Well it is spring right? And what would be better than this recipe?

Egg Muffins with Ham, Cheese, and Green Bell Pepper
(Makes 12 small muffins, about 6 servings; recipe created by Kalyn after many years of experimenting with egg muffin varieties.)


Ingredients:
1 heaping cup finely diced ham (use ham with less than 10% fat for South Beach Diet)
2/3 cup finely grated low-fat cheese (I use Costco Four Cheese Mexican Blend)
1/2 green bell pepper, finely diced
1-2 thinly sliced green onions (optional, but recommended)
12 eggs, beaten well
1 tsp. Spike seasoning (or use any seasoning blend that is good with eggs)


Instructions:
Preheat oven to 375F/190C.  Spray Individual Silicone Baking Cups with nonstick spray.
Dice ham and green pepper and slice green onions.  In the bottom of the the baking cups layer the ham, cheese, green pepper, and green onions, dividing each equally among the 12 baking cups. 


Break eggs into a bowl or large measuring cup that has a pour spout, then beat eggs and Spike Seasoning with a fork until they are well combined.  Pour eggs over the other ingredients until the muffin cups are nearly full, but not quite reaching the top.  (I pour some egg in each cup, let it settle, and then pour more until the cup is nearly full.)  Take a small fork and gently "stir" to distribute the ingredients in the egg mixture.


Bake 25-30 minutes, or until the egg mixture is set and starting to brown slightly.  (The last few years I've been liking them more browned, but if you don't like them as brown as I do I would start checking after 20 minutes.) 


Egg muffins will keep well in the refrigerator for at least a week.  

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Muffins ... an easy job, somehow I always manage to get them baked. This time I propose a variation with apple, almonds and marzipan (almond paste!)

Ingredients

280 gr flour
120 gr sugar
2 eggs
250 ml milk
6 spoon of nut oil
100 gr marzipan
50 gr fine chopped almond
one big apple chopped
1 package of vanilla sugar
3 tablesppons of baking powder

Mix the flour, sugar, eggs, milk, oil, vanilla sugar, almonds and baking power. You could add a pinch of salt just in case. Then gently add the marzipan (finely chopped) and the apples. Grease the muffins forms add the mix, and bake for 35 minutes at 150 degrees. Just before they are done I did add a touch of self made marmalade on top as glazing.

A cup of coffe and you have a moment of paradise!

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