Green Egg Muffins
5 chicken sausage links (I used spinach feta chicken sausage)
2 c sliced mushrooms
2 c broccoli, small pieces
12 eggs, cracked into blender along with a large handful of spinach, a splash of milk, salt, pepper, and garlic powder
Line 24 muffins cups with paper liners (I like "If You Care" large baking cups). Divide mushroom slices and broccoli pieces (roughly) evenly into muffin cups. Slice sausage (I use kitchen scissors to do this) and split among the muffin cups (I put 3 slices in each). Blend eggs in a blender with spinach, milk, and salt, pepper, and garlic powder, Pour into muffin cups, filling each almost to the top of the cup. This takes a little patience. Just remember, perfection is not required. Bake at 375 degrees 30-35 minutes. They're done when the eggs are no longer runny on top and don't jiggle. Store in the fridge and eat cold or reheat!
You could also make this in a 13x9 pan as a casserole. Grease the pan with olive oil, coconut oil, or butter first, then layer the broccoli, mushrooms, and sausage in the pan. Then pour the eggs in. *I like to use 18 eggs if I'm making a casserole so the egg covers all of the goodies inside, Bake at 375 degrees for 30-45 minutes. The time can vary a lot so just keep an eye on it- when you no longer see runny egg on top and the middle of the casserole doesn't jiggle, it's done.
You can make so many delicious variations of these. I love using broccoli because it gives some bulk to the muffins, but broccoli + roasted peppers + chunks of cooked sweet potato + crumbled sausage is AWESOME. Another good combo is peppers + onions + bacon + cheddar cheese. So many possibilities...
Just because, I wanted to share some other solid recipes I made recently- all keepers. Thanks to all of the great bloggers out there with such yummy recipes!
Cashew Beef Stir Fry- delicious served with spaghetti squash for a lower carb/paleo meal
Asian Style Meatballs (*Breck approved!)- I used about 2 T fish sauce, ground pork, and my usual ginger paste and freeze dried garlic.
DAMY Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Fudge- I used vanilla SFH protein powder, maple syrup, no stevia, and creamy natural peanut butter. I used a small cookie scoop to scoop the mixture into roughly 20 mini muffin liners that I arranged on a cookie sheet and then froze the fudge. No need for cutting later!
Flourless Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins- I used regular sized chocolate chips and doubled the amount (I love chocolate chips...). It made 11 muffins for me.
Creamy Crockpot Chicken and Tomato Soup (*Breck approved!)- Ok I didn't make this one, my sister did! She is awesome and brought me some to try. I loved it and am making it this weekend!
