Happy breakfast

topic posted Wed, May 14, 2008 - 10:49 AM by 
I found a recipe from a South Beach Diet board a while back, and tweaked it to my liking. They are called Ricotta Muffins. I made a batch on Sunday night - made 12 muffins. Yesterday morning, I heated a couple for breakfast, and they were great. My daughter (who HATES zucchini) asked for one this morning and she loved it! The best part is that I can make them, freeze them, and then just heat them up for breakfast!

I chopped up half an onion and started it sauteeing in a bit of olive oil. While that worked, I rough-chopped a bunch of mushrooms (probably a cup) and threw those in. Then I added some garlic and most of a shredded zucchini. I added some Italian seasoning, then removed from the heat and stuck this stuff in the freezer to cool off quickly.

Meanwhile, I mixed 2 cups of part-skim ricotta cheese with 4 eggs, some salt and freshly ground pepper.....just stirred until it was all blended together. I sprayed a muffin tin with olive oil spray. By then, the veggies were cool enough that I wasn't worried they'd cook the eggs. I mixed them with with the egg cheese mixture, and decided to add some parmesan to it. Maybe a couple tablespoons of finely grated parm (I wasn't measuring as I just grated it right in).

I poured this into the muffin pan and baked them for half an hour. Let cool a bit, then removed from the muffin pan and wrapped each one individually to store for breakfasts all week! This morning I was in a hurry, so I heated mine up at work and everyone wanted to know what I was eating!

This is probably 10 - 15 minutes of work for a whole week's worth of breakfasts or whatever- you could certainly eat them for dinner with a salad and some bread. Tastes kind of like a fritatta.
Yum.
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  • Re: Happy breakfast

    Wed, May 14, 2008 - 11:54 AM
    Mmmm sounds good! Do you have to use ricotta or do you think I could use some other creamy cheese like Philadelphia?
    • Re: Happy breakfast

      Fri, May 16, 2008 - 7:38 PM
      I think they chose ricotta because of how it reacts to baking. Ricotta bakes up light with a slight "crumb" feel to it. Cream cheese is a lot smoother and denser.
      • Re: Happy breakfast

        Fri, May 23, 2008 - 10:56 AM
        Ah yes, discovered that the other day when we tried to make cauliflower cheese with ricotta...didn't work out :P! Still might try this though, we've got a lot of ricotta in the fridge at the moment :)
  • Re: Happy breakfast

    Wed, May 14, 2008 - 12:23 PM
    Is is safe to assume that bake time was at 350 degrees?
    • Re: Happy breakfast

      Fri, May 16, 2008 - 7:23 PM
      Actually it was 400 - sorry I forgot to post this! I don't know, but imagine that other cheeses would work. I'm going to do this again next week, and mix it up with some diff veggies - maybe spinach, garlic, tomatoes & lots of garlic, with a little feta thrown in.
  • Re: Happy breakfast

    Wed, May 14, 2008 - 1:38 PM
    yumm. wheat-free too!
    • Re: Happy breakfast

      Mon, May 19, 2008 - 9:05 PM
      I am definitely going to try this, maybe I will also do a sweet version with stevia and strawberries as soon as mine are ripe in the garden!
      • Re: Happy breakfast

        Tue, May 20, 2008 - 7:53 PM
        I just ate these for dinner w/some leftover vegie soup...really yummy and easy...I used spinach instead of zukes...seems like you could use just about any vegie( turkey or chicken sausage would be a tasty addition), I also added a little grated romano and cheddar to the mix...my daughter(8) tasted one and exclaimed,"OH YEA BABY!", I will report on the sweet version whenever I get around to trying that...
  • Re: Happy breakfast

    Fri, May 23, 2008 - 1:19 PM
    I have just made this recipe with the addition of fresh basil and oregano, a few marigold petals and a squirt of lemon juice

    Really delish! I think I may need to adjust my balance of cheese and egg, but really good and nothing like any savouy food I've made before...I expected this recipe to remind me of omelette, but it was far better!

    I think it could have done with a salty meat such as ham or bacon...I'm gonna give that a try next time :) Thanks for posting
    • Re: Happy breakfast

      Fri, May 23, 2008 - 8:16 PM
      You're welcome! I'm totally hooked on them now.
      • Re: Happy breakfast

        Sat, May 24, 2008 - 2:03 PM
        Okay, I made this sweet with obviously no vegies or cheese other than the ricotta...I used xylitol with a little vanilla bean stevia, a bit of vanilla extract, and some chopped strawberries...they were a bit too moist, I probably ought to have baked them a tad longer, but coming from someone who hasn't eaten a "real" (read:flour)muffin in well over a year, I found them tasty, but nothing like a muffin, more like a solid custard, or something...I would make them again for myself, but not for a potluck. 'Twas an interesting experiment...
  • Re: Happy breakfast

    Wed, June 4, 2008 - 12:15 PM
    Mmmmmmm! I've made these 2x now! First time was the just like the recipe and the 2nd time I made it with sausage, onion, and cheddar (no zucchini, we only had the 1 that I used earlier). Here's a pic of that sausage ones: farm3.static.flickr.com/2364/2...40f.jpg

    I wrote out the quick recipe so for those who like to have a list here it is

    1/2 C chopped mushrooms
    1/2 C chopped onions
    1/2 C shredded zucchini
    Seasoning (I omitted - seemed fine without it for me)

    2 C part-skim ricotta
    4 eggs
    Salt and pepper
    2 T grated parmasan cheese

    1. Sautee mushrooms, onions, and zucchini then cool to prevent the mixture cooking eggs.

    2. Whisk ricotta, eggs, cheese, salt and pepper. Mix in cooled mixture of mushrooms, onions, and zucchini.

    3. Bake for 30 minutes at 400 degrees. Makes 1 dozen.
    • Re: Happy breakfast

      Wed, June 4, 2008 - 12:17 PM
      Also, the first time I made it I used an organic brand of ricotta, which was really wet so they came out fairly wet, but the last batch was with a more firm, big-brand ricotta. If I use the organic again I'll use a cheesecloth and strain it.

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