Yes, Dinner is a great time to eat eggs.

Eggs are often an overlooked food for dinner. We love eggs because they are nutrient dense, inexpensive and quick and easy to make for dinner. You can even cook hard boiled eggs ahead of time for a nice addition to a salad or sandwich for a quick weeknight meal.

How To Hard Boil an Egg and other Egg Recipes

Not sure how to make hard boiled eggs?

Check out this easy video on how to easily prepare eggs. One of our Registered Dietitians, Kait Fortunato makes these each weekend for a simple way to get more protein throughout the week.

How to cook Hard Boiled Eggs:

Julia Child’s recipe works every time for dietitian Kait Fortunato

put eggs into a pot
cover with water
boil
once eggs start boiling, set timer for 1 minute
once timer goes off, remove pot from heat
set time for 13 minutes
once timer goes off, put eggs into iced water to rapidly cool
easily peel eggs

The benefits of Hard Boiled Eggs

are great to have on hand, and can be used in many ways!
can be a quick snack on-the-go, or chopped up and added to a salad.
can last for the entire week

How do you enjoy your eggs?

Here are some recipes and egg inspiration below. Remember eggs do not have to just be eaten at breakfast. Having eggs for lunch and dinner is a quick and easy meal.