Egg Muffins. Muffin Tin Omlettes. Mini Frittatas. There may well be other names, but those are the ones I've come across. Apparently I was aware of such almost a year ago and did nothing about it. Shame on me! They're uber easy to make and convenient to bring to work.
I picked a recipe online to use as an initial guide for #of eggs and oven time & temp, decided what I wanted in them and went from there.
(no pics, sorry charlie)
First, I diced up the add ins: onion, green pepper, tomatoes and evenly distributed them among 9 of the 12 cups of the muffin tin (sprayed w/ cooking spray). At the last minute I realized I was being selfish and in case other people in the house didn't want veggie omlettes, I should have some plain ones.
1 green pepper
1 medium onion
2 (maybe 3?) plum tomatoes
Then I made the egg batter:
6 eggs
milk (some, lol)
salt, pepper
The recipe I had said to add the egg to the tins all the way to the top. Ummm yeah, when I did this I didn't have enough for all 12 cups... Sooo, I did 3 more eggs to finish up.
Cheese - so I knew I'd use cheese but thought hey I'll add it (shredded cheddar) to the top after I add the egg. Seemed like a good idea at the time... and it might not have been a BAD idea per se... but considering that ultimately all the tins ended up with too much egg, it just wasn't the best idea then. I realized after the fact that I should have just added the cheese pre egg.
Into the oven at 375 for 20 minutes.
RESULT - Tasty? Yes. But there were issues...
- Not pretty. (Hey, presentation counts.) They puffed up a LOT, and when they deflated - not so pretty. I must have just used less veggies than the recipe writer did so filling the cups to the brim actually put more egg in mine than theirs. Next time less egg.
- Watery. Not runny egg by any means, watery. When heated up, wither in the microwave or toaster oven, they leaked. Not fun. I blame the tomatoes. Next time: lose the seeds first.
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