“It looks like your mom wants you to have protein!” Says my daughter’s teacher upon seeing GAPS lunchboxes after the Christmas break. A classroom helper remarks “That’s great!” when she hears me say that I give the kids two eggs scrambled in butter and a broth cube every morning. I’m thankful when people who work with my children are open to the idea of alternative diets.
We did GAPS again over the break and I saw all of us benefit from the high protein low carb diet with increased energy, attention, and ability to learn. We’re not continuing it strictly (‘real GAPS’ has to be super strict to work) but we are going to continue to eat mainly GAPS meals for the time being.
I wanted to have some fast breakfasts in the fridge that could also go in lunchboxes if needed, so I made a batch of these egg and bacon muffins. I experimented with baking the bacon in the muffin tin rather than frying it on the stove or baking it on a baking dish, and it worked wonderfully while saving dishes. I’m always trying to save dishes!
They’re baked in these baking cups, which are both totally chlorine free and nonstick – a huge plus when you’re baking eggs. I’ll warn you, if you don’t use the muffin cups, the muffin pan after baking eggs can be a nightmare to clean.
This recipe is super easy and delicious. I whipped these up while also making lunch after church today. Enjoy!
Ingredients
Instructions
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Cut the raw bacon into 1/2 inch sections. Place in the muffin pans with the liners in, distributing evenly through the cups.
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Back at 350 degrees F until crisp, about 20 minutes. Leave in the muffin pan.Mix the eggs, paprika, salt, and cheese while the bacon cooks. Pour over cooked bacon and bacon grease in the muffin cups.
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Fill muffin cups about 2/3 full. Return to 350* oven for 20-25 minutes, or until egg is set.
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Remove from oven to cool. Keep in an air tight container in the fridge and enjoy!These are delicious cold or reheated in a toaster oven for a few minutes.
looks yummy! Can I ask how you get the kiddies to eat the cube.
When I make scrambled eggs (not like this), I just melt a cube in with the butter.
We make these in cast iron biscuit pans too- cook the bacon part way first lining the pan then add egg filling..spinach is yummy in them too!
Hi there. I just recently purchased one of you GAPS month-long menu plans and am really excited to start using it, hopefully in February. I see that you use dates in some of your recipes. I’ve never used dates before and am wondering what variety you recommend. How should dates be stored? I can purchase them in bulk from my food co-op…
Thanks, Cara. I made these this morning without the bacon. Delicious! Except the portions were too small. Next time I will put directly Into ramekins to make bigger.