Egg Scramble Muffins

I was chatting with my sister-in-law this weekend and she has recently taken on the gluten & dairy free diet.  Now I do not think I am an expert in any way on nutrition, but I have been on many diets to know what it's like to take on such a challenge.  

The first few days are brutal.  I get headaches, I can't focus, and all I want to do is go to sleep...well eat a pan of brownies first then go to sleep.  I have found success in surviving the beginning of diets by having approved food easily ready.  

Lately, I have had some free time so I offered to help out my SIL (sister-in-law).  She works A LOT and I thought it would be fun to stock her freezer with some yummy food.  I don't get to eat to eggs since I am allergic to them so I knew I just had to make this dish for her!

Egg Scramble Muffins

2 tablespoons oil

1/2 diced onion

8-10 diced mini bell peppers

1 package baby spinach (about 4 cups)

Salt & pepper

6 slices thick bacon chopped into small pieces

1 dozen eggs

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease muffin tins.  This dish makes 24 regular sized muffins.  

Heat oil in pan and saute onion.  Add bell pepper once onion is translucent and cook for a minute to soften peppers.  Stir in spinach and cook until it wilts.  Season with salt & pepper.  Distribute vegetables into muffin tin.  Cook bacon in empty pan, no oil necessary, until the edges crisp.  Do not worry about cooking the bacon completely since you are going to bake the dish in the oven.  Scramble eggs in a liquid measuring cup for easy pouring.  Pour each muffin tin until they are 2/3 full.  

Bake in oven for 20-25 minutes until the middle is cooked through.  

Feel free to experiment with different vegetables and breakfast sausage.  These muffins can be made ahead and frozen.  Just be sure to portion out what you will want to eat into separate containers as it will be hard to break apart once frozen. Not sure how long they last in the freezer, they get eaten in my house within a week!

My OCD really shows in this picture.  This is "evenly distributing" in each pan. Yes, I kept moving things around until each pan was satisfactorily even.

Mmmmm! Bacon! My house smelled so good after this step.

Peek-a-boo, are you guys done yet?

And here they are ready to be portioned out and frozen.  

My SIL just gave me the seal of approval on these muffins.  I'm going to try mushroom and italian sausage next!