All hail the almighty egg.
Which came first? The chicken or the egg?
We don’t know (nor do we really care), but what we DO know is that the two together can produce a pretty sexy muffin!
We chose eggs as our ingredient this week because eggs are extremely handy for your health (especially heart health). Whole eggs (yolk + white) are among the most nutritious foods on the planet, containing a little bit of almost every nutrient we need. Omega-3 enriched and/or pastured eggs are even better. Not only that, eggs are one of the more versatile foods we know of, as they can be prepared countless ways and are often a "hidden" ingredient in many of our favorite dishes.
This week we wanted two things out of our snack:
we wanted it to include the superfood: eggs
we were craving chicken n’ waffles
We used the traditional waffle batter to create a “base” for our muffins and added some smokey chicken sausage with our eggs. To achieve that "crunch" factor you get in a traditional chicken n’ waffle fix, we added some corn flakes that were conveniently hanging out in the pantry.
Voila! A new snack is born!
Here's what you'll need to make these babies:
1 cup milk
6 eggs
1 cup flour
¼ cup coconut oil (or butter) melted
½ tsp salt
2-3 pre-cooked chicken sausages, chopped or crumbled
3 large eggs
¼ cup maple syrup
½ cup corn flakes, crushed
Preheat oven to 400°F. Pulse together the milk, eggs, flour, salt and vanilla in a blender until combined. Add half of the butter and pulse to combine, then add in the remaining butter and pulse to combine. Prepare 18 baking cups with cooking spray. Fill each with a scant 1/4 cup of batter. Bake for 8 minutes until very puffy and golden on top. Remove from the oven and let sit for a few minutes to deflate. Pour the beaten eggs and chicken sausage mixture on top of each waffle base, filling the cups to the rim. Sprinkle the crushed corn flakes on top of each cup. Bake for a another 10 min until set.
Top with maple syrup and the remaining corn flakes for an extra crunch! (One can never go wrong with more crunch).
Enjoy!
xoxo
E&J