Boiled Egg Skillet

I have a confession.  It is sad, but true that I didn't really know the correct way to hard boil (or soft boil) eggs.  I eat eggs almost every morning, or every other, but I just haven't ventured into the world of boiled eggs.  While my mom and dad were in town, my mom taught me and I discovered that it is truly one of my favorite ways to enjoy my eggs.  Many times an overeasy egg can be too greasy or oily, and poached eggs are just a pain to make, despite the many claims that it is super easy to do.  While it is, I don't claim to make the world's best poached eggs.  Anyhow, this morning all I had in my fridge was rice, some frozen vegetables, and eggs.  So needless to say I threw it all together in a skillet and tada!  Out came a pretty awesome breakfast skillet!  I was impressed despite the lack of options in my kitchen and I will certainly put that recipe on repeat for the future.    I have been doing this a lot lately when I'm too lazy to pull out something creative, but all I do is pile about five things into one skillet, add spices, and my one dish meal is complete.  It usually contains some veggies, beans (or rice or another whole grain), and a protein of some sort.  As long as you think it sounds good, you can throw just about anything together with salt, pepper, and your fav spices and the dish is finished in minutes, more spectacular than you could have imagined.  This mornings spontaneous combination:

4 boiled eggs chopped up (put in cold water and boil for three minutes, peel, chop)
1/2 onion diced and sauteed
two handfuls of frozen haricot verts (obviously fresh is better, but frozen is all I had and they turn out better than you would expect)
a handful of frozen corn (again, what I had on hand)
brown rice
balsamic vinegar
soy sauce
pepper
olive oil

I hard boiled the eggs in a pot and sauteed the onion in olive oil in a skillet.  I then added the veggies and let it all cook together for a few minutes.  After warmed through, add rice and a minute later add the chopped eggs.  Throw in a few splashes of the balsamic and soy sauce, as well as pepper.  Taste and season again to taste.  Plate!

It really doesn't get much easier and it is something a little different than usual.  I love mornings of fun discoveries!