Eggs are a wonderful versatile food for anytime of the day. People have been eating eggs since about 1400 BC. Almost all eggs eaten are chicken eggs, Columbus’ ships brought chickens over to America from Asia to be used for egg production. Today 10% of eggs in the world come from the USA, over 75 billion a year!

Eggs are very healthy the protein found in eggs is of the highest quality protein found in foods, Iron, Vitamins A, D, E, B are found in Eggs. One large egg contains only 70 calories so you get a lot of nutrition from so few calories! You may begin feeding babies well cooked egg yolk at 9 months. Pediatricians recommend waiting until at least one year old before feeding your baby egg white as a baby’s immune system may cause an allergic reaction the protein found in egg whites.

After handling eggs it is important to wash your hands and not eat raw eggs (such as cake mix) to eliminate the risk of salmonella. If you want to know if an egg is fresh or old place it in some water. A fresh egg will sink, while an old egg will float. Also be sure to keep eggs in the back of your fridge this will keep them fresher longer.

Here is a list of yummy egg recipes: