Veggie, Quinoa & Egg Breakfast Muffins
This recipe is adapted from a 'Sneaky Veggie Quinoa Breakfast Bites' recipe given to me by a friend.
Servings: 6 large muffins, or 12 small muffins
Equipment
- muffin pan, 6-count preferably silicone, OR
- muffin pan, 12 count preferably silicone
Ingredients
- 6 large eggs (see note)
- 1 cup cooked quinoa (see
“How to Cook Quinoa”) - ½ cup (or more) grated cheddar or Swiss cheese
- ½ cup salted and drained zucchini grated
- ½ cup grape tomatoes quartered (see note)
- other vegetables, as desired for example: mushrooms, broccoli, spinach (if frozen, thaw, sqeeze and drain), asparagus, bell pepper, shredded carrot
(see note)
- 1 tsp crushed dried rosemary
- chopped fresh herbs (basil, parsley, dill or others of your choice)
- salt to taste (we tend to omit salt)
- black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Place paper muffin cups in a 12 or 6 muffin pan. (The original recipe used a 24 mini muffin pan and directs you to grease the pan. I found it messy to remove the muffins so switched to using the paper muffin cups. Later, I discovered silicone muffin pans – so much easier!)
- Preheat the oven to 350℉.
- In a medium bowl whisk the eggs together until smooth. Stir in the quinoa until evenly mixed.
- Add remaining ingredients, except for the tomatoes, and mix until evenly mixed.Add the tomatoes to the muffins after the other ingredients, distributing evenly.
- Carefully ladle into the muffin cups, distributing evenly. Fill just below the top. Be careful that none of the mixture gets onto the pan itself.
- Bake for 20 minutes, or until the eggs are set.
- Remove from the pan and let sit for or a few minutes on a cooling rack to cool a bit before serving.
Notes
Note 1: I add other chopped veggies that I might have on hand, for example, mushrooms, broccoli, spinach, asparagus, bell pepper, shredded carrots. Be creative about what you add.
Note 2: If you add more ingredients you might need to add another egg. It might make more than the listed muffins.
Note 3: The muffins you don’t eat right away freeze well. To heat after freezing, defrost in microwave for about a minute, and then cook on high for 30 seconds or until heated through.
