"Egg Muffins"

I've been eye-balling these of pinterest for a while. I've been looking at how I can do them for me. So I finally took the plunge and made these today. I call them Egg Muffins, but since they're really not Muffins I call them "muffins", I didn't want to confuse people.

Ingredients
These are all up to you. I used what I had on hand and it worked out.
12 Eggs
Breakfast Sausage (left over from this mornings breakfast)
Sweet Peppers (had in my fridge)
Prosciutto (left overs)
(i've also seen)
Spinach
Bacon
Tomatoes
Onions
Mushrooms
The ones on pinterest had cheese in them, but that's not paleo/whole30
Etc. The possibilities are endless.

Directions
*** Preheat oven to 350***
1) Crack eggs in a bowl, and wisk together.
2) Spray/oil/ghee/etc the cups in the cupcake pan.
3) Chop and prep all the ingredients going in the egg mixture.
4) Line the cups with the prosciutto/bacon/spinach, etc ( had enough prosciutto for 5 cups)
5) Pour the eggs evenly throughout the cups. I have also seen people put one egg directly in the cups individually, but i have an aversion to the yolks when baked. so I whisked them together.
6) Add the additions. When I added the sausage, i tried to dunk them. but it didn't quite work.

7) Bake for 20-25 minutes.
8)Let cool before trying to remove. For some of them I had to run a paring knife along the edges to get it loose enough to pull out of the cups intact.

9) Store in air tight containers.

When you're read to eat them. pop them in the microwave for 1-2 minutes and you're good to go.

You have a quick healthy weekday breakfast!!!

Chorizo Scramble

So I have been on the look out for sausage that I can eat on Whole 30. Seriously. That and bacon. I've been to 5 different stores looking for bacon that doesn't have sugar.

So I saw one of my friends post about Aidell's sausage, I rushed to the grocery store to find it. And of all of the options I found 3 that work: Chorizo, Chicken Apple, and a Breakfast version Chicken Apple. I was a happy happy camper.

So I make something that B loves (sausage, potatoes, onions, and peppers in the oven) and I thought this was something I could switch around and make work.

Ingredients:
1 pkg  Aidell's Chorizo sausage
2 Sweet potatoes
4 eggs

Directions:
**Pre-Heat oven to 350****

1) peel and chop sweet potatoes in bite size pieces.
2) place in a bowl and toss with a a touch of Olive Oil and some spices (I used garlic, onion, pepper and a touch of season salt)
3) pour out evenly on a cookie sheet.
4) Cut the sausage links in half (creating 8) and then slice into bite size peices
5) Sprinkle the sausage over the sweet potatoes.
6) Bake for 25-30 minutes.
7) About 5 min before the oven time goes off. Scramble some eggs for the side.

This is so so good.
I  made enough that it lasted me 2 days of lunches and light dinners, but again. I'm cooking for just me right now.

Also. I made a version of this tonight but I did 50/50 of Sweet potatoes and Butternut Squash with Eggs over easy this time.

But I did a scramble with baby spinach for my lunches.

Enjoy!

Egg Frittata

So, I have a confession to make. This is my very first frittata. but it turned out pretty darn good if i do say so myself. When I started this one I didn't have or follow a recipe. I just knew what I wanted and this is what happened. So there really are no rules for this one, but i'll try and lay it out for you.

Ingredients:
[again, this is what I used, but you can add what ever you want for veggies and meats]
 6 - Eggs
10 - Cherry tomatoes. cut in half
1 - bundle of asparagus. cut into bite size pieces
3 - slices prosciutto - torn into bits size bits (see a theme here)
1 pie dish

Instructions:
1. Preheat oven 350*
2. Grease the Pie dish with Olive Oil or Ghee. which ever you prefer. I used OO.
3. Cut all your vegetables.
4. Lay your veggies on the bottom of the pie dish

5. Whisk your eggs together in a separate bowl. 

6. Pour the eggs over the top

7. Bake for 25-30 minutes

Enjoy!

Apple Pie Bread

I've been posting about this recipe all day on facebook and I have several friends DYING to get their hands on this recipe.

FYI, I have NO CLUE where my camera is. So these pictures are kind of crummy. Sorry, the cell phone camera is all I have today.

Ingredients

• 1 (21 ounce) can apple filling
• 1 cup butter, at room temperature (I used 1 cup Apple sauce)
  
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup (packed) dark brown sugar (I had light brown sugar, so thats what I used)
  
• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour (I used Whole Wheat flour)
  
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon (I didn't measure... but I know its a lot more than 1 teaspoon)
  
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup raisins (didn't use this)
  
• 3/4 cup chopped walnuts (or this)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x5 loaf pan. (I used 2 smaller pans, but I could have put it all in 1)


2. In a medium bowl, use a potato masher to break up apples in the filling; set aside. In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter, white sugar, and brown sugar. Stir in eggs, apples, and vanilla extract until well blended.


Sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Stir into apple mixture, then stir in raisins and walnuts. Pour batter into prepared pan.

3. Bake in preheated oven for 60 minute, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Let bread cool in pan for 15 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Wanna Bite?

Blueberry Coffee Cake Muffins.

As part of Hip2Save's Holiday Challenge I am baking 3 different breakfast type foods.
The first of the 3 is the Blueberry Coffee Cake Muffins. I found the recipe here.

Ingredients

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• 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature (I used 12 tablespoons apple sauce instead)
  
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3 extra-large eggs, at room temperature ( I used organic Large Eggs)
  
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  
• 8 ounces (about 1 cup)sour cream (I used non-fat sour cream)
  
• 1/4 cup milk (I used non-fat milk)
  
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (I used whole wheat flour)
  
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 2 half-pints fresh blueberries, picked through for stems (I cheated and used canned blueberries, drained them, and then used them)
  

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Place 16 paper liners in muffin pans.

In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. (again, I used applesauce instead of butter)

With the mixer on low speed, add the eggs 1 at a time, then add the vanilla, sour cream, and milk.

In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. With the mixer on low speed add the flour mixture to the batter and beat until just mixed.

Fold in the blueberries with a spatula

and be sure the batter is completely mixed.

(Instead of scooping batter into cups, I put it into a Large ziplock bag, snipped 1 corner and used that to fill the many different cups)

Scoop the batter into the prepared muffin pans, filling each cup just over the top,

I made 12 cupcake size muffins, 8 mini loafs (star shaped), and 12 mini muffins.

and bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until the muffins are lightly browned on top and a cake tester comes out clean.

The only difference I can see between using butter vs apple sauce, is the rounded top on the muffins. These came out very flat, but they are (in my opinion) much more moist with apple sauce, not to mention less than 100 calories per large muffin or star loaf.

I had to HAD TO try one...

So yummy!!!

Happy Baking!

P.S. Don't judge the room of no furniture. lol. We moved from a 580 sq ft. apartment, to a 1400 sq ft house. We just ran out of furniture.