Egg Muffin Cups

Getting my butt in gear and doing some meal preppin today!

I love being in my kitchen when Handsome Face is home and can wrangle the kiddos.
These egg muffin cups were sooooooooo easy!

Egg Muffin Cups (from FIXATE cookbook)

Preheat oven to 375 and spray muffin pan with cooking spray
Whisk 12 eggs, season with salt and pepper, chopped veggies of your choice and mix well. (I used tomatoes, green peppers, and onions, but mushrooms would be on point if you have them!)
Evenly pour into muffin cups
Bake 15 to 20 minutes
Top with salsa, Tabasco, or Sriracha
Yummy immediately or heated up.

Served here with one of my favorite pancakes and baked cheese grits.

Breakfast Sandwich on Steroids

I saw one of those BuzzFeed videos on Facebook for this amazing looking breakfast sandwich. I changed it up a little bit and what occurred was magical!

Ingredients:
2 slices whole wheat sprouted bread (Use circle cookie cutter/child-sized cup to cut a hole in one slice)
1 egg
2-3 slices of turkey bacon
1/2 avocado, sliced
1/2 tomato, sliced
handful of arugula (or other green leaf)
Slice of favorite cheese (I used cheddar)

Heat pan over medium heat. Spray pan with cooking spray. Place bread with hole in pan, crack egg into hole and fry up until egg is cooked to your liking. I prefer over medium, so it ends up a little runny. I gave the toasty center circle to my baby!

Meanwhile, cook remaining slice of bread in the toaster. Once toasted, build sandwich and top with egg in a hole!

ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!

In the Morning I'm making WAFFLES

We love Waffles! Waffles are a rare treat around here. They take forever to make because our waffle maker came free with our George Foreman grill and only makes two waffles at a time! Here's our family's favorite waffle recipe as adapted from the America's Test Kitchen Cookbook. We double this recipe!

Ingredients:
1 Cup all-purpose flour (unbleached)
1 Cup whole wheat flour
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 TBSP flaxseed meal
2 large eggs, separated
4 TBSP (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted
1 3/4 Cups buttermilk (or whole milk with a dash of lemon juice)
Pinch cream of tartar

Heat waffle iron according to its instructions.

Whisk together flours, salt, baking soda, and flaxseed meal in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg yolks, butter, and then the buttermilk. Beat the egg whites and cream of tartar with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until stiff peaks form, about 2 minutes.

Make a well in the dry ingredients, pour buttermilk mixture into the well and whisk very gently until the buttermilk mixture is just incorporated (lumps are your friend). Toward the end of mixing, fold the whipped egg whites into the batter.

Following your waffle iron's instructions, spread the appropriate amount of batter (I use a large cookie scoop) onto the waffle iron and cook until golden brown. Repeat until batter is gone and the waffles are piled high.

We serve ours with fresh fruit, peanut butter, and maple syrup. This time I tried out some Trader Joe's Cookie Butter and it was pretty much the bomb.com!

If you give a family a PANCAKE...

Pancakes are a family favorite around these parts. I prefer to double or even triple this recipe so that we can eat pancakes for breakfast on another day. I love the flavor of these pancakes so much, I rarely even put syrup on them. My recipe is modified from the America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook.

Ingredients
1 Cup Unbleached All Purpose Flour
1 Cup Whole Wheat Flour
2 Tbsp Sugar
1 Tbsp Ground Flaxseed Meal
2 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Salt
1 Large Egg
3 Tbsp Unsalted Butter, Melted
2 Cups Buttermilk (or Sour Milk--2 Cups Scant Milk, plus a little lemon juice)
1 to 2 tsp Oil (to grease pan)

Whisk together the flour, sugar, flaxseed meal, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl and set aside. In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg, melted butter, and then add in the buttermilk. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients, pour the buttermilk mixture into the well, and whisk very gently until the buttermilk mixture is just incorporated. The trick is to leave a few lumps. Don't whisk it smooth!

Heat a nonstick skillet over medium heat for 3 to 5 minutes. Brush the pan bottom with the oil. Pour batter  on the skillet and cook until large bubbles begin to appear, about 2 minutes. Flip the pancakes and cook until golden brown on the second side. Repeat with remaining batter, brushing skillet with oil as needed between batches (I only do this about every other batch.)

My Favorite Oatmeal

Bring  2 Cups Water and 3/4 Cup Whole Milk to a low boil. Add pinch of sea salt.

Add 1 1/2 Cups Rolled Oats and reduce heat to simmer.

Simmer about 10-15 minutes (less if you're cooking less oats) until soft. Stir often.

Add sliced fruit (berries, peaches, etc), cinnamon and/or honey to taste.  Sometimes I even add sliced almonds or chopped walnuts.

Fried Egg Sandwich

I often turn to "breakfast" foods for lunch. Because breakfast foods are basically the 💣.com
Fried egg over medium on top of a whole wheat sandwich thin and topped with tomatoes, avocado, Himalayan salt and pepper