Giveaway!! Win a Copy of Free Range Chicken Gardens!
THE GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED! THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO COMMENTED!
There are tons of chicken books out there. Books with portraits of rare and unusual chickens. Books about how to raise and care for chickens. Books about building coops. But all these books leave out a very key piece of information: how to integrate chickens into that nice garden you’ve been working to create. Turns out chickens like to eat lettuce, pea shoots, and kale, and that they love nothing better than to scratch up soil, preferably if you’ve just planted seeds there. They also poop. A lot. Usually in the middle of a pathway or on your deck chair. I’ve had chickens for four years and I wish that I could have had Jessi Bloom’s new book, Free Range Chicken Gardens: How to Create a Beautiful, Chicken-Friendly Yard, in the beginning.
Everyone who has chickens or wants them needs this book on their shelf. Jessi is an extraordinarily talented garden designer, plant nut, and chicken keeper and her book details how to create gardens that coexist with chickens. Written in a cheerful, straightforward style, Jessi covers in detail the key aspects of raising chickens and creating a beautiful, functional outdoor space. Sprinkled throughout the book are real life examples of successful “chicken gardens”, which look gorgeous, while keeping the chickens safe and happy.
In my own garden I often focus on how to protect plants from my chickens when they free-range, a subject Jessi covers, but she goes into much more detail about designing gardens in a way to minimizes chicken damage. She covers coop placement, different free-ranging strategies, and lists plants that provide shelter and food and forage for chickens, as well as an extensive guide to chicken-resistant plants. The book also offers great advice on choosing breeds and training chickens, and features some fantastic coops and runs.
To celebrate Jessi’s remarkable book, I am participating in a virtual blog party! Myself and several other chicken-loving bloggers are giving away a copy of Jessi’s book, as well as the recently released cookbook The Fresh Egg Cookbook! To enter, please leave a comment on this post with your favorite way to cook eggs. The giveaway will run through Thursday, April 12th at which point I will choose a winner and Jessi’s publisher Timber Press, will send out copies of the books to the lucky commenter. You can join the blog party by checking out the posts by all the other partygoers. Just beware, you will surely find several new blogs you want to add to your blog roll! This is a list of super inspiring gardeners:
Jessi at http://gardenfowl.com/
Gen at http://www.northcoastgardening.com
Erica at http://www.nwedible.com/
Theresa at http://www.LivingHomegrown.com
Angela at http://myrubberboots.com/
Annette at http://www.sustainableeats.com/
Kylee at http://www.ourlittleacre.com
p.s. Angela and Theresa’s gardens are pictured in the book!
(Images: 1. Timber Press 2. Kate Baldwin 3. Timber Press)
I love my chooks…but not what they do to my vegies! Looking for ideas!
April 4th, 2012 at 9:31 pmCan’t wait to get my chicks…love two eggs, yolks broken!
April 4th, 2012 at 9:39 pmWhen eating eggs plain I love them scrambled. But I would have to say my favorite use for them would be using them in cornbread!
April 4th, 2012 at 9:54 pmWould love to figure out a way to have something like this in our yard!
April 4th, 2012 at 10:21 pma frittata: saute the vegetables (start with a little onion and/or garlic, cut up some vegetables from the refrigerator and garden…always seem to have kale around and/or mustard greens, spinach, maybe red pepper for color, mushrooms – whatever is close at hand); scramble the eggs with a little milk, salt/pepper, fresh herbs are great – parsley, chives, thyme – or dried. Pour the eggs onto the sauteed vegetables; cook on medium low until the eggs are almost set and then (if I have already turned on the broiler and have a ‘broiler-safe’ pan, put under it for about 1 minute: time it! Or else, just scramble them up in the pan …and eat on a piece of toast!
April 4th, 2012 at 10:21 pmDon’t have a yard yet, but when I do, I’m hoping to have space for chickens and fresh vegetables. I like eggs so many ways! Scrambled with mushrooms on toast, whipped up into a meringue or custard, sunny side up, or hardboiled and chopped up into a mustardy egg salad sandwich with fresh tomatoes. I just want to give chickens a big hug because I love eggs so much.
April 4th, 2012 at 10:32 pm…a friend of ours really wants us to add a few chickens; our backyard is small and has ‘extra shade’ from a 4 story apartment houses on south and west sides – I have trouble imagining that they would respect my love for our vegetables, plus we have a cat. I need that book! And I do have fond memories of waking up to crowing in urban Southern Africa (they apparently allowed roosters there….) Although we couldn’t provide such an aural morning alarm, I’m thinking of the visual joy we could offer to all our surrounding apartment people, looking out their windows onto our little chicken farm.
April 4th, 2012 at 10:32 pmI would love to have chickens. Soon, I hope
I’m still in the planning stage and my city just recently passed an ordinance allowing chickens. Thanks for the opportunity.
April 4th, 2012 at 10:46 pmI’d love to have chickens, and since we just moved into a new house with a pretty blank slate for a yard, maybe it will finally happen! I love to garden so I could really use a book like this as we start to figure things out.
April 4th, 2012 at 11:15 pm…and I guess I forgot to say anything about eggs – my favorite way to cool them is poached! Preferably with cherry tomatoes and basil from the garden.
April 4th, 2012 at 11:17 pmMy favorite way to cook eggs is in a spinach quiche! I can’t wait to get chickens, this book seems so helpful!
April 5th, 2012 at 1:20 amI love to cook up some scrambled eggs with some cherry tomatoes from the backyard.
April 5th, 2012 at 2:16 amI recently discovered how easy a pastry crust can be to make, so my favorite of the moment is quiche!
April 5th, 2012 at 3:50 amWhat a great idea for a book! I’d love a copy. My favorite way to cook eggs at present is to poach them and then serve over something savory – an arugula salad, a bowl of pasta with tomato sauce, or some fresh bread.
April 5th, 2012 at 4:18 amTruthfully, I love eggs cooked any way they come! But, my favorite is to make a breakfast taco, scrambled with some greens from the garden, a little salt and pepper, on a whole wheat tortilla and topped with a little picante sauce befor it’s wrapped up. Yummo!
April 5th, 2012 at 4:18 amRight now my hubby and I have been enjoying farm fresh eggs simply fried sunny side up. In the summer when I have fresh veggies, I love to cook up a zucchini ricotta frittata.
April 5th, 2012 at 5:16 amI’m always enamored by soufflé, but my favorite way to eat eggs is to crack a few on top of sautéed onions, garlic and greens. So tasty with a little salsa and some toast.
April 5th, 2012 at 5:56 amSarah´s last [type] ..Stick it to the Man
My favorite way to eat eggs: Potato Pesto Quiche…using all those lovelies from the garden. Delish. (The potatoes are grated and used as the crust…great for your gluten-free friends)!
April 5th, 2012 at 7:07 amFresh eggs taste good no matter how you fix ‘em, but one of my favorites is to gently place two over-easy eggs on top of a slice of buttered toast smothered in garlic-sauted greens. Good and good for you. Hope I win the book — I’d love to integrate my garden and my chickens.
April 5th, 2012 at 7:17 amElizabeth´s last [type] ..Best links for 04/05/2012
I love plain old scrambled eggs, beaten with a little bit of half & half and salt and pepper, and then quickly cooked in the skillet! I would love to win a copy of this book, I had big dreams for chickens this year and an unexpected military move has disrupted them for now. But this book looks awesome.
April 5th, 2012 at 7:18 amI had a dream last night that someone was giving away megagigantic plant pots (the green and black plastic kind) in some kind of In My Dream garage sale. There were giant glass forcers on one person’s front porch, those giant pots on another, and in one particularly tempting yard: sheets of framed lathe. The giant pots were what caught my attention, mostly, because of their size. These things were so tall they could have had 2 stories in them. I decided they would be PERFECT as a chicken coop. Until I had to lug one home. It turned out to be a wee bit heavy and a lot dusty.
Then I woke up.
I’d love this book – I tried to win one direct from Timber Press but – sob – I wasn’t chosen.
Eggs? Easy: poached. Nothing like a soft poached egg on anything – stir-fried kale, steamed purple sprouting broccoli, toast, smoked salmon slices, English muffins…with a little sprinkle of Spike.
April 5th, 2012 at 7:42 amI love to put some diced fresh mushrooms in a ramakin, break in two eggs, pour a few tablespoons of real cream on top and bake until the egg is done. Yummmmmmm.
Thanks for the chance tgo win. My chickens currently get more out of the garden than I do, some weeks.
April 5th, 2012 at 7:43 amA homemade McMuffin! An toasted english muffin, an egg, cheddar cheese, bacon, a tomato slice and some garlic hot sauce!
April 5th, 2012 at 7:44 amI love my eggs over easy with toast and apricot jam on the side.
April 5th, 2012 at 8:05 amI like eggs-in-a-nest best – fried inside the hole in a piece of bread. Yum!
April 5th, 2012 at 8:07 amWe like bull’s eyes (what Kelly calls eggs in a nest) a lot, especially with homemade bread, but I do love a good baked egg in a zucchini nest.
This book looks so interesting.
April 5th, 2012 at 8:11 am2 favourite ways to eat my eggs
1st poached served on hot buttered toast or a crumpet.
a close second
2nd lightly scrambled, on top of hot buttered toast.
There is nothing to beat a lovely egg, freshly laid by your own hens. The yolk is so deep and golden even free-range store bought eggs can’t compare.
Mind you, the eggs are just a bonus – the hens are such a delight, each with their own cute, unique little ways I wouldn’t be without them!
April 5th, 2012 at 8:21 amWhile we bake, steam, boil, poach, fry and scramble a lot of eggs, my favorite way to eat them is in custard or creme brulee.
April 5th, 2012 at 8:25 amjess s´s last [type] ..Jar Lunch: dessert edition
I am not all that creative with my eggs. Lately I’ve been scrambling them and eating them on toast.
April 5th, 2012 at 8:25 amWe have four layers and they give us plenty of eggs! We are always looking for new egg recipes to use them. Yesterday I went through 8 of them by making lemon curd.
My favorite way to eat the eggs themselves, though, is overeasy. I like them with some chalula hot sauce on top and some sourdough toast to mop up the runny yolks.
April 5th, 2012 at 8:30 amLiz´s last [type] ..If I knew you were coming, I’d have baked a cake.
My favorite way to cook a backyard egg is over medium. I love them on top of some good toast (preferably homemade)
April 5th, 2012 at 8:39 amI love eggs in all their forms but most especially poached soft over toast with sauteed greens and sliced tomatoes. Or perhaps rancheros style with warm tortillas, beans and green chilies. Maybe my favorite is fried into left over quinoa.
April 5th, 2012 at 9:09 amI love it when my hubby scrambles eggs with veggies and herbs from the garden- kale, onions, fingerling potatoes, parsley, and chives. Perfect with a slice of toast with homemade blackberry jam.
April 5th, 2012 at 9:35 amI love my eggs scrambled with a shot of Texas Pete on top. Can’t wait to ge chickens and eat fresh eggs every day!
April 5th, 2012 at 9:44 amMy favorite way to cook eggs is to drop raw scrambled eggs into hot soup (tomato, or chicken noodle), cook a little longer until the egg is done, and enjoy. It’s a great way to add a little protein and bulk to soup (which usually does not fill me up).
April 5th, 2012 at 10:02 amDaedre´s last [type] ..California Spring Trials 2012
My new favorite way to eat eggs fresh from our lovely hennies…saute onion, greens such as chard, kale, bok choy, garlic, add a glug of heavy cream, salt and pepper, crack an egg or two on top, bake at 350 until eggs are set. SO good…
April 5th, 2012 at 10:18 amWilli, I’m a huge fan! I recently added chickens to my own backyard and they’ve just started laying. We now have more eggs than we or our neighbors know what to do with! My favorite is to soft boil and eat with toast. But I might try lemon curd this weekend.
April 5th, 2012 at 10:27 amWe love eggs in our house! We probably go through at least a dozen per week!! My everyday egg is the good old fashioned scrambled egg with some fresh herbs from the garden and a little crumbled goat cheese…oh…and hot sauce!! Can’t forget the hot sauce!
April 5th, 2012 at 10:47 amI love fried eggs (yoke still a bit runny) with whole grain toast and some hot coco! I also love the idea and look of that book!
April 5th, 2012 at 11:23 amFor daily eating, we stick with poached (in water laced with vinegar and plenty of salt)…and during egg season when our chickens are really laying, I use variations of Nigella Lawson’s Clementine Cake to use up 6 eggs at a time. It’s a delicious, healthful, not too sweet cake that is good plain for breakfast or dressed up for dessert!
April 5th, 2012 at 11:32 amWould love to read this book’s tips. I keep guineas in my garden b/c chickens eat everything—-veggies first and bugs last! And as a chicken owning family everyone has their favorite form of eggs—fried for hubby, scrambled for me, and poached for the kids. Stevie@ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com
April 5th, 2012 at 11:55 amMy favorite way to have eggs is simple: soft boiled eggs on toast. If you want to dress it up, add some Stilton cheese. Yum.
April 5th, 2012 at 11:58 amI am a boring person, when it comes to eggs: over easy.
Thanks for the chance to win!
April 5th, 2012 at 1:05 pmI’m a poached girl. Specifically a poached egg over veggie fried rice…mmmmmmmm.
April 5th, 2012 at 1:07 pmSoft-boiled eggs with soldiers… yum!
April 5th, 2012 at 2:22 pmFavorite way to cook eggs … It’s a toss up between a veggie-filled frittata and my guilty pleasure, a fried egg sandwich with ketchup on toasted bread.
April 5th, 2012 at 2:31 pmI would love this book. Once we’ve expanded our garden to what we want, we’re going to work toward raising chickens. I hope to keep the garden growing strong once we add the hens.
broccoli/spinach quiche!!
April 5th, 2012 at 4:57 pmGypsy Meadows´s last [type] ..A Medieval Lapbook
My favorite egg recipe came from my grandmother – pfaankuchen’s (German puff pancakes). I make them every Sunday morning for the family. Mmm, it’s a great way to use up 9 eggs!
April 5th, 2012 at 5:35 pmI love my chickens and they are hilarious when they are free ranging around the yard but they can destroy an herb garden in an afternoon!! I’d love to see what ideas this book has.
April 5th, 2012 at 5:44 pmI like to make a nest of greens in a pan and crack an egg into them.
April 5th, 2012 at 5:58 pmI have chickens, and i have a garden. I wish they would get along better.
April 5th, 2012 at 5:59 pmI love eggs cooked almost any way, but my favorite is baked in custards. No chickens yet, but I’ve got their names all picked out!
April 5th, 2012 at 6:03 pmOooh! What an awesome giveaway! I NEED this book! My favorite way to cook eggs is to fry them in bacon drippings. Oh yum
April 5th, 2012 at 7:30 pmWow, what a wonderful idea for a book! We are one year into having our hens (6). They free range my back yard as much of the day as possible but living in the Northwest and with all the rain we have had so far this Spring its been a challenge to get them out every day. Fortunately I have a fence around the veggie garden but I would love to be able to plant the rest of the yard so the girls are safe and the plants don’t get eaten! With fresh eggs I love them cooked over slow heat sunny side up so I can admire those huge orangy yellow yolks…mmmmm.
April 5th, 2012 at 7:31 pmEggs most ways are great for me, but I love a great poached egg with some toast and sauteed greens and your creamy parmesan scrambled eggs – that’s become one of our weekend treats at home now. Someday I hope to have my own chickens with backyard-fresh eggs.
April 5th, 2012 at 7:59 pmI love our backyard eggs cooked almost any way, but my favorite weekend breakfast is dutch babies.
April 5th, 2012 at 8:33 pmMmmm, shirred eggs.
Lightly butter a ramekin, line with a slice of proscuitto, and crack in an egg or two. Add a teaspoon of cream per egg (or a tablespoon per egg the cream if you want to be more decadent for company) Sprinkle with some grated parmesan or cheddar and bake in 375F oven for 18 – 20 minutes. Sprinkle with chives or parsley.
Eat with a spoon and a smile.
April 5th, 2012 at 8:35 pmMy made these eggs for every holiday when I was growing up. And now I wow my friends when I make these because they look so hard to make:
Hard boil eggs. When cooled, cut the eggs in half long ways, with the shell still on. A serated knife works best – go slowly but it is not as hard as it sounds. Might take a little practice. You now have little egg “boats”. Scoop the egg into a bowl leaving the shell boats intact. Set these aside for later. To the egg, add melted butter, salt, pepper, thinly chopped chives, paprika or just about any other spice you like is optional. All this is to taste and so that the mixture takes on a consistency where the egg will stay in a ball when scooped into a spoon (kind of like that great soil that doesn’t stick together like clay but also doesn’t just crumble like dry dirt). Spoon this mixture back into the shell boats so they are almost a little over-full. Lay these egg side down on a baking dish you have already covered the bottom of in a layer of bread crumbs. Crumbly topping to your eggs. These will keep in the friedge for a few days. When you are ready, melt a tbs or two of butter in a saute pan (depending on how many eggs will fit in there at one time) and arrange the eggs face down in the melted butter of med-low heat. Let sit for a few minutes until heated through and have a nice golden brown color on bread crumbs. Eat directly out of the shells with a spoon and ENJOY!!
April 5th, 2012 at 8:40 pmI like a poached egg, firm but still a bit soft (if that makes any sense!) topped with a bit of chevre and some chopped fresh tarragon – and salt and pepper, of course. A piece of good crusty bread or toast on the side – a perfect meal in my book!
April 5th, 2012 at 8:55 pmAimee´s last [type] ..A Quick Catch Up – In and Outside the Garden
I have chickens and you should see their area of the yard! Yikes! I could definitely use some help. My favorite way to cook eggs is a slow cooked scramble on the weekend (the only time I have time for the slow cooked scramble). So good when they are done right.
April 5th, 2012 at 9:13 pmWe love our eggs fresh from the nesting box scrambled with fresh green onions from the garden.
April 5th, 2012 at 9:16 pmSoft-boiled! Would love to have this book for garden design and chicken info. We’re at the contemplating state… would love to start out right!
April 5th, 2012 at 9:51 pmI love eggs lots of different ways but my fondest ‘egg memory’ cooking style is coddled. My mom is English and growing up we’d go to England every few summers to catch up with her family. Both of her brothers were dairy farmers in Sussex. Every morning we’d help my aunts collect the eggs and then they’d cook up a large English breakfast for my uncles as they came in from milking the cows. Sometimes they’d coddle the eggs which was my favorite method. They’d use beautiful English porcelain egg coddlers and the eggs were delicious – especially if you dipped your toast in the egg.
Of course we brought some home and would often cook eggs this way on weekends but somehow they never tasted quite as good as fresh eggs on the farm!
April 5th, 2012 at 10:09 pmI love Barbara Kingsolver’s Eggs in a Nest recipe from Animal Vegetable Miracle. Lately though I’ve been quite satisfied with good old scrambled eggs or fried egg on toast. So simple, and super tasty.
April 5th, 2012 at 11:38 pmI usually eat eggs in one of two ways. I either go simple and cook 2 eggs over medium with toast, or I scramble them with a variety of items such as mushrooms, onions, spinach, olives, or whatever catches my fancy that day. I just saw a new idea I am going to try. You just crack an egg in each cup of a muffin tin and bake them! Of course when my kid was younger I always made “toad in a hole” by tearing out the middle of a piece of buttered bread, putting it in a skillet and cracking an egg into the hole. Eggs are one of my favorites because they are great any time of day!
April 6th, 2012 at 2:43 amKeeping chickens for the past 2 years has encouraged me to cook with eggs every way imaginable, but my favorite is still perfectly poached. BTW- Just bought your beautiful book for a friend’s birthday. She’s going to love it.
April 6th, 2012 at 6:36 amThat book could change my whole garden strategy. Having problems keeping the chickens out of the vegi garden. My favorite wat to eat eggs is very simply fried to almost hard yoke.
April 6th, 2012 at 6:55 amWe had to learn the hard way to fence the chickens out of the vulnerable parts of the garden, and now put boards over wherever I think they’ve dug too deep next to the bushes I’ve left them (rosemary, a mock orange, and some butterfly bushes). I made the mistake of hardening off my seedlings without fencing off the deck, too, and came out to three chickens surrounding my broccoli babies with a “thanks for the snacks!” look recently. Now they check to see if I’m looking before venturing up the stairs, and beat a hasty retreat if they’re caught in forbidden territory. Love my girls…
April 6th, 2012 at 7:55 amTheir eggs are best over hash browns made from homegrown potatoes, or scrambled with farmer’s market smoked salmon, and they make the best egg salad on spinach and toast too!
I am not a big fan of eggs but am trying to reintroduce them into my healthier eating regime. Thanks for this very cool website.
April 6th, 2012 at 8:36 amHere is my recipe:
April 6th, 2012 at 8:45 amone egg whipped
cayenne pepper to taste
pinch of salt
one large rounded tablespoon of plain yogurt
one quarter cup oat bran
one stalk green onion cut up
Mix all ingredients, cover bottom of pan with olive oil, pour mixture into pan and cook like a pancake. When cooked and placed on a plate, add a spoonful of yogurt on top then eat. It will make you smile.
Kathleen Faulkner´s last [type] ..Making something out of nothing
I LOVE all my 16 chickens, my kids and I can’t stop picking out new baby chicks every time we go to FHA. We started with 4, and now they have taken over the yard! We have a summer and winter home (the green house) for them and the only place they are not allowed is the deck (I have to have a poop free zone). I would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE my yard to beautiful and chicken friendly. A CHICKEN WONDERLAND of Happiness.
April 6th, 2012 at 12:25 pmI just had my favorite egg meal: scrambled eggs made with 1 whole egg and 2 whites. Covered with sauteed green onions, mushrooms, spinach and a little cheese. Yum, yum! The best thing is that the eggs are from my own chickens! Can’t wait to get a copy of this book for some ideas.
I currently keep my chickens in their own fenced in area thru spring and summer. In the fall and winter, I let them have access to the entire yard. I just cover up the few growies that they might bother
April 6th, 2012 at 12:28 pmOur favorite egg-dish for breakfast is called an Apple-Puff Pancake:
April 6th, 2012 at 2:07 pmPut half a stick of butter, 1/4 C brown sugar and 1 tsp cinnamon in a pie plate in the oven at 425 till it’s melted and bubbly. Add a thin sliced apple and bake another 2 min. Combine 5 eggs, 1/2 C milk, 1/2 C flour and dash of salt in your blender–add to pie plate and bake 18-20 min. Serve warm with maple syrup. Super easy and delicious!! This recipe comes from “Farm Chicks in the Kitchen” by Teri Edwards and Serena Thompson.
We finally got baby chicks of our own yesterday. Have been enjoying home-grown eggs from neighbors and friends for years! So excited to have our own, they are so adorable and mesmerizing to watch!
I’ve had chickens for three years now- love ‘em! No one believes they are such easy pets- and everyone loves when I share eggs! My favorite egg dish… Sweet Onion Quiche: just saute up some Walla Walla Sweets- yum!- enough to cover the bottom of the crust, fill with your standard quiche (egg/milk) fill and voila! a DEEElish and super easy meal or snack!
Would LOVE either of these books as I would love to have my chickens roaming around the yard but know they will devour, or scratch to pieces, just what I don’t want them to.
Also LOVE Diggin’ Food and your beautiful new book… it all makes me smile.
April 6th, 2012 at 6:09 pmI love my chickens. I love to make quiches, desserts, but I also just love a plane ole’ egg salad.
April 6th, 2012 at 6:51 pmPoached – can have them runny but don’t have to cook them in all that butter!
April 6th, 2012 at 7:15 pmI love toad in the hole…or whatever you want to call it!
A nice farm fresh egg in the middle of a nicely piece of toasted bread. You get your protein and your starch, with a little bit of fat from the butter used to brown the bread….hmmmm it’s and gives you a lot of energy to start the day! 
April 6th, 2012 at 7:23 pmMy favorite way to eat eggs is a perfectly cooked, slightly runny yolk on toast or asparagus, yum!
April 6th, 2012 at 7:54 pmJacqui´s last [type] ..Mushrooms & Rice With Yogurt Flatbread
Hard boiled, mashed up, lathered with butter, sprinkled with salt and pepper and served on toast…..the way my mama made them.
April 6th, 2012 at 8:25 pmMaybe it’s the season, but I just can’t get enough of hard boiled eggs recently. Someday I hope to be eating eggs from my own backyard and this book would provide and eggcellent game plan!
April 6th, 2012 at 8:39 pmI am in the preparatory stages of getting ready for chickens- I have been wanting them for years… It’s just my husband wanting to make sure everything is perfect first. Would love a book like this to cover logistics!
April 7th, 2012 at 6:49 amI love any and all ways to eat eggs, but my current favorite is chocolate mousse (from elanaspantry.com) seriously divine and I have no problems with raw eggs as long as they are organic.
I like my eggs with the yolk runny. I think the proper term is over-easy, but I’m not sure. Took a long time before I could get them that way since as a kid I thought if you broke the yolk you *had* to scramble them. Not so! Can’t wait til our 3 little hens start to lay!
April 7th, 2012 at 8:11 amCharlei´s last [type] ..Little Sprouts (Kids and Plants)
mmmm…love them scrambled or omelet style with spinach, shrooms, and bacon
April 7th, 2012 at 8:26 amI logged on ready to give my favorite way to eat eggs, but as I read everyone else’s comments, I changed my mind over and over (o:
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In any case, my current favorite is in Eggs Benedict!
Happy Easter, everyone!
April 7th, 2012 at 10:41 amMy favorite way to have eggs is scrambled with seasoned salt and pepper, poured over sauteed onion, shallots, green onion tops, or chives. This is really savory, and I love to have it with either toast or (if I have a sweet tooth and some time) homemade buttermilk pancakes. Mmm!
April 7th, 2012 at 11:06 amI love eggs in a hole & poached & over easy & …
April 7th, 2012 at 1:18 pmMy friend went to France and brought back this recipe from her cooking class. It’s an egg cake – whip up lots of eggs, cut up lots of yummy veggies (onions, asparagus,summer squash), add cheese and put it all in a loaf pan. You bake it and then slice it and serve it. It’s sooo good!!! I’m going to go make it right now.
April 7th, 2012 at 2:00 pmWhat a great book! I’d love to have a copy, as I am currently researching how to incorporate chickens into my home landscape. As for the eggs, fried with sharp cheddar and topped with slices of fresh tomato and cracked black pepper.
April 8th, 2012 at 4:48 amHands down, I love frittatas. (And omelets and fried eggs and soft-boiled eggs and quiche and deviled eggs.)
April 8th, 2012 at 8:00 amJodi Anderson´s last [type] ..lately, around here
I am somewhat boring with my favorites. I love them in an omelet or for a treat, scotch eggs.
Thank you very much for this contest, we are anticipating getting chickens but since we are on a corner lot it is important that it looks good. I am hoping that this book will help me do just that.
April 8th, 2012 at 10:46 amCustard!
April 8th, 2012 at 1:51 pmI love to soft poach eggs and serve them on top of a fresh garden salad. The yolk mixes with the salad dressing taming some of the acidity from the vinegar and the left over heat lightly wilts some of the salad greens. A refreshing and light breakfast that doesn’t make me want to go right back to bed like some traditional breakfast fare.
April 8th, 2012 at 1:53 pmI didn’t like eggs as a kid and as an adult I have just started to try them in different forms. I have recently discovered poached eggs and I’m enjoying their goodness!
April 8th, 2012 at 2:45 pmWe like regular old scrambled eggs in our family. Sometimes in a burrito, sometimes on the side, or sometimes with tofu. Yum!
April 8th, 2012 at 7:44 pmmy favorite way to eat eggs is, according to my fave waffle house waitress, is “over medium hard” – i like the whites solid and the yolks runny. and my waffle house cooks them that way every time…..
April 8th, 2012 at 9:21 pmThank you for the opportunity to win. Will enjoy the inspiration i find in your new to be blog.
April 9th, 2012 at 6:41 amlove my eggs as an Omelet w fresh veggies sauteed into it!!! YUM!
April 9th, 2012 at 9:04 amnothing beats a omlet with onions, mushrooms, spinich, and sharp chedder cheese!
April 9th, 2012 at 9:27 amWe are looking at purchasing some chickens and need some ideas. Love the free range egg.
April 9th, 2012 at 10:18 amI live in Seattle and recently got four hens. The fresh eggs are So superior! My favorite way to have them is soft boiled with a little salt and pepper and toast. Fresh eggs are so delicious I don’t need anything else on them
April 9th, 2012 at 11:16 amOne of my fav’s is scrambled eggs in Coconut oil. Push eggs to one side of the pan when done add a splash of almond milk and a pat of cream cheese, to basically make a sauce. Stir together Then sprinkle with fresh dill. Yummy!
April 9th, 2012 at 12:05 pmDefinitely poached! Preferably over a bed of sausage and potato hash with hollandaise sauce on top!
April 9th, 2012 at 5:14 pmEggs benedict is my fave. I have four new chicks and can’t wait until they lay.
April 9th, 2012 at 10:38 pmMy favorite egg recipe is your recipe for scrambled eggs with thyme and Creme Fraiche.
April 10th, 2012 at 1:09 amBest eggs ever!
My favourite way to cook eggs is in a cheese souffle! Yummy!
April 10th, 2012 at 4:25 amSimply done. Splash of olive oil in a skillet over medium heat, two eggs cracked into the pan resulting in silken and glossy sunny side up eggs, after a couple of minutes, slid onto a plate then dressed with sriracha sauce. Delicious.
April 10th, 2012 at 2:08 pmWe plan on having chickens at our next property and it would be wonderful to plan the garden before getting the chickens.
April 10th, 2012 at 7:06 pmthe reason I should have this book
is because I really need to look
into the why’s and hows
of animals smaller than cows
with my girlfriend I’ll be off the hook
Favorite way to do eggs? poached with sunny side up running a close second.
April 10th, 2012 at 9:10 pmMy favorite way to eat eggs is seasonally, this time of year… scrambled with Asparagus – YUM!!!
April 11th, 2012 at 12:22 amI have 3 chicks (my first) I could use all the help I can get.I started eating free range eggs 2 years ago and can’t go back so I though I would do my own. I have a 2 ac. organic garden and 6 grandbabies to help.I’m hope to teach them good eating habits.These books would help me do it right the first time! If I win I will let you know how it is going!I Love my eggs over easy!
April 11th, 2012 at 6:11 amI like my eggs scrambled, with a little cheese and fresh herbs. Simple, but yummy!!
April 11th, 2012 at 6:57 amLove it! Planning a run and coop soon. This would be a gret book to start with so I don’t end up ruining my efforts.
April 11th, 2012 at 7:26 amOh, I am dreaming of a yard with chickens.
April 11th, 2012 at 7:53 amEggs… I like them with springonions scrambled after a few moments in the pan.
Without eggs I wouldn’t have pudding and I love pudding. And ice cream!
April 11th, 2012 at 7:56 amMy daughter is itching to get a pet and I’m seriously thinking of getting chickens. I only have room in an area where we have a kitchen garden and need ideas on how to have them both.
April 11th, 2012 at 8:53 amOh I like my eggs scrambled with tabasco
April 11th, 2012 at 8:55 amI love to scamble egss…wait..i love them hardboiled,,,,but I also love eggs Sunny-side-up-with the yolk barely runny. Oh, and I LOVE frittatas, with yummy mushrooms, chesse and veggies. OH,,,,but I also love when my husband makes the best spinach and cheese omelets. Hmmm, so many choices, and only one breakfast a day!
April 11th, 2012 at 9:15 amFresh food and eggs, my favorite. I couldn’t do with out eggs for a quick veggie scramble!
April 11th, 2012 at 9:26 amMe and the girls (Penny & Ginger) love to curl up in the porch swing with a good book. I think that they would really enjoy this!
April 11th, 2012 at 9:56 amHard boiled with fresh bread and butter. Topped with course sea salt. Mmmm…now I’m hungry.
April 11th, 2012 at 10:04 amI like a simple poach on some really good bread
April 11th, 2012 at 10:58 amHard-boiled, in egg salad, on homemade challah bread. I can’t resist it!
April 11th, 2012 at 11:33 amMy favorite way is to have my husband scramble them for me. I fix egg salad for his lunches.
April 11th, 2012 at 11:56 amFried! In bacon fat… terrible, I know, but so yummy! Then make a bacon & egg sandwich with buttered toast. A side of fried potatoes is also nice.
Thanks for the giveaway!
April 11th, 2012 at 1:16 pmEggs whipped up to make macarons are amazing!
April 11th, 2012 at 1:38 pmI tend to my 83 year old grandmother’s free range chickens on her farm with my two year son in tow, I would love to have my own chickens but it’s not allowed within city limits where I live. I’d love to get my hands on this book to improve the way her chickens roam!
April 11th, 2012 at 11:52 pmMy son loves hard boiled, he has so much fun peeling the blue shells himself.
I’m a big fan of “egg in a basket” with a whole grain bread.
I am looking forward to reading the tips and ideas from Jessi’s book. My 3 laying hens might be weary of me changing some things about “their” yard however.
I think am trying to learn how to better share my garden and other edibles with the chickens. Now if only they could read the book too and realize that our goals are the same!
April 12th, 2012 at 3:54 pmI’m not sure what my favorite way to cook eggs are – we love scrambled, omelets, overnight egg bake and eat them for breakfast AND dinner.
April 12th, 2012 at 6:42 pmBaked eggs. Layer butter, raw tomato, raw egg, and top with parmesan cheese and another drop of butter. Bake until cooked. Serve with strips of toast for dipping!
April 12th, 2012 at 11:22 pmHard-boiled on buttered toast…or a big fat scramble with leftover potatoes, chicken sausage, tomatoes, mushrooms, cheese…don’t care for morning eggs but a great supper dish
April 16th, 2012 at 9:24 amMy favorite way is with some fresh veggies from my garden!
April 19th, 2012 at 7:58 am