Whiteley Creek Homestead

Our grandson was visiting this week from New Jersey, so I was so hoping that our hens would begin laying eggs. Perfect timing… we discovered our first egg yesterday underneath a truck in our yard. That is good, but not the proper place to be laying it. I instructed our grandson to place it in a nesting box in the chicken coop so that the hens would see where they should lay their eggs.  

This morning, we discovered two eggs in addition to the one we had placed in the nest as a teaching tool.

Look at the perfectly domed, amazingly dark orange yolk that is produced from hens allowed to roam freely eating grass, seeds, bugs, and fruit and veggie kitchen scraps. The thick gel-like egg white holds its shape instead of spreading out as nonfresh eggs do. A thing of beauty…

I can't remember which blog I read recently where I ran across a simple dish to utilize some bok choy that I had plucked directly from my garden and freshly-laid eggs gathered this morning. It is super simple. So I chopped…

The colors on my plate were amazing and glistened in the sunlight. Such enjoyment before I had even dug in!

Just saute the bok choy stems and leaves in a little oil or butter. I used clarfied butter because of its high smoke point. After a few minutes, I slid the bok choy over to one side of the pan to finish sauteing while frying the eggs. Serve the egg on top of a mound of bok choy. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.