Savoury Quinoa Veggie & Egg Muffins
Ingredients
1 cup quinoa
2 cups water
4 eggs
1 cup chopped spinach
1 cup chopped mushrooms
¼ cup chopped red pepper
½ chopped pitted green or black olives
1 green onion, finely chopped (optional)
1 tsp sea salt
Black pepper to taste
Butter or coconut oil for greasing muffin tin
Directions:
In a small sauce pan, bring 2 cups of water to boil, add 1 cup of uncooked quinoa. Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook with the lid on for 20 minutes or till the water is absorbed. Once cooked, remove quinoa from the heat and keep the lid on.
In a medium sized mixing bowl, crack 4 eggs. Add chopped spinach, mushrooms, red pepper, olives and green onion plus sea salt and pepper and gently mix ingredients.
Add the cooked quinoa to the egg and vegetables. Mix till the quinoa is well incorporated with the egg and veggie mix.
Generously grease a muffin tin with butter or coconut oil. You can also use muffin cups if preferred. Pour the mixture evenly into a 12 cup muffin tin.
Bake in the middle rack of your oven at 350 F for 30 minutes.
*Other yummy quinoa egg muffin combinations to try:
Quinoa, egg, kale, sausage and onion
Quinoa, egg and basil/pine nut pesto
Quinoa, egg, ham, leek and asparagus
Quinoa, egg, broccoli, chicken, salsa
Ingredients
1 cup quinoa
2 cups water
4 eggs
1 cup chopped spinach
1 cup chopped mushrooms
¼ cup chopped red pepper
½ chopped pitted green or black olives
1 green onion, finely chopped (optional)
1 tsp sea salt
Black pepper to taste
Butter or coconut oil for greasing muffin tin
Directions:
In a small sauce pan, bring 2 cups of water to boil, add 1 cup of uncooked quinoa. Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook with the lid on for 20 minutes or till the water is absorbed. Once cooked, remove quinoa from the heat and keep the lid on.
In a medium sized mixing bowl, crack 4 eggs. Add chopped spinach, mushrooms, red pepper, olives and green onion plus sea salt and pepper and gently mix ingredients.
Add the cooked quinoa to the egg and vegetables. Mix till the quinoa is well incorporated with the egg and veggie mix.
Generously grease a muffin tin with butter or coconut oil. You can also use muffin cups if preferred. Pour the mixture evenly into a 12 cup muffin tin.
Bake in the middle rack of your oven at 350 F for 30 minutes.
*Other yummy quinoa egg muffin combinations to try:
Quinoa, egg, kale, sausage and onion
Quinoa, egg and basil/pine nut pesto
Quinoa, egg, ham, leek and asparagus
Quinoa, egg, broccoli, chicken, salsa