Egg recipe for fast breakfast

[reedrover]

While my Kashi Go Lean has been... ok... as a breakfast cereal, I'm interested in adding more protein to my breakfast. Achaosofkittens has been making egg pies for a while, but that's too much work for me. I'm all about lazy easy cooking and easy breakfast preparations during the work-week

Comments

[soubrettic]

Sounds nice! My go-to a.m. protein source is egg scrambled with jarred (tomatillo) salsa verde mixed in.

[reedrover]

I'm a bland food person, so I'll take my scrambled egg sans poison, thanks. ::grin:: I'm sure the salsa keeps it from being too boring for you (and my husband, and most of the normal world).

[keetara]

I've done something similar, but without the grain. I'll mix up a batch of eggs, sour cream, shredded cheese, precooked onions, yellow, orange and red bell peppers, sometimes broccoli (if I've cooked any recently). Then I'll put small sausage patties in the bottom of a muffin tin, fill 2/3 with egg mix and bake for 25ish minutes. Take them out and let cool, then wrap each in plastic wrap and put them all in a ziplock bag in the freezer. They keep well for about 2 months. When you take them out, they need to be microwaved for about a minute. Great for breakfast or snack. Hrmmm... need to make up a batch...

[reedrover]

I like the idea of using sausage patties as a kind of pie crust. I wonder how that might do if I used sausage crumbles for the entire 8x8 pan?

[keetara]

I've used sausage crumbles in the past, and they work okay. They need to be packed down really well with care taken when the egg mix is poured in so they don't start to float up.

[kaelikat]

that sounds like an interesting dish - I might try it for next time it's my turn for breakfast at the office..

[reedrover]

Depending on how many people you are feeding, you might try doing a couple of variations at the same time. Do one with mushrooms, one with bacon, etc...

[kaelikat]

It was a hit this morning :) I also used 8 eggs, dried thyme, extra garlic, whole milk, fresh baby spinach, and I substituted a provolone/mozzarella blend for the parmesan (I only like parmesan on certain things - I find it overpowering in an unpleasant way). I served it alongside a broccoli/onion quiche and a bacon/spinach/onion quiche (and muffins and fruit salad and pumpkin trifle).

Thank you for the inspiration!

[reedrover]

You're quite welcome! I'm glad it was a hit, and I'm very glad that you are the kind of chef who can take risks to suit your own tastes. Yay for experimentation.