Time to bake some yums!

Wow!   I finally have some time over Spring Break to kick back, relax, and create a mess in the kitchen.  A few weeks ago, I resolved to try to eat healthier and to lose some weight.  Now, we've always heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but with my schedule (I'm up as early as 5 a.m. - or earlier), and with a new baby in the house and a long commute (100 miles a day), I just don't take the time to make a breakfast.  For me, weekends are time for breakfasts.  Anyway, I've bought the "Dr. Oz" book, and I've been researching healthy recipes.

Now, in order to be fair, here's the link to the recipe, in case you'd like to make them for yourself. I've been baking on weekends and freezing muffins by the batch, that way, I can just take one out of the freezer, plop it in the microwave for about 35 seconds, and "poof" - instant breakfast. These are also healthy and nutritious since the recipe comes from RealAge.com!

Savory Breakfast Muffins

This was quite the recipe.  At one point, while I was mixing the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, I became very discouraged, and I almost tossed the whole thing out.  But, I kept at it, and everything mixed well.  This makes a really thick mixture!  Usually, I'm much too impatient for this sort of thing, and I hate greasing and flouring the pans, but I also bought some silicone baking cups  and an oil spray can from Kitchen Collection, and I had fun while making my mess. I filled my spray can with some Extra Virgin Olive Oil and that thing worked great! No more wasting money on that PAM stuff! Plus, I save space in landfills. I can't wait until these muffins cool down, and if they turned out well, I'll make a second batch.

Success! These things taste just like a "Western Omelette"!

This was my first time using the silicone baking cups (I was skeptical, and I was sure they'd melt - silly me). Anyway, today's baking went well! Time to make that second batch.

Have a Happy Easter!