Healthy Egg Bites
Time to make easy veggie egg bites! Simple to bake and super tasty, these egg bites are the best on-the-go breakfast, or a perfect afternoon snack. Eggs bites are awesome to freeze before baby comes, meal prep for the week, or feed your toddler
Equipment
Ingredients
- 6 eggs
- ½ teaspoon ground turmeric optional see note below
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- 1 green onion finely sliced
- 1 cup cheese shredded (optional)
- 2 large basil leaves, finely sliced optional see note below
For spinach and red pepper:
- ½ cup red pepper, finely chopped about 1 half medium red pepper
- 1 cup spinach, finely chopped
For kale and mushroom:
- ¾ cup kale, finely chopped
- ½ cup mushroom, finely chopped
For broccoli:
- 1 ½ cups broccoli, finely chopped
Instructions
- Start by preheating the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit. Then prepare your muffin pan, see note below.
- Choose which veggie combination you want to put in your egg bites (spinach and pepper, or mushroom and kale, or broccoli). (The quanities above will be enough to make 12 muffins with those veggies.)
- Finely chop the vegetables, then evenly distribute the veggies between all 12 muffin cups. Add the chopped green onions too. The muffin cups should be almost half filled with vegetables.
- Place the eggs, salt, pepper, and turmeric into a blender container and blend for 10 second until everything is well combine. Alternatively whisk everything together in a large measuring cup with a spout (to make it easy to pour into muffin tray).
- Pour the egg mixture to distribute between all 12 muffin cups. The muffin cups will be filled with eggs ¾ of the way up. Sprinkle each egg bite with cheese (if using), then place the muffin tray in the preheated oven.
- Baked for 15-20 minutes, if you are using a silicone pan or silicone muffin liners it may take closer to 17-19 minutes. Use a fork to poke the top and see if they are fully cooked before removing from the oven. Sprinkle fresh chopped basil on top of each bite if using.
- Let the egg bites cool for 5 minutes before removing them from the pan, and removing them from silicone (if using). Store egg bites in the fridge for 5 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
Notes
Prepare your pan: After multiple tests, I found these baked and removed from the pan the best when using greased silicone muffin cup liners in a metal baking pan. If you don't have silicone muffin liners, grease your metal pan well and bake for closer to 15 minutes (rather than almost 20 minutes).
Gourmet Step, Basil: when they come out of the oven sprinkle fresh basil (or your favorite herb) on top for a burst of flavor. It's better fresh than cooked in as the flavor will come through stronger.
Turmeric: is added for a little nutritional boost as well as to enhance the color. If you don't have it in the house and want to make this recipe right away you can make the recipe without it.
To reheat in the microwave: place the egg muffin on a paper towel (to soak up any water that the vegetables release) and then on a plate and warm for 30 seconds from the fridge, or 45-60 seconds from the frozen.
To reheat in a pan: use a pan with a lid, place very little water on the bottom of the pan (to create steam and prevent sticking), place the egg bite inside, and heat until warm.
To double the recipe, Makes 24 egg muffins:
12 eggs
1 teaspoon turmeric
½ teaspoon sea salt
2 green onion
2 cup cheese
4 large basil leaves (optional)
VEGGIES:
1 cup red pepper (about 1 medium red pepper), 2 cups spinach finely chopped OR 1 ½ cups kale finely chopped, 1 cup mushroom finely chopped OR 3 cups broccoli finely chopped
1 cup red pepper (about 1 medium red pepper), 2 cups spinach finely chopped OR 1 ½ cups kale finely chopped, 1 cup mushroom finely chopped OR 3 cups broccoli finely chopped
Nutrition
Calories: 68kcalCarbohydrates: 2gProtein: 6gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 89mgSodium: 147mgPotassium: 132mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 1111IUVitamin C: 23mgCalcium: 79mgIron: 1mg
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