Spicy Red Pepper Egg Bites
I don't know about you, but I need something quick to heat up in the morning for breakfast. Overall, I am more of a brunch person; however, I do believe in the power of a healthy breakfast, and I have fallen in love with egg bites! I wanted to create an egg bite recipe that was packed full of protein, but also had a little spice to it; that is how these delicious spicy red pepper egg bites were born. They are filled with all the protein you need to kick start your day the right way and they are very tasty. I look forward to eating them in the morning and I hope you do too!
Equipment
- 1 Skillet Pan
- 1 Food Processor
- 1 Cutting board
- 1 Cutting Knife
- 1 Silicone Muffin Pan
- 1 Table Spoon
Ingredients
- 4 Whole Eggs
- 4 Egg Whites
- 1 lb Spicy Pork Breakfast Sausage
- 1 Red Bell Pepper
- 1 cup Large Curd Cottage Cheese
- 1 cup Mozzarella Cheese
- 2 tsps Red Pepper Flakes
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- Olive Oil - For greasing the muffin pan.
Instructions
- Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease a silicone muffin pan with olive oil. Set aside.
- Finely chop 1 red bell pepper. Set aside.
- In a large skillet pan, brown 1 lb. of spicy breakfast sausage. Once your breakfast sausage is fully browned and cooked through, add it to a paper towel lined plate to soak up excess grease, and set aside.
- Pour the finely chopped red bell pepper within the same skillet that you browned your breakfast sausage in and cook it over medium heat until it is tender. The red bell pepper will soak up the remainder of the sausage drippings within the pan further adding flavor. Once the chopped red bell pepper is tender set it aside by pouring it on the same plate as the cooked breakfast sausage.
- In your food processor, add the following ingredients; 4 whole eggs, 4 egg whites, 1 cup large curd cottage cheese, 1 cup mozzarella cheese, 2 tsps red pepper flakes, and 1/2 tsp salt. Mixed these ingredients on high until you have a smooth egg mixture.
- Mix half of the cooked sausage and red bell pepper with in the smooth egg mixture and stir until all of the ingredients are well combined. Set the other half of the cooked sausage and red bell pepper aside.
- Fill each muffin pan cup half way up with the egg mixture.
- Once each muffin cup has been filled half way up, top each of them with a table spoon of the remaining cooked sausage and red bell peppers.
- Place the muffin pan in a 350 degree oven and bake them for 25 minuets.
- When they are done cooking pull them out and let them cool or eat them right away! The choice is yours. Enjoy!
Notes
These egg bites will keep in the refrigerator for a week or you can freeze them for up to 2 months; which makes them great for meal prepping!