13 Smart Uses For Leftover Egg Whites And Yolks

As part of HuffPost's “Reclaim ” project, HuffPost Taste will focus the entire month of July on simple ways you can reduce food waste in your own home.

A lot of us home cooks -- especially bakers -- find ourselves with leftover egg whites or yolks, depending on what we've been whipping up in the kitchen. We don't want to throw them out, because that would be a waste of good egg and good money. And we don't want to wait too long to use them either because once an egg is cracked it has a shorter shelf life, roughly 2-4 days .

Well, when life hands you leftover yolks you make lemon curd . Or ice cream . Or chocolate pudding . If an abundance of egg whites is the problem, now's the time to tackle French macarons -- or turn them into a healthy omelet . Here are a few more delicious ideas to make sure none of your eggs go to waste.

Egg White Ideas:

Pavlova

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Macaron

Half Baked Harvest

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Egg White Omelet

Gimme Some Oven

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Candied Nuts

Damn Delicious

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Meringue Cookies

Bakers Royale

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Angel Food Cake

The Faux Martha

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Cocktails

Boulder Locavore

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Egg Yolk Ideas:

Lemon Curd

Completely Delicious

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Homemade Mayonnaise

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Get the Homemade Kewpie Mayonnaise recipe from Hannah Kirshner via Food52

Ice Cream

How Sweet It Is

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Hollandaise Sauce

Cook The Story

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Key Lime Pie

Sally's Baking Addiction

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Chocolate Pudding

Five Heart Home

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