Showing posts with label breakfast. Show all posts
Showing posts with label breakfast. Show all posts

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Egg Muffin Cups

I love these and they are excellent for toddlers. Great size and veggie loaded.

Egg Muffin Cups
  • 12 Eggs, beaten
  • veggies
  • meat
  • cheese
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Spray muffin trays (2) with non-stick spray.

Cook any meat you plan to use.

Layer your muffin tray cups as follows, MAKING SURE TO NOT FILL MORE THAN HALF FULL: uncooked veggies on bottom, then meat, uncooked egg, cheese.

Bake for 20 mins.  Cool completely and add to Ziploc bag and freeze.

To reheat: 1 cup = 1.5 mins on high in micro <- I am not positive here, I have frozen these but unthawed them over night in the fridge so adjust as needed.

Freezer Muffins

I am at over 9,000 feet altitude so baking from scratch is impossible.  I tried using muffin recipes from high altitude baking books and they were horrible! So feel free to improvise with your own home made muffin mix.

Freezer Muffins
1 box Betty Crocker muffin mix with blueberry can
I add another 1/2 cup of frozen blueberries, thawed to the batter

Bake as the box instructs. When cool put in gallon Ziploc bags.

To reheat:  Put muffin on plate and microwave on high 1.5 mins.

Breakfast Burritos

SO YUMMY and filling. You can add or remove any of these ingredients but this is my base recipe.  No one ever knows they are vegetarian.

Breakfast Burritos - makes 12
*If making a bigger batch cook eggs separately or else it takes forever.
  • 12 flour tortillas - use the regular size not extra large burrito size
  • 12 eggs
  • 6 Morningstar farms faux sausage patties (or cooked meat of your choice)
  • 1 can petite diced tomato
  • 1 6oz jar of mushrooms
  • 2 cups of sharp cheddar
Heat your sausage patties in the microwave in a single layer on high for 2.5 mins. Put in food processor to ground.  Set aside.

Beat eggs until blended, optional splash of milk here but it isn't necessary. Start cooking your eggs, when just beginning to firm add diced tomato & mushrooms, and any seasonings you want.  I usually use some salt, pepper and onion powder.

After eggs are firm mix in the sausage.

Heat up your tortillas:  Wet a dish towel but ring it out so its just damp. Wrap your stack of tortillas in it.  I recommend doing 6 at a time.  Heat in microwave on high 1 minute.  This will ensure that they are easy to fold.

While your tortillas are heating cut 12 tin foil squares to wrap your burritos.

On the stack of tin foil, put 1 tortilla, add 1/2 cup egg mixture, top with cheese and wrap it up.  Sides first then fold top over and then bottom. It may take a few until you get the hang of wrapping them.  Wrap the tin foil around it and let cool.  Continue until all are wrapped. 

Once cooled put in gallon Ziploc bags.

To reheat:  Take off tin foil, wrap in a paper towel. Cook on high in microwave 2.5 minutes.

For feeding a toddler, I just scoop out all the insides and feed with a spoon or let her eat the egg pieces herself.  Great way to give them some protein.





Blueberry Pancakes

I recommend doubling the batch if you are going to eat these for breakfast that day and freeze some.

BLUEBERRY PANCAKES TO FREEZE
  • 2 cups bisquick Heart Smart mix
  • 1 ¼ cups milk
  • 1 egg
  • 2 T sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 ½ cups frozen blueberries
1st put frozen blueberries in bowl and put in microwave for 1 minute. Let set in microwave until you are ready to stir them in. Rinse before adding to mix.

Stir bisquick, milk, egg, sugar and vanilla until blended. Fold in blueberries gently.
 
Pour by slightly less than ¼ cupfuls onto hot, greased, frying pan.
Cook until bubbles break on surface, turn, cook until golden.
To freeze: lay wax or parchment paper in your freezer. In a single layer lay the pancakes flat after they have cooled.  Add another layer of wax or parchment paper if needed and lay more pancakes.  Let freeze at least 6 hours. Add to gallon Ziploc baggies.

To reheat:  Lay pancake flat on plate, microwave 45 seconds for 1 and add 30 seconds for each additional pancake.