Using up eggs

I had a lot of eggs to use up in my fridge - 17 to be precise - so I had to be a bit creative with what I decided to do with them.

Firstly I made these egg and pepper breakfast muffins - just eggs and frozen mixed peppers mixed together and cooked in a muffin pan. So easy. 5 down, 12 to go!

Next I made up some freezable Yorkshire puddings that we can just pop into the oven from frozen to go with our Sunday lunches or with something like sausage and mash. I just used half a packet of batter mix (I cheated...) and 2 eggs and then used a shallow muffin tin to do them. This is the first half in the picture - I made 24 in total!

There was a little bit of batter mix left and I was starting to get peckish so I did myself two little pancakes in the frying pan using a metal biscuit cutter to make them circular. I topped them with mini marshmallows and chocolate syrup - yum!

10 to go!

I haven't made devilled eggs in so long! But I do love them. I hard-boiled 9 eggs (because that is how many I can get in the pan in one go) and then let them cool completely. Next I just peeled the shells, sliced them in half, scooped out the yolk and lay the whites out on the plate. I mashed up the yolks with a good dollop of mayonnaise and then scooped them back into the holes in the eggs and topped with a sprinkling of paprika. I love having these made ready in the fridge as they are great to just grab one or two when I'm feeling peckish in between meals, or to add to a simple salad to make a quick lunch.

1 to go!

Finally, that night for our tea I cooked us a simple egg fried rice to go with a Chinese chicken curry I'd had in the slow cooker all day. I couldn't believe how easy it was to do and how tasty it was! (Plus the man is usually quite fussy and even he took leftovers to work for lunch the next day!)

And that is it! 17 eggs used up and not one wasted.