The Fresh Eggs Daily Cookbook: Over 100 Fabulous Recipes to Use Eggs in Unexpected Ways
Discover new and exciting ways to incorporate fresh eggs into your cooking and baking.
"Fresh Eggs Daily blogger Steele lays down as many tips and recipes as her chickens do eggs in this innovative and plucky collection.... This will be hard to beat." - Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
Lisa Steele, fifth-generation chicken keeper and founder of the popular blog Fresh Eggs Daily, knows a thing or two about eggs. And she's ready to show you just how easy and delicious it can be to make eggs a staple of every meal. First, Lisa will tell you everything you don't know about eggs--such as what the different labels on grocery store egg cartons mean--and bust some common egg myths.
From there, she provides you with 17 foundational techniques for cooking with eggs and preserving methods, including:
- steaming,
- grilling,
- baking,
- frying,
- salt curing,
- pickling,
- and more.
And finally, Lisa shares 122 of her go-to recipes for everything from breakfast staples to breads, sandwiches, beverages, snacks, soups, salads, pasta, cakes, pies, and condiments. Recipes include these and many more:
- Eggs Benedict
- Classic French Trifold "Omelette"
- Pannukakku (Finnish Oven Pancake)
- Goat Cheese Frittata with Herbs
- Maple Bacon Scotch Eggs
- Egg Yolk Ravioli
- Baked Eggs in Butternut Squash Rings
- Bacon and Beet Hash
- Hollandaise Sauce
- Homemade Marshmallows
- Boozy Spiced Eggnog
You'll encounter a wide variety of both sweet and savory dishes with Lisa's unique twists. Whether you have a large backyard flock, a small urban chicken coop, or just love finding delicious local eggs, as you read The Fresh Eggs Daily Cookbook you will discover new and exciting ways to incorporate fresh eggs into your cooking and baking repertoire each and every day.
Honorable Mention for Excellence in Aesthetic Achievement in the 2022 Readable Feast Awards celebrating the best of New England Food Writing and Cookbooks.
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Become an affiliateLisa Steele is a fifth-generation chicken keeper and creator of Fresh Eggs Daily, the go-to online resource for poultry-keeping advice which has been named one of Better Homes & Gardens Top Ten Gardening Blogs. Lisa has amassed an audience of nearly one million from all over the globe, who look to her for tips on raising backyard poultry naturally, do-it-yourself ideas, and coop-to-kitchen recipes. Dubbed "queen of the coop," Lisa and her work have been recognized by many national media outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Country Woman, Parade, and others. As a television and radio personality, Lisa has appeared on the Hallmark Channel's "Home & Family," HGTV's "Martha Knows Best," P. Allen Smith's "Garden Home," and NPR's "Maine Calling" - and hosted the New England regional Emmy-nominated television show "Welcome To My Farm" for two seasons. Lisa's first book was recommended for summer reading on "The View" in 2018, and her popular books have sold more than 125,000 copies. She lives in the woods of Maine with her husband, their corgi, barn cat, and her "girls" - a mixed flock of about thirty chickens, ducks, and geese.