Egg muffins!

Happy June! I was feeling Muffin-ish this morning, so decided to make some egg muffins. Which are essentially tiny egg bakes in appetizing little muffin shapes. These would be smart for a potluck or brunch I think, because you can hold them in your hand and don't need silverware. Plus they are super easy. They would also make good road trip food - they just feel kind of snack-y.

I used the recipe listed here as a guideline (hers are veggie), but really mine were different: sausage, lamb's quarters, tomato and onion. There are actually some local heirloom tomatoes at the Seward now - some farm must have a very nice green house. I got one to try, and it tastes really fresh and sweet and is SO red. The recipe below is for a dozen egg muffins, but you can easily halve it.

Photo from NomNomPaleo. Yum!

Sausage egg muffins 

(makes 12)

9-10 eggs (depending how big they are)

1/4 c. cream or coconut milk

1 t. ground dried mustard

fresh herb/s of your choice (I used sage)

salt and pepper 

1/2 pound breakfast sausage

1/2 onion, chopped

1-2 c. uncooked lamb's quarters, chopped (or spinach)

tomato, diced

1. Preheat oven to 350.

2. Saute onion in some fat for a few minutes. Add crumbled raw sausage and cook both for 5 minutes until sausage is cooked and onions are translucent.

3. Add greens to mix and cover to steam for a few minutes. (If you use spinach, it is much wetter than lamb's quarters so you'll need to cook off the liquid. You could also cook the spinach separately and squeeze out the water, or use 1 c. of frozen cooked spinach.)

4. Grease muffin tin.

5. Mix eggs, coconut milk/cream, and mustard, herb/s, and salt and pepper in a bowl. 

6. Spoon sausage mixture into muffin cups - this should be enough to fill each cup about half way. Sprinkle tomatoes over the top. Pour egg mixture over it all filling muffin cups 3/4 to full. You may want to err on the side of less egg in each cup to make sure you get them all, and then top them off with whatever is left.

7. Bake for 15 minutes and serve!