These protein-packed muffin tin egg cups will quickly become your new favorite breakfast on the go! Prep ahead, freeze & reheat in the microwave.
Muffin Tin Egg Recipe
While your oven is preheating, heat the avocado oil in a medium pan. Cook the broccoli, onion, bell pepper, and turkey bacon until the veggies are slightly softened and aromatic, ~5 minutes. Set aside.
In a blender, add the eggs, cottage cheese, salt, and pepper. Blend until smooth.
Step by Step Starbucks Egg Bites
Coat 12 standard muffin cups with cooking spray. Divide the broccoli and bacon mixture evenly. Do not press down. Leaving the space allows for the egg mixture to fill (photo 1).
Divide the egg mixture into the 12 cups over the broccoli and bacon mixture (photo 2).
Sprinkle the cheese mixture evenly over each cup (photo 3).
Cook 20-25 minutes until the eggs are set (photo 4).
Cool for 2-3 minutes. To release, lightly run a knife along the edge of each bit.
How do you get eggs out of muffin tins?
To remove the eggs out of the muffin tin, use a small fork or butter knife to tip the muffins on their side before scooping them out of the muffin tin.
Grease your muffin tin well to prevent the eggs from sticking. I use avocado oil spray and it works great. If you would like to take it to another level of precaution, use a non-stick muffin tin.
You can use muffin tin cupcake liners, too.
How long reheat egg muffins?
Reheat frozen egg cups for 50 minutes, then 10 seconds at a time until heated. For refrigerated egg cups, microwave for 20 seconds, then 10 seconds at a time until heated.
Meal Prep Solution: Muffin Tin Egg Cups
Freeze in a sealed container and reheat in the microwave for breakfast on the go!
Want to add lunch to-go? Try these chicken caesar salad wraps!
Breakfast Egg Cups Equipment
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Muffin Tin Egg Bites
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 cups broccoli chopped
- ¼ cup onion diced
- ¼ cup red bell pepper diced
- 2 tbsp avocado oil
- ¾ cup Pepper Jack cheese shredded
- 8 large eggs
- ½ cup cottage cheese
- 3 slices turkey bacon chopped
- Pinch salt
- ¼ tsp pepper
- Cooking spray
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- In the meantime, heat the avocado oil in a medium pan. Cook the broccoli, onion, bell pepper, and turkey bacon until the veggies are slightly softened and aromatic, ~5 minutes. Set aside.
- In a blender, add the eggs, cottage cheese, salt, and pepper. Blend until smooth.
- Coat 12 standard muffin cups with cooking spray. Divide the broccoli and bacon mixture evenly. Do not press down. Leaving the space allows for the egg mixture to fill.
- Divide the egg mixture into the 12 cups over the broccoli and bacon mixture.
- Sprinkle the cheese mixture evenly over each cup.
- Cook 20-25 minutes until the eggs are set.
- Cool for 2-3 minutes. To release, lightly run a knife along the edge of each bit.
Just made these in a microwave muffin pan adding some precooked cauliflower riced, some garlic powder and paprika and they were a hugh success. Starting on another batch since I have only one microwave pan (6 cup) !!!! Thanks for the recipe.
That sounds so good, Maybeth! Thank you for sharing 🙂
Just made these in regular muffin tin size and mini muffin tin size (12 min bake). Both came out perfect. I used coconut oil to grease both tins so they just slipped out without any sticking. Thanks for the recipe!
You're so welcome, Rebecca... I'm glad to hear you liked them!