As Easter approaches, kids and adults alike will get crafty, decorating eggs with spring-time colours and hunting for egg-shaped goodies in the yard (weather-permitting).

B.C.'s Chef Dez is encouraging British Columbians to take this egg-cellent opportunity to add eggs to meals in ways that may not seem obvious, and consider using them more often as an affordable, highly nutritious protein. 

"They're just so well balanced," he said.

B.C. Egg, a non-profit that manages the province's egg farming in…