Breakfast Cups (aka Breakfast Muffins)



Hi All,

Before I get to what I'm sharing with you today, you might wonder why I'm focusing on savory dishes.  There's actually a very simple reason for that (aside from the play on words); I don't like sweets - and with good reason.  I have an aspartame sensitivity (allergy, though scientist debate if such an allergy exists).  So diet soda, sugar-free gum, and any other foods containing artificial sweeteners give me horrible headaches and muscle aches.  So overtime I've grown to avoid sweets altogether.

Today I'm sharing with you a homemade discovery of mine that has no real recipe because this is more of a switch and swap recipe.  It's super easy - even a kitchen clutz like myself can pull it off.  It's called the Breakfast Cup aka Breakfast Muffin (my version of a muffin, not a big muffin fan).

Here are the ingredients I use:

1 Container of Turkey Sausage
Smoked Sea Salt (from Trader Joe's) - to taste
Cracked Black Pepper - to taste
12 Free Range Eggs
Pre-washed Spinach - as little or as much as you like
1 Onion - minced

It's pretty simple, isn't it?  Wait till you hear the cooking instructions - you'll love how easy this is.

1.  Preheat the oven to 350.

2.  Brown the turkey sausage in a pan over medium heat.  Remove to a plate lined with paper towel when the meat is done.  This will help you remove the grease.  You really want as little grease as possible in this.

3.  Next, spray a 12 cup muffin pan with non-stick cooking spray.

4.  Crack your eggs one at a time - placing the contents of one egg in each cup.

5. Mince your onion, and tear up or cut up your spinach.

6. Take your sausage that you drained earlier and drop however much or little you desire into each cup.  Remember, you'll also need to leave room for the spinach and onion.  Next, place the desired amount of onion and spinach in each cup.

7.  Put a pinch of salt and a pinch of pepper in each cup.

8.  Place in the oven and let it bake for 20 minutes.  After you pull it out of the oven, let it rest for about 10 minutes and then use a fork around the edges to loosen the Breakfast Cup out of the pan.



That's pretty much it folks.  And it's a switch and swap recipe.  So, if you don't want egg yolks, take them out.  If you don't like sausage then pop some bacon in the microwave and use that instead.  There are 100's of ways to mix this recipe up.  I love it because I'm not a morning person and the last thing i want to do in the morning is make anything.  I figure, reheating one of these in the microwave for 15 seconds isn't too bad for 7AM.

This is what you get: