RECIPE : PALEO MUFFIN MIX UP

With my PALEO diet in full swing, it is important to plan ahead and make quick meals for the go! My amazing wife spent sometime getting me all set for the week!

I'm always looking for healthy snacks that I can bring to work because when 3 o'clock comes around, I'm starving.  If I don't have something near I usually will end up snacking on something thats not so good.  These egg muffins are not only great in the morning but also to bring with you for a mid afternoon snack.  The best part is that they are so easy to make and can be customized easily. The recipes we used are below but like I said, almost anything works in these!  

We cooked up a package of Trader Joes chicken breakfast sausage & a package of bacon and put one or the other in all of the muffins.  We also sauteed a package of mushrooms and an onion together.  Just pour a little bit of the egg mixture in the muffin tin, add the ingredients you like and then pour more of the mixture on top, leaving about 1/2 inch from the top.   You can get creative here, almost any ingredient would work.  Bake @ 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes (or until done). 

MEXICAN PALEO MUFFIN VARIATION:
allow about 1/2 egg for each cup

• bell pepper & onion,  sauteed + diced
  
• black beans, just a few (optional)
• breakfast sausage, cubed up
• cholula, added to the egg mixture ( you DO know what cholula is, RIGHT??)
• green onions, diced on top
• cilantro, in the egg mixture & garnish on top
• tomatos, chopped

*BAKE- 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes (or until done).


HAM/TURKEY PALEO CUP MUFFIN VARIATION:
allow about 1/2 egg for each cup

• turkey or ham lunch meat, sliced thick
• breakfast sausage, cubed up
• crumbled up bacon bits, cooked
• mushrooms & onions, sauteed
• green onion, diced on top
• tomatos

we made a few of them lined with sliced turkey and some without, just to give some variation.  The edges of the ham/turkey will get crispy when baked.

*BAKE- 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes (or until done).

We got a FoodSaver for Christmas this year and it has been amazing!  It vac-packs food to prevent it from getting freezer burned, which always would happened to us & we would end up tossing a bunch of food out each month!  We made a couple dozen of these egg muffins to freeze, making them a healthy snack to take to work.