Egg Recipes

Now that official guidelines say that you don't need to restrict your egg intake for health reasons, there's no reason to hold back! Enjoy eggs in so many ways, from omelettes to breakfast and beyond.

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Serves 2

Spaghetti alla Carbonara

An Italian favourite, this nutritious pasta dish with eggs, bacon and cream couldn't be easier or quicker to make - a great storecupboard standby for when you arrive home tired and hungry!

Serves 1

Swiss Baked Eggs

Made in moments, this is the ideal supper dish for one - simple, cheap to make and utterly enjoyable to eat.

Serves 2

Gratin of Eggs with Peppers and Chorizo

When you've got hardly any time to prepare lunch or supper, this one is ideal: simply eggs, peppers, cheese, tomatoes and chorizo cooked in a shallow gratin dish.

Serves 2 as a light lunch or supper

Warm Spinach Salad with Poached Eggs, Frizzled Kabaños and Bacon

This is actually a delightful combination of sausage, egg, bacon and mushrooms. Sorry about the chips – but you won't miss them because the salad leaves, crisp, crunchy croutons and the sherry dressing make this much more special.

Serves 3 as a main course or 6 as a starter

Cold Poached Egg Salad with Watercress Sauce

This is a kind of variation on the egg mayonnaise theme, but I think extremely attractive and even more delicious.

Serves 2

Corned-beef Hash with Fried Eggs

I love New York and, in particular, New York delis, where I always order a hot pastrami sandwich on rye bread and my husband always orders corned-beef hash with a fried egg.

Serves 6

Eggs Mayonnaise

Not the kind you get in help-yourself salad bars and cafés – this is the real thing. Eggs, boiled – not hard, but with a bit of squidge at the centre – anointed with a shimmering, golden emulsion laced with a little garlic. I have to admit, this is p

Serves 1

Slimmers' Scrambled Eggs

This lovely recipe is proof that dieting need not be a penance: quick and easy to make, it has all the satisfying flavour of classic scrambled eggs, without the fat content.

Home-made Mayonnaise

Home-made mayonnaise made by the traditional method is unbeatable. First a couple of tips: (a) use a small basin with a narrow base – a 1 pint (570 ml) pudding basin is ideal, and (b) place the basin on a damp tea towel...