Wartime Eggs In Noodle Nests
Wartime Eggs In Noodle Nests is a recipe I found in the book Grandma’s Wartime Kitchen by Joanne Lamb Hayes. This book has recipes from the WWII time that uses basic ingredients they had on hand. With so many people unable to spend a lot of money on food now, due to the pandemic, I thought this would be a good recipe to share. It uses a dozen eggs and cheese providing protein for your entire family. It is very filling and doesn’t cost a lot to make. You bake this until the egg yolks are cooked to your desired doneness, soft or hard.
Ingredients
Spray a 2 quart oven safe
casserole dish with cooking oil.
Cook the noodles according
to the package directions.
Drain well.
In a large bowl combine noodles,
milk, salt and pepper.
Pour noodles into the
prepared casserole dish.
Top with cheese.
Using a spoon, push 12 holes into the noodles
cracking an egg in each hole as you make it.
Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for
30 – 50 minutes, or until the yolk is done
to your liking, then serve immediately.
Wartime Eggs In Noodle Nests
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Ingredients
- 4 cups 1/4″ wide egg noodles
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1 cup grated cheddar cheese
- 12 large eggs
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Spray a 2 quart oven safe casserole dish with cooking oil.
- Cook the noodles according to the directions on the package then drain well.
- In a large bowl combine the noodles, milk, salt and pepper.
- Pour noodle mixture into the prepared casserole dish.
- Top with the cheese.
- Using a spoon, push 12 indentations into the noodles, cracking an egg into each one as you go.
- Bake for 30 – 50 minutes, or until the egg yolks are cooked to your desired doneness.
You can cut this recipe in half, place it into a 1 quart casserole dish and baking for 20 – 40 minutes.
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Categories: Casseroles, Cheese, Eggs, Milk Products, Pasta
Wow. This didn’t only sound yummy – it was also really interesting! I’d love to read the whole book- 🤔 🙂
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It had a lot of interesting stories in it besides the recipes. Have a great week!
Looks really good! So nice to read one of your recipes again! Hope you and your family have been well! ❤
Thank you Valerie. Now that we are caring for our grandchildren (our daughter is a nurse on the front line) my days have been kept busy. Raising a 5 & 9 year old and being a teacher at my age is definitely challenging but worth the sacrifice! I hope you and your family are well too Valerie!
We are well. God Bless you Diane for your hard work!
Thank you Valerie 💕
That must be a fun cookbook, Diane. And what a cool recipe! I’ll just have to try it! ☺️
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Yes it was! My husband picked the book up for me at the library a while back. It had a lot of interesting facts in it too.
Looks good! Only powdered eggs – assuming you had enough ration coupons – this side of the Atlantic during the war, sadly.
Wow never knew that and never tasted powdered eggs.
This looks so easy and super delicious too. Thanks for sharing xox
You’re welcome!!!🌺🌷🌸
We need this now
Yes it was cheap and filling. Thanks Beth!
Great recipe
Thank you it was so different than anything I have made before.
I’ve never heard if this! Awesome! C
Isn’t it! I love seeing books that have these old time recipes in them. Thank you!
In my grandmother’s house, this was a staple. Always had macaroni twice a week and then every Sunday. Leftovers were used in dishes like this. Thank you for the memory!
Awww what a sweet memory! You are very welcome. 💕
How did it taste?
I must show it to son who loves cooking with noodles!
I also love noodles and adding eggs to them was very good.
This is different Diane – good idea as people are on tight budgets now.
Thank you Linda! I loved the IKEA Swedish Meatballs recipe. Thanks!!!! I deleted your comment before I could reply.
Hi Diane – I’m sharing this story for the recipe … I’ve never been to Ikea and never had their famous meatballs, but they are sharing the recipe:
https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2020/04/21/heres-how-you-can-make-ikeas-famous-swedish-meatballs-at-home/
Yummm!!!! Pasta and eggs is a combo I never have given much thought- but it sounds sooo good!!! I find the story behind this recipe fascinating too. Thank you always for sharing your unique and delicious ideas, Diane!
Thank you for stopping by Mackenzie!!!!
That looks really good, Diane.
Thank you Angela. 💕
This is superb ❤️
Thank you so much!
Any suggestion on how to trim this down to just a single serving size? Or for two? (So there aren’t any leftovers?…Just wondering. Thanks!)
I don’t know if you like Ramen Noodles or not but what about using just the noodles in the single serving pack (pitch the seasoning pouch)? Break the noodles into smaller pieces. Then I would cook the noodles, drain and add a little less than 1/4 cup milk, salt and pepper to taste and 1/4 cup cheese. Place in a small oven safe bowl, make an indentation and add the egg. Not sure how long it will take the egg to cook so keep an eye on it. You could also scramble the egg with the milk and just mix it in with the noodles then bake. I hope this helps. Let me know what you do and if it turned out good will you please?
Sounds like a very good scaled-down version. Thanks!
You’re very welcome!
YUMMM……… defenitly gonna try this one.
It was so different than anything I make now. It wasn’t smothered in sauce like I usually do! It was nice having a simple ingredients recipe but then again, anything with pasta is delicious too me! Lol Thank you and enjoy!!!
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Great idea for a quick meal.
They made do with the ingredients they had back then and this was really good. Thanks Bernice! Have a great weekend!
Funny. Kind of what we are doing right now. But not as extreme as they had it with food shortages.
Right and we have food hoarding!
Whoa! I’ve never seen anything like this. I wanna try!
I loved it once I mixed it up. One reader said her mom use to make it but instead of putting the eggs on top she mixed in with the noodles before cooking. I liked mixing it in this was because I like runny yolk.❤️
I love a runny yolk too! ♡
Tried this tonight. Well divided everything with 2 and there’s still enough for both of us for tomorrow. This is a “keep” and maybe I’ll tweak it a bit with bacon or sausage in the future. We’ll see. Thanks for letting me get to know this one and the story behind it.
You’re welcome Kitty! It would be great with bacon or sausage but I’m guessing in that time era maybe they didn’t have access to the meat? I personally prefer it with the eggs mixed in with the noodles but I wanted to post it like they made it.
No, they probably didn’t have those things and it was interesting to taste. I only suggest to “modernize” it a bit to get that version too. To taste the difference. I saw it as great lesson in “we’re lucky to have access to a lot these days”. It’s a great dish no matter what!
Thank you Kitty and for telling me what you thought of it. Have a great week and stay safe!
You too!