Another "egg peeling" method

Here's my Mom's method of "peeling an egg" from Manitoba Egg Producers (excellent method if you want to peel eggs right away, for easter egg "peeling" method see this post):

Let eggs sit overnight out of the fridge in a non-metal container.
Place eggs in pot of room temperature pot of water, bring to a boil.
Turn off heat, put lid on pot.
Let sit 8-30 mins (depending on how soft or hard boiled you want them).
Drain water.
Rinse eggs with cold water.
Hold under water and slip the shells off the eggs!

If you have a kitchen tip let me know and I'll post it. Less time preparing in the kitchen = more time doing other things out of the kitchen!

Never peel another hard boiled egg again, ever.

If you like peeling hard boiled eggs please stop reading this post right now. You will be disappointed.

Easter is coming and this year I have 4 dozen eggs sitting in my fridge waiting to be coloured, displayed, smashed and EVENTUALLY eaten. 4 dozen does seem like a ridiculous amount but we are hosting a bit of an egg colour extravaganza. Side note: some of those eggs will make it into cake and cupcake recipes before they make it to The Colouring (sounds like the Hunger Games, for eggs, yes?!)...


I've been peeling hard boiled eggs for far too long. Until a few months ago actually. I've been married for 5 years (aweeee) and still, I have failed to notice how my husband extracts (?) a hard boiled egg from it's shell. It's not like this although my husband is also asian and cute...

it's like this,

Cut it in half with a sharp knife and scoop the egg out with a spoon. THAT'S IT!

I know what you may be thinking:

1. What about the bits of shell getting into the egg? Rarely does shell make it into the egg. Sometimes there's a chip of shell on the cut line, sometimes.

2. Too much egg will be wasted when I try and scoop it out. No. You can scoop the egg right out and run the spoon against the shell. 

3. What about deviled eggs?! Cut the egg in the other direction. This is how my hubby cuts it anyways, I just like to cut it the short way.

If this method doesn't suit your liking you can try my daughters method from 2011 - It's called Smash Egg.

Easter Crafts

Click on the photo to go to the web site - have fun!

Mini's Easter Eggs

Cute and Easy Paper Cup Egg/Treat Holders 

Add a ribbon to turn them into tiny easter baskets

These are hilarious! Imagine your family & friends as eggs?

Cute and simple.

Are those jelly bellies? So cute!

Decoupage Surprise Eggs

Easter is late this year so that's gives us plenty of time to do this and that, right?

Check out these really cute Decoupauge Surprise Eggs from Say Yes to Hoboken. Whether you're up for doing the  craft/not I think just looking at jelly beans in eggs is enough to make almost anyone smile! P.S. just as good = a mason jar full of colourful jellybeans on the counter/as a table centerpiece? Why not?!

Here on the Canadian prairies we have to wait a while for colourful flowers to pop up in our (our our neighbours) gardens, why not inject some colour into our houses while we wait?

Have a super happy fun spring day!