{"id":13806,"date":"2011-07-18T09:24:29","date_gmt":"2011-07-18T13:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=13806"},"modified":"2011-07-18T09:24:29","modified_gmt":"2011-07-18T13:24:29","slug":"pantry-staple-eggs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2011\/07\/pantry-staple-eggs\/","title":{"rendered":"Pantry Staple: Eggs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Eggs, in this house we love them. We eat them a lot and in fact, Scott sometimes has a hardboiled egg as his nighttime snack.\u00a0 I always have eggs on hand and consider them an official Food Embrace Pantry Staple<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Yes, I realize they don’t reside in the pantry but because they are a “must have”, I consider them one of the most important staples to have on hand.<\/p>\n

Eggs possess qualities that all pantry staples should have, being budget friendly and being quick to make.<\/p>\n

Let’s face it, we all have a budget when we go grocery shopping and we all like having the ability to make a quick meal when short on time or super hungry.<\/p>\n

I had a HUGE craving for eggs most recently and much to my dismay I was out of them.<\/p>\n

Ack!<\/p>\n

I try to plan my shopping trips so that I have replenished the supply before it totally runs dry.\u00a0 With the past several weeks being really busy around here, grocery shopping was put on the back burner.\u00a0 I had food on hand for meals but my egg supply had gone to empty.<\/p>\n

I figured I could get by and be fine but everywhere I turned someone was talking about eggs or showing eggs. Yesterday I very much wanted eggs for a large Sunday Breakfast but had to settle for some pancakes instead.\u00a0 Don’t get me wrong, they were very yummy but a poor substitute for eggs.<\/p>\n

After watching Food Network for a bit and seeing Bobby Flay make a grilled egg dish, I stomped my foot and said I needed eggs.\u00a0 We had to make a grocery store trip anyway and decided to head out.<\/p>\n

Normally my grocery store days fall on Fridays because those tend to be our least busiest days (for a reason, we plan it that way) but desperate times call for desperate measures and we braved the store on Sunday.<\/p>\n

It was crazy and very packed up but I had a list, coupons (that I forgot to use! Doh!), and a mission.\u00a0 Thankfully I’m able to purchase local eggs at this store otherwise I would have been even more cranky I think. Bonus was that they were on sale and I walked away with 4 dozen eggs on hand.<\/p>\n

Yes 4 dozen!<\/p>\n

Another beautiful pantry staple quality that eggs have is that they last a long time.\u00a0 Getting fresh local eggs, the “best buy” date is usually a month to a good six weeks out from the date of purchase.<\/p>\n

Filled up with groceries and eggs to last us through the next several weeks, I was happy and content.\u00a0 Plus I finally got to eat my egg meal that I had been dreaming about for days.
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