Egg muffins
These easy egg muffins are the perfect make-ahead breakfast – they’re totally customisable, and they'll keep in the fridge for up to 3 days. Each of the filling options is enough to make 8 egg muffins, so pick your favourite.
For this recipe you’ll need a muffin tin with at least 8 holes.
Nutrition information can be found in the tips.
Ingredients
For the egg muffins
- 6 large free-range eggs
- 1 tbsp cream, or full-fat milk
- freshly ground sea salt and black pepper
- 1 tsp olive oil, for greasing
For the mushroom and spinach filling
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 4 large chestnut mushrooms, peeled and sliced
- 2 lumps frozen spinach, defrosted, excess liquid removed and roughly chopped
For the kimchi and bacon filling
For the smoked salmon and dill filling
- 40²µ/1½´Ç³ú smoked salmon, thinly sliced
- ½ tbsp roughly chopped dill
Method
Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4. Brush 8 holes of a non-stick muffin tin with olive oil.
Whisk together the eggs, cream and a generous amount of salt and pepper until combined.
For the mushroom and spinach egg muffins, heat an additional teaspoon of oil in a small frying pan, set over a medium-high heat. Fry the mushrooms with a little seasoning until soft and lightly golden – this should take 3–4 minutes. Add the spinach to the pan and cook for another minute until heated through.
For the kimchi and bacon muffins, set the bacon rashers in a large, cold, non-stick frying pan over a medium-high heat. Fry the bacon until crisp on both sides, then drain on a piece of kitchen towel. When the bacon is cool enough to handle, cut it into small pieces.
Stir the filling ingredients for your muffin of choice into the egg mixture and divide evenly between the prepared muffin tin holes. Bake the egg muffins for 15 minutes until set, slightly golden and puffy. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Recipe Tips
These egg muffins also freeze really well – you can keep them frozen for up to a month. To reheat, just pop them in the microwave.
Each serving of mushroom and spinach provides 95 kcal, 7.5g protein, 0.1g carbohydrate (of which 0.1g sugars), 7.2g fat (of which 2.3g saturates), 0.1g fibre and 0.23g salt.
Each serving of kimchi and bacon provides 197 kcal, 18.3g protein, 0.2g carbohydrate (of which 0.2g sugars), 13.7g fat (of which 4.8g saturates), 0.3g fibre and 1.73g salt.
Each serving of smoked salmon and dill provides 149 kcal, 13.4g protein, 0.1g carbohydrate (of which 0.1g sugars), 10.6g fat (of which 3.5g saturates), 0g fibre and 0.63g salt.