugar
1 Tbsp. pickling spice
1/2 c. water
Boil the …read more

My son’s home from school this week on spring break, so today I made breakfast for lunch. It was quick and easy. I used some ham that I bought on sale a few days ago, and the last of a dozen eggs that were about to expire.

If you want to make your own ham egg and cheese scramble, here are the ingredients and instructions for a scramble for one:
2 eggs
a dash of milk
1/4 cup cubed ham
1/4 cup sharp cheddar cheese (I used 2%)
Optional ingredients:
chopped onion
chopped green peppers
chopped mushrooms
Combine the two eggs and the milk and whisk together for about a …read more

So, if you’re anything like me, you have an awful lot of hard boiled eggs to use up after Easter.* (By the way, I mentioned earlier this year that I was thinking to use natural dyes and I read an article in MamaBite the other day that made me certain I was going natural. If you’re planning to eat your eggs after they are decorated, using dyes that are organic is really something to consider.)
I usually make boring egg salad sandwiches, but I thought it might be nice to try a few more interesting recipes this year. Here are …read more

Choline, an essential nutrient found in foods such as eggs, has been shown to reduce breast cancer risk by up to 24 percent.
In this new case-control study of more than 3,000 adult women, the risk of developing breast cancer was 24 percent lower among women with the highest intake of choline compared to women with the lowest intake. Women with the highest intake of choline consumed a daily average of 455 mg of choline or more, getting most of it from coffee, eggs and skim milk. Women with the lowest intake consumed a daily average of 196 milligrams or less.
“Choline …read more

The Easter Egg Hunt is over and now you have more colorful hard-boiled eggs than you can gobble up? What to do? I suppose the classic strategy is to chop ‘em up and toss them into salads and sandwich spreads. Or make variations of devilled eggs for hors d’oeuvre.
Looking for other ideas? Here are more egg recipes to try. Worried about the effect of eggs on your health? Read this.