Spinach Mushroom Egg Cups

Your muffin pan is for so much more than just a muffin! You can make individual mini lasagna and mini quiches or scrambled egg cups. We go through quite a few eggs in our house and scrambled eggs with vegetables has become a staple for my weekend mornings before a run.

For two people five large eggs is the place to start. I like adding in a big handful of chopped fresh spinach (great source of vitamin A, C, and iron), bacon bits or cubed ham, a little shredded cheddar cheese, chopped mushrooms, chopped bell peppers, and green onions. I prefer green onions over red onions as I find red onions can repeat on me a little or give me a little heartburn. Also add in about 1/4 cup of almond milk, cilantro, or other fresh herbs, and S, P, G (salt, pepper, garlic). Make sure you grease your muffin pan super well if you're not using liners. I gave my silicon pan a really great coat and they still stuck a little, or of course you can use liners. 

You could make these for a brunch so you have single servings, or make them ahead for the work week and store separately. Just reheat on 50% power in the microwave for about 2 minutes, but of course that will depend on your microwave. The texture on the bottom of these egg eggs was a little soft, but overall they were really good. 

Beet Smoothie

This might be a far stretch for some of you, but I love beets so it only seemed appropriate that I put some in a smoothie. Go on, give it a try. 

1 Banana

1 orange (or 2 cuties)

1/2 a lrg beet

1 tbsp protein powder, berry flavored

1 tbsp flaxssed

4 ice cubes

Powdered Peanut Butter

Well this is a new one. I have made my own nut butter from scratch in my lovely blender, but to buy powdered peanut butter off the shelf? What benefit does it have? Purpose does it serve? BettyLou has come out with a powdered peanut butter made with coconut sugar.

It has stevia in it and for those of you not familiar this artificial sweetener has a bit of a strong after taste. The peanut butter itself is good but the after taste is something I'm not sure I can get past. Then my thinking is is powdered peanut butter better for traveling? Not really, since they make all those individual packets now. This powdered product only has 1.5 grams of fat per servings verses 16 grams in Skippy peanut butter. Additionally it only has 45 calories in 2 Tbsp, verses 190 calories in Skippy. Overall, a unique product, but not something I would seek out.