Snack of the Week - Hard Boiled Eggs

I'm posting some of my favorite healthy snacks that I eat.  I want to keep these snacks always fresh in your mind, so I'm going to post a new one every week.  Some of them will be foods that you have all the time, but never knew how beneficial they were.  Some of them will be foods you thought were gross, but maybe deserve a second chance.  Some of them may be foods you've never even heard of!  Whatever the case may be, if you're out at your local grocery, remember to pick up a little of one of these foods and chew on them for thought!

About Hard Boiled Eggs

Boiled eggs are eggs (typically chickens' eggs) cooked by immersion in boiling water with their shells unbroken. (Eggs cooked in water without their shells are known as poached eggs, while eggs cooked below the boiling temperature, either with or without the shell, are known as coddled eggs.) Hard-boiled eggs are either boiled long enough for the egg white and then the egg yolk to solidify, or they are left in hot water to cool down, which will gradually solidify them, while a soft-boiled egg yolk, and sometimes even the white, remains at least partially liquid.

(Source: Wikipedia.org)

Ways to Enjoy Hard Boiled Eggs

I would say the most common way to enjoy this snack on this particular week will be to find the brightest colored one you can, pick it up off the ground, peel away the shell, and eat away!  However, if you find a shell made of plastic, give it to a kid.  You do not need this egg.

Honestly though, hard boiled eggs are pretty simple to enjoy.  After they're cooled down (unless you like them hot!), peel the shell and munch away.  I usually like to lightly sprinkle some sea salt on mine with every few bites.  This snack is very filling and is highly versatile!  You can take them and eat them almost anywhere, although I do caution that they sometimes give off an unpleasant odor before and - after - eating them.

If you don't like eating hard boiled eggs as they come, there are other ways to enjoy this tasty and healthy food!  You can always slice them up and enjoy them in your next salad.  Also, if you make more than one hard boiled egg, you can take the yolks out (leaving the white in-tact) and mix them with a little mayo and mustard and put them back in the whites for some Deviled Egg fun.

As far as getting hard boiled eggs goes, it's pretty easy.  If you have eggs at home, stick them in a pan on cold water (gently) and make sure the water level is above the eggs.  Put the pan on the stove and get the water to a rolling boil, then turn off the heat.  Let the eggs set in the water until it is cool, then enjoy after that or stick them in the fridge for later!  Also, if you're not in to making them yourself, several groceries and gas stations like Thorntons sell them, ready to eat.

Hard Boiled Egg Nutrition