Use it up · Eggs and dairy

Eggs

Have extra eggs? Here’s how to choose, store and prep eggs, plus 60 family recipes to use it all up, best matches first.

🍽 See the recipes 🧺 Pick a few things you have

🛒 Choosing it

Open the carton and check that no eggs are cracked or dirty. Buy them before the date on the carton.

🧊 Storing it

Fridge: 3 to 5 weeks in the shell, in the carton
Freezer: Not in the shell; beaten whole eggs keep about 12 months

Hard-cooked eggs keep 1 week in the fridge.

Keep the fridge at 40°F or below and the freezer at 0°F. Freezer times are for best quality; food kept frozen at 0°F stays safe. When in doubt, throw it out. Times from FoodSafety.gov and Rutgers Cooperative Extension.

🔪 Prepping it

Cook eggs until the whites and yolks are firm, and dishes with eggs to 160°F.

🥣 Make it from scratch

Homemade staples that use eggs:

Potato bread Soft buns and dinner rolls Japanese-style milk bread Challah Brioche (loaf or buns) Cinnamon rolls Sweet rolls (Hawaiian-style) Cornbread

🌱 Grow it

You can grow your own: backyard hens. The Food Garden Planner shows how much to plant for your family and when it comes in.

🐔 Keep hens for eggs →

📊 Nutrition per 100 g

Eggs, large. 100 g is about 3 1/2 ounces.

Calories	143 kcal	7%
Protein	13 g	25%
Total fat	9.5 g	12%
Saturated fat	3.1 g	16%
Total carbohydrate	0.7 g	0%
Dietary fiber	0.0 g	0%
Total sugars	0.4 g
Sodium	142 mg	6%
Calcium	56 mg	4%
Iron	1.8 mg	10%
Potassium	138 mg	3%

% Daily Value for adults (FDA). From USDA FoodData Central 171287 (SR Legacy).

🍽 Recipes that use it up

60 recipes, the ones that use the most eggs first.

Plan them into your week in the meal planner, or find recipes for two or three things at once with the “What can I make?” picker.

More eggs and dairy

Milk Butter Cheddar and other firm cheeses Mozzarella Parmesan Cream cheese Sour cream Yogurt Cottage cheese Ricotta Cream and half-and-half Buttermilk Feta All ingredients →

Storage times and buying tips are general guides from the sources below; follow any date or instructions on the package. Cook meat, poultry, fish and eggs to the USDA safe temperatures in each recipe.