The Egg Diaries - A weekly journal documenting my egg use, to help myself and others use all the beautiful eggs, our hens lay for us.
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I always make too many mashed potatoes. Mashed potatoes are really not wonderful reheated, but they are delicious when you make them into Potato Pancakes. I love Potato Pancakes. If you have never tried them, you should. They are easy to make and yummy served with sour cream, or for a hearty breakfast, serve them topped with a poached egg, like I did this week. You'll find my recipe for Potato Pancakes at the bottom of the page.
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| Potato Pancakes topped with poached eggs and served with bacon. |
The food items I used eggs in, are in bold type. They do not link to recipes unless stated.
The Egg Diaries
Monday April 21st
0 Eggs - Breakfast: Leftover homemade pizza
0 Eggs - Lunch: Cheese and crackers with apples
0 Eggs - Dinner: Restaurant style hot chicken sandwiches with gravy homemade french fries and peas, made with leftover rotisserie chicken
0 Eggs Used
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Tuesday April 22nd
0 Eggs - Breakfast: Oatmeal with raisins
0 Eggs - Lunch: Ham and cheese sandwiches, vegetable sticks with dill dip
0 Eggs - Dinner - Pork Chops, rice, peas
0 Eggs Used
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Wed April 23rd
2 Eggs - Brunch (midweek brunch = luxury of working from home): Homemade Buttermilk Pancakes, Sausage
0 Eggs - Dinner: Steak Fajitas, Rice
2 Eggs Used
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Thurs April 24th
3 Eggs - Breakfast: Spice Muffins, Fruit Salad
3 Eggs - Hard boiled eggs, vegetable sticks and dill dip
3 Eggs - Dinner: Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, mushroom and onion gravy, green beans
9 Eggs Used
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Fri April 25th
6 Eggs - Breakfast: Potato Pancakes topped with Poached Eggs, Bacon
0 Eggs - Lunch: Celery and apples with peanut butter, Spice Muffins
0 Eggs - Dinner: Leftover meatloaf and gravy, mixed vegetables
2 Eggs - Cooked and fed to the dogs
8 Eggs Used
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Sat April 26th
4 Eggs - Breakfast: Sausage and eggs on biscuits
0 Eggs - Lunch: Spice Muffins, cheese, cantaloupe
0 Eggs - Dinner: Cheeseburger Casserole, Green beans
4 Eggs Used
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Sun April 27th
8 Eggs - Scrambled eggs for the chickens
4 Eggs - Breakfast: Toasted Western Sandwiches
0 Eggs - Lunch: Tuna Salad Sandwiches, carrot and celery sticks
0 Eggs - Dinner: Leftover Meatloaf sandwiches with barbecue sauce, homemade french fries, salad
12 Eggs Used
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Total: 35 eggs Used
Potato Pancakes
2 to 3 cups of mashed potatoes
2 Eggs, beaten
1/4 cup flour
1/4 cup parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons minced onion, green onions, or chives
Heat your frying pan while you prepare the pancakes. Your burner should be set to medium-high.
Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl. The mixture will be quite thick and sticky. Form patties by scooping out the mixture with a large spoon onto a plate, then flatten and shape, using your hands and the spoon. Repeat until all your pancake mixture is used and your plate is filled with pancakes.
Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil and 1 tablespoon of butter to your heated frying pan and combine them.
Carefully, lift and transfer the pancakes from the plate to the frying pan and saute for about 3 minutes until golden brown on the bottom, then flip and saute the other side.
Remove from pan to serving plate or individual plates. Serve with sour cream or top with a poached egg as I did. Bacon goes really well with them.
Enjoy!
Love this blog. My husband and I love eggs and eat lots of them.
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