We rely heavily on egg muffins, egg bakes, and frittatas for quick and easy breakfasts on the go. Egg muffins are great because they’re already portioned for you. I like to make a muffin tin of 12 each week, and keep them in the fridge for last minute breakfasts and lunches.
They’re one staple that’s always part of meal prepping for us. I’ll have another meal prepping post coming for you soon as well, but for now you can read more about it in How I Meal Prep For the Week. I’ve had lots of requests for more posts explaining how we prep food for the work week. So I’ve been trying to be diligent about writing down the recipes and sharing them!
Since we’ve been swamped with zucchini for a few weeks now with no end in sight, (not that I’m complaining) these egg muffins feature grated zucchini. Another great thing about egg muffins is they’re an easy way to sneak in a few veggies at breakfast time.
I know if I’m making eggs from scratch on a weekday morning, 9 times out of 10 it’s going to be straight up scrambled eggs. I’d love to add some veggies to the scramble, but I always seem to be lacking the extra time to prep the veggies. That’s where meal prep comes in – you can either prep some veggies for the work week, or you can just bake the eggs and veggies together and be 100% ready to go.
These egg muffins feature lots of summer goodness, but with fall just a blink away, I wanted to include some variation notes as well.
Onions and zucchini are easily available year round, but for the tomato you can sub in diced jarred roasted red bell peppers when tomatoes are out of season. You can leave the basil out altogether and sub in 1/2 teaspoon of Italian seasoning. Or mix it up with some chopped fresh cilantro which is much more budget friendly in the winter months.
This recipe comes together easily, starting with sautéing the chorizo, (or sausage of choice) then adding in the diced onion.
Then once you’ve prepped the grated zucchini and diced tomatoes, it all gets mixed together with the egg mixture.
The baking time varies slightly depending on how warm the sausage onion mixture is when it’s mixed into the eggs. You’ll know they’re done when they’ve puffed up in the middle.
I love storing anything we’ve made for meal prep into square/rectangular containers because they fit so well together in the fridge.
These egg muffins can also be made into an egg bake by simply baking the whole egg mixture in a glass or nonstick baking dish. From there you can portion it out as desired.
Whatever way you make these, the flavor combination is great even cold straight out of the fridge. And it doesn’t hurt they look good enough to serve at a weekend brunch as well!
Sausage Egg Muffins
INGREDIENTS
- 10 eggs
- 1/2 tsp sea salt - or to taste
- 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 8 ounces bulk sausage - maple breakfast sausage, sage sausage, or chorizo, see notes
- 1/2 cup minced red onion - about 1/2 medium onion
- 1/2 cup diced bell pepper - diced tomatoes
- 2 cup baby spinach - roughly chopped, or 1 cup grated zucchini
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil - optional
- 1 cup cheddar cheese - or 1/2 cup feta, or goat cheese, optional
INSTRUCTIONS
- Preheat the oven to 350ºF and grease a muffin tin well.
- Whisk together the eggs, sea salt, and pepper until well combined. Set the egg mixture aside. You can also blend the egg mixture to make sure there are no white spots in your egg muffins.
- Brown the sausage over medium-high heat in a 9" cast iron skillet. When the sausage is almost done, add the onions and bell pepper, cook for 3-4 minutes to soften.
- Add the spinach and cook until barely wilted, remove the pan from the heat.
- If you use the zucchini and tomatoes, add them to the egg mixture without cooking.
- Combine the egg mixture with the sausage mixture. Add the optional basil and cheese and stir to combine.
- Divide the egg mixture evenly between the 12 prepared muffin cups, but don't fill them over 3/4 full. If you have some extra, pour it into lightly greased ramekin(s) to bake alongside the muffin tin.
- Bake the egg muffins for 20-25 minutes or until puffed in the middle and no longer runny.
- Let the egg muffins cool slightly before carefully removing them from the pan to serve. Or if you're planning on refrigerating them for future breakfasts, cool until they pull away from the sides of the pan before removing them for storage.
Kari,
Thank you for all your wonderful wholesome recipes!
Can these egg muffins be frozen, especially with holiday season coming ?
You can usually freeze egg muffins and then lightly reheat them, however I haven’t actually frozen this particular recipe even thought I’ve frozen lots of different eggs muffins, so I can’t say for sure. I sure hope you enjoy these, and be sure to let me know if you have anymore questions!
I’m not a fan of Chorizo. could I use another type of sausage ?
Yes, you can use any other sausage you’d like, I’d suggest starting with mild Italian or any type of breakfast sausage!
These look fantastic! How do you reheat them?
I have a very small oven that I reheat them in at 250ºF for about 5 minutes, then I turn the oven off and let them finish warming up in the residual heat for another 5-10 minutes or so. I hope you enjoy the recipe, and be sure to let me know if you have anymore questions!
These look fantastic – always mesmerised by your photos! Yum!
Thanks so much, I really appreciate that! 🙂