Quiche Quicky

~Eggs To Go~

I really do believe that breakfast is the most important part of the day. For me, it helps me set the tone and attitude of how I am going to eat for the day. For example, if I eat a 2 doughnuts in the morning (Dunkin Doughnuts maple glaze is the bomb), I am most likely not going to care about what I'm going to eat the rest of the day since I already killed my calorie count and label it a "bad" day. So I've always strived to start the day with eggs - the health, protein rich breakfast treat.

I've always loved eggs and played around with liquid eggs, cage free, etc. In college, I was lucky enough to have the privillege of having eggs cooked for us in the sorority house (Pi love!). After joining the working world, the chore of preparing, cooking and then cleaning up pans after eggs became a bit of a hassle before running out the door in heels and coffee in hand. This is another "pin-spired" dish that I found, but I changed a bit to make it healthier, different ingredients that I like. Think of these as little carb-less breakfast quiches to go for the week. Great way to portion control and plan ahead!

What you will need:

12 eggs - use 3 whole eggs & 9 egg whites

1/2 medium white or sweet onion

2 cups spinach (or more, Popeye. I <3 spinach)

5 oz. turkey (lunch meat)

Muffin pan

*You really can throw in whatever you love in your eggs. These are just things I enjoy eating that I know are high in protein and vitamins.*

Crack 3 whole eggs with 9 egg whites (you can seperate through the shell or the even make a thing-a-ma-bobber that you pour the egg in and it catches the yolk). Then chop up the onion (I prefer sweet, but white works too), spinach and turkey up and add to the egg mixture. Spray the muffin pan with cooking oil and spread "batter" evenly among the muffin molds (I used one with 6 molds). 

Cook for 20 minutes at 400 degrees. Store in a covered dish/tupperware in the fridge. In the mornings, microwave for 45 seconds, grab and go~ 

Serves 6 (1 for each work day and then an extra if you need a snack mid-week!) Each muffin has about 140 calories/ 5 g fat/ 19 g protein/ 3g carbs/ South Beach Diet Phase 1 friendly.