Last week’s posting updated our information about the excellent nutrition that eggs provide. Let’s cover how to cook with eggs. How many know the basics of hard boiled or scrambled eggs? Our patients have a wide variety of cooking skills.

Last week’s posting updated our information about the excellent nutrition that eggs provide. Let’s cover how to cook with eggs. How many know the basics of hard boiled or scrambled eggs? Our patients have a wide variety of cooking skills.

For novice to gourmet cooks, you’ll find plentiful recipes on the website www.incredibleegg.org. From the home page, click on Recipes & More. Scroll down until you see Eggs 101-Cooking School. From there, you can select how you want to cook your egg.

You’ll find a picture and video presentation about the various cooking methods from the humble hard boiled egg to sophisticated soufflé. One type of egg cookery is making a custard. If you’ve ever had pumpkin pie, you’ve had a baked custard.

For a bariatric friendly recipe, click on Low carb, Low Fat Pumpkin Custard for an idea you can use this Thanksgiving. This recipe is for patients that are at least 6 weeks out of surgery. Once the ingredients are assembled, it takes about 15 minutes to mix and get into the oven. In the hour it takes to bake, you could take a walk around you neighborhood or write a list of things for which you are thankful. Enjoy!

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Eggs are a favorite of mine - boiled or scrambled, but they were one of the toughest foods to adjust to post-op. Frankensleeve took a year to learn to tolerate them again.