Eggs are so easy to cook, even if you’re not a dab hand in the kitchen (visit www.eggrecipes.co.uk for recipes from the beginners’ section) There are far more possibilities than the standard boiled, fried, poached and scrambled; these tasty recipes will give you some ideas of how you can eat your egg a day…

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King prawn, and asparagus omelette
Serves 4

PREPARATION TIME: 5 mins
COOKING TIME: 10-15 mins

INGREDIENTS

  • 100g/4oz asparagus tips, halved
  • 12 large Lion Quality eggs
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 25g/1oz butter
  • 175g/6oz cooked king prawns
  • 50g/2oz Monterey Jack or Emmenthal cheese, sliced

METHOD

  1. Blanch the asparagus tips in boiling salted water for 2 mins. Drain and set aside. Beat the eggs with seasoning.
     
  2. Melt a quarter of the butter in as medium frying pan, when sizzling pour in a quarter of the egg mixture and cook for 3-4 mins, pushing the cooked egg into the centre of the pan with a spatula until no runny egg remains. Cook for 1 min until base is golden.
     
  3. Scatter a quarter of the asparagus, prawns and cheese over the omelette and fold onto a plate. Repeat to make a further three omelettes in the same way.