Egg Muffins

Good morning, friends!! Today I have prepared a delicious, low-carb, easy breakfast for you all, egg muffins! They are so easy to make and to take on-the-go! I filled mine with cheese, bacon, and spinach, but these are so versatile, you can really fill them with whatever you want!

Egg Muffins

Yield: approx. 6 muffins

Ingredients

  • 6 eggs
  • 2 cups fresh spinach
  • 1 tbs. extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tbs. onion, finely diced
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • 4 slices of bacon, cooked and chopped into small pieces
  • 1 cup reduced fat cheddar cheese, shredded
  • 1 tbs. milk
  • 1/2 tsp. salt (or to taste)
  • 1/2 tsp. pepper (or to taste)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a sauté pan, heat olive oil. Add onion and garlic and cook for about 1-2 minutes. Add spinach and cook until wilted, about 2-3 more minutes. Sprinkle with a little salt and pepper. Mix in the chopped bacon. Remove from the heat.
  2. In a bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, and the cheese. Season with the salt and pepper. Add the spinach and bacon mixture and stir until well-combined.
  3. Either use a silicone muffin pan or lightly spray some muffin liners in a muffin pan with non-stick spray. Evenly distribute the egg mixture amongst each muffin tin (I filled mine about ¾ of the way). Bake for about 25 minutes or until the tops of the muffins have turned a very light golden brown.

Notes

For additional flavor, you can also add some red pepper flakes or some garlic powder to the egg mixture!

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Low-Carb Peanut Butter Cookies


Alright, so I woke up this morning feeling super sluggish and have been sneezing non-stop! I think I am getting a cold. This is not a good time for a cold (I know, I know, is there any “good” time for a cold?). I have a month and a half to write and defend my prelim paper if I finally want to move onto my dissertation, finish grad school, and get that Ph.D. next summer. I WILL finish!

So despite feeling crappy and having a boatload of work to do, I decided to make these low-carb peanut butter cookies for you all instead (yeah, I know how to prioritize!). I first saw this recipe on a message board I used to frequent a few years ago. I make these cookies a lot because they are healthier than the traditional cookie and they don’t require many ingredients! These cookies are low-carb because they have no flour and instead of using real sugar, I used Splenda. If you don’t care about the carbs or sugar, then feel free to use regular sugar. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go eat some of these cookies, take some DayQuil, and get back to work! Happy Sunday!

Low-Carb Peanut Butter Cookies

Makes 12 small cookies

Ingredients:

– 1 cup reduced-fat peanut butter

– 2 tsp. vanilla extract

– 1 egg

– 1 cup granular Splenda*

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix ingredients in a bowl. Drop from teaspoonfuls onto a non-stick cookie sheet. Using the back of a fork, dip fork into some warm water (you can then dip in some more Splenda if you want) and make a criss-cross patten on top of the cookies as you flatten them a bit. Bake for approximately 9-10 minutes or until cookies start to brown.

Notes:
- You may find that a cup of Splenda is too sweet for your tastes. I actually tend to use more like 3/4 and have even went as low as a 1/2 of a cup because I don’t like for these to be super sweet! So feel free to experiment with the sugar measurements!