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15 Ingenious Ways to Eat Eggs for Every Meal

By Rachel Williamson at Spoon HQ

Eggs, eggs the magical food. They're cheap, versatile, tasty, and should always have a place in your fridge (and heart). Although we're no stranger to eggs for breakfast and would never throw any shade on OG scrambled eggs, eggs can do so much more than you might think. 

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To get you going, we've put together 15 epic dishes that reach that next-level status, thanks only to eggs.

1. Twice-Baked Sausage, Egg and Cheese Baked Sweet Potato

When sweet potatoes make an appearance in your breakfast, you just feel a bit more evolved than everyone else. Meet the twice-baked sausage, egg and cheese sweet potato. Hash brown upgrade, for sure. 

2. BEC & Waffle Nachos 

Settling for a bed of tortilla chips is no longer even an option with these jalapeño, egg waffle nachos.

3. Classic Shakshuka

We all have a soft spot for breakfast food disguised as lunch or dinner. Enter shakshuka, a spicy, Middle Eastern take on “throw everything in your fridge into a pan and voila."

4. Egg Toast Cups

For when you really want a full breakfast, but you're on the move. Give these bacon, egg and toast cups a whirl.

5. The Perfectly Fried Egg

This one is for the purists out there that appreciate the fried things in life. Do your eggs justice and learn how to fry them perfectly every time.

6. Bacon, Egg and Cheese Cookies

Cookie, biscuit, regardless of the noun you're feeling, this bad boy is the BEC love child of your dreams. Find out how to make this egg sandwich cookie hybrid here.

7. Crispy Fried Poached Eggs

When you're looking for a little protein for your salad, but still want that crunch. Here's how you make Insta-worthy fried poached eggs.

8. Avocado Egg Salad

This avocado egg salad will be your new go-to for when you need a filling lunch but want to ex-nay the extra cals.

9. Egg In A Hole Pancake

Also bizarrely dubbed "Drunken Eyeballs" this pancake and egg mashup will be exactly what you want on Saturday mornings.

10. Pesto Eggs For Two

The best part about this pesto egg recipe is that you'll get a little help from your blender. The second best part is that if you live on your own you don't have to share. Huzzah. 

11. The Lazy Egg & Cheese Bread Bowl

It's kind of like your favorite deli's broccoli cheddar bread bowl, but better, because it has an egg. Plus, this lazy egg and cheese bread bowl is way cheaper to make at home.

12. Croque Madame

A Croque Madame is a fancy name for an egg, ham and cheese sandwich, but doesn't need the bougie title to rock your egg sandwich world.

13. Not Your Average BLT

You'll never be able to eat a BLT without arugula, avocado, sriracha mayo or an egg (especially the egg) again.

14. Fried Egg Taco Shell

The fried egg taco shell is the best invention since soft taco shells, because ain't nobody got time for hard shells that crack and drop the goods.

15. Savory Oatmeal

Oatmeal doesn't have to be smothered in syrup. It can actually be quite nutritious and double as a lunch or dinner. Check out this savory egg oatmeal.

This post is sponsored by American Egg Board, one of our favorite partners, because, eggs.