Ye Olde English Fluffy Eggs: A Healthy Recipe
The original medieval recipe for English Fluffy Eggs was a taste delight and brilliant in its simplicity. Think of this update as one example of the healthy evolution of pre-Renaissance cooking.
Legend has it that the breakfast that gave Ann Boleyn that extra lift on her dire day, was Henry’s favorite fluffy eggs recipe, -served with white tea, and browned wheat bread. Ann wouldn’t have had much concern for the healthy nature of the ingredients of her last meal, but anyone planning a future will enjoy this enlightened healthy recipe for Old English Fluffy Eggs.
- Crack five eggs into a bowl saving all the whites, but only two of the yolks.
- Add a pinch or two of salt and one of pepper
- Add one-quarter cup of fat free milk and blend until smooth
- Melt two or three teaspoons of Smart Balance™ spread in a small to medium fry pan
- Heat pan until Smart Balance™ is crackling – spread around pan
- Pour egg mixture into hot pan and let settle for about 15 seconds
- Begin to slowly-stir eggs with a two- inch spatula giving the uncooked eggs an opportunity to flow to the bottom of hot pan
- Turn off heat as soon as eggs begin to solidify
- Continue to slowly-stir eggs until almost all of the liquid is absorbed into a fluffy egg cloud.
Serves two nicely. Don’t forget the toast.

# 1 by toni esposito
December 3rd, 2008 at 1:05 pm #
What a different way to serve eggs. Great. Thanks.
# 2 by Lauren Axelrod
January 5th, 2009 at 9:59 pm #
Sounds wonderful and experimental. I added a link to this recipe on my blog http://unorthodoxchef.today.com. It will be featured tomorrow on the story “The Count of Monte Cristo: French Toast that is!”