Eggspensive!

 

 

Eggs have long been a cheap source of protein and come with a host of important vitamins and minerals including vitamin D, phosphorus, vitamin A, and two B-complex vitamins that your body needs to convert food into energy. Eggs are also a very good source of riboflavin, selenium, and choline. They still are nutritional heros but thanks to the millions of chickens that have died or been destroyed due to the bird flu outbreak, they are no longer cheap. The image above is from a grocery store in southern California, which has been particularly hard hit. There are even stories of egg entrepreneurs snatching up every egg they can find and reselling them to desperate consumers and even business at, shall we say, scalper prices.

 

But in addition to making regular appearances at breakfast table, eggs are also in an enormous variety of other foods, who's prices are now also rising as a result of the egg shortage. Baking, in particular, depends on them.

 

So for something entirely different, here are 25 egg-free desert recipes. I have tried a few of them and you will not miss the eggs. The strawberry shortcake that tops the list was a big hit at a recent church social that I brought them to. Try a few and brighten up your egg-free day.

 

And if you have any tips as to how to better manage in a world of $0.60 eggs, please do share in a comment.