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Perfect Egg Bites
We always seem to hit the ground running these mornings! I am not a morning eater but when I start to get hungry a bit later on, I don’t have the patience nor the time to figure out a healthful breakfast. Toast just doesn’t cut it. Fruit is great but not quite enough. And then I discovered how easy and satisfying it is to quickly make these Egg Bites. Now I grab a couple with a napkin and a wet wipe in case they make my hands greasy.
This is my new favorite breakfast and I have now tried them with varied vegetables and fillings. Mediterranean style (feta cheese, sliced kalamatas and dried tomatoes) and Spanish style (black beans, cheese and pickled jalapenos) are my faves to date. Make it yours!
Egg Bites
Makes 12 cupcake sized servings
Ingredients
- ½ cup grated sharp cheese (I use extra sharp white cheddar but feta is good too)
- 1 onion, chopped fine
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- Sea salt
- Fresh ground pepper
- 8 ounces broccoli flowerettes, chopped fine
- 12 small cherry tomatoes
- Handful of chopped herbs-dill or basil or whatever you have
- 8 large eggs
- ¼ cup milk
Instructions
Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and heat oven to 425 degrees. Grease or spray a nonstick cupcake tin with Pam or oil.
Toss onion and broccoli with oil, ⅛ teaspoon salt, and pepper and herbs and saute in a fry pan until the broccoli is softened a bit. about 2 minutes. Stir in tomatoes
Divide sauteed vegetables between the 12 cupcake holders, stick in two halves of cherry tomato and top with the grated cheese.
Whisk eggs and milk in a large bowl until well combined and a uniform yellow color; do not overbeat. evenly distribute egg mixture over filling over the muffin cups.
Bake until the egg bites are slightly puffed and just set in center, 15 to 20 minutes. Transfer muffin tin to a wire rack and let cool slightly, about 5 minutes. Run a butter knife around the edges of the little cups to loosen, then gently remove from the muffin tin. Eat or cool and store for up to four days in the fridge.
Wow, these sound great! I grow onion and garlic chives in my kitchen, and I might try the onion ones with these instead of chopped onions. I like using those when making meatballs. My son Scott enrolled me in the cheese of the month club for my birthday, so I can experiment, but I think I’ll stick with cheddar for this.
I think as long as you keep the eggs and some type of cheese in there, you can really do whatever else seems good. Broccoli, or chives, or onions ..Like you, I am a cheddar fan. Hope all is well-keep on cooking, M