Cheesy English Egg Muffins

This savory recipe serves as a delicious breakfast or brunch. These flavorful, cheesy muffins are versatile in that they can be served up as the main meal along with a side of hash browns, fruit, or cottage cheese; however, they compliment many main breakfast entrées such as pancakes, French toast, or waffles. Be sure to pair these muffins with a sparkling Mimosa!

What you'll need:

Ingredients:

4 eggs (for low cholesterol recipe, use 6 egg whites)

3 English muffins, torn into small pieces

1 Green and 1 red bell pepper (1/2 of each--your choice of color), diced.

1 green onion stalk, sliced

3 button mushrooms, diced

4 cheese slices, cut into 1 inch pieces

2/3 cup of milk

Olive oil: 1 tbsp.

Dill: 1 tsp.

Salt and pepper: 1/2 tsp. of each

Utensils:

1 12 cup muffin tin (greased)

1 Egg whisk

1 Large spoon

1 Large mixing bowl

1 Medium mixing bowl

1 Small skillet

1 Preheated oven at 350 degrees

1. In the large mixing bowl, combine English muffin pieces and milk. Be sure that all of the bread pieces are saturated thoroughly.
2. In the skillet, add 1 tbsp. of olive oil. Heat on medium. Sauté onions until translucent.  Add bell pepper. Sauté until mixture is lightly browned. Add mushroom; sauté until mushrooms turn light brown. Remove from heat.
3. In the medium mixing bowl, combine eggs, dill, salt and pepper. Whisk thoroughly. 
4. Add cooked sauté mixture to the milk/bread mixture. This allows for the sauté mixture to cool before adding the eggs. Stir thoroughly.

5. Add egg mixture to bread/milk/sauté mixture. Add cheese and green onion. Mix thoroughly.

6. Spoon the mixture into muffin tin until each cup is full. 
7. Bake at 350 degrees for about 1/2 an hour, or until tops are golden brown.

Optional ideas:

• Jalapenos
• Chopped olives
• Chopped sun dried tomato
• Zucchini, diced

• Pimentos
• Cooked, chopped bacon or sausage

• Garlic salt
• Your choice of cheese, such as shredded cheddar or crumbled feta
• In our photo, we used sliced American cheese cut into one inch pieces.

*You'll notice that we don't measure our ingredients in most recipes. We prefer to add our seasonings to taste. Start with a little, and then work your way up from there. However, this recipe calls for raw eggs; therefore, it's safest not to taste-test this recipe.