Like many of you, I was hit by the big blizzard last weekend. So what’s a Meatless Monday blogger to do? That’s right-I “cooked up a storm” all weekend and I have lots of new recipes to share with you. I love a good breakfast but don’t always have the time on a weekday to cook as I’d like to. I am a big fan of breakfasts that I can make ahead and eat for a few days thus these Sweet Potato Salsa Egg Muffins were created.
Sarah and I are so excited to have you all join us for Meatless Monday today. We hope you will check out all the tasty links below. I was looking for a hearty, healthy breakfast option and remembered how good the sweet potato and egg combo is. (you might like this one too) What makes these Sweet potato salsa egg muffins so yummy is the bed of crispy sweet potato on the bottom of each muffin.
I shredded the sweet potatoes and packed them into the muffin tins with a little egg and cheddar to bind them. They bake into crispy shells for about 20 minutes before being filled up with the yummy black beans, salsa, spinach, cheese and eggs.
After the sweet potatoes are crispy and ready, I have filled them with black beans, salsa, spinach, cheese and eggs. The whole recipes uses 6 eggs for the muffins and 2 eggs for the sweet potato crust thus providing a little over 1/2 egg per muffin. The key to these is really letting the sweet potatoes crisp up before you add in the veggies and eggs.
Sweet Potato Salsa Egg Muffins
Ingredients
- For the sweet potato shell:
- l large sweet potato shredded
- 2 eggs-whisked
- 1/2 C shredded Cheddar
- For the muffins:
- 6 large eggs-whisked
- splash of milk
- 1/2 C black beans
- 1 C spinach
- 1/2 C salsa
- 1/2 C cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400
- Place shredded potatoes in a bowl with 2 eggs and 1/2 C cheese and combine
- Spray muffin tin with cooking spray
- Evenly divide potato mixture into muffin tins and press down to form shell shape
- Bake 20 m until potatoes crisp up
- remove from oven and reduce temp to 375
- Add about 1 Tbl of black beans into each muffin
- Continue adding salsa, spinach and cheese evenly
- Pour egg mixture into muffins evenly
- Bake for about 20 min until muffins are firm
- Eggs muffins can be cooled and individually wrapped to eat for days
Not only is this breakfast easy to make ahead and enjoy all week, these Sweet Potato Salsa Egg Muffins are vegetarian, gluten free and if you leave the cheese out paleo. Everyone’s happy! Hope you give them a try and I guarantee you will enjoy having them ready to eat in the morning.
This post is also linked up with AnnMarie @ Thefitfoodiemama
Sweet potatoes for breakfast? Yay or nay?
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This is brilliant! With a combination of some of my favorites, how can you go wrong. Pinning for future enjoyment!
Angela @ Happy Fit Mama recently posted…Baked Broccoli Slaw Egg Rolls
Thanks they came out so much better than I imagined! Hope you enjoy
This sounds wonderful! I am always looking for good, healthy breakfast ideas. I have pinned this so I can make it later this week. Thank you for hosting the link-up
Thanks for joining us! These were great to make ahead and eat all week hope you enjoy
These look AWESOME!!!! I love sweet potatoes but I never eat them for breakfast! This is a great way to incorporate them. 🙂
Kaila@HealthyHelperBlog recently posted…19 Nut-RAGEOUS Snack Recipes [healthy + satisfying]
Thanks I love them for breakfast!
I love everything about this! Except for maybe the black beans, but you gotta love that sexy cross section 😀
Susie @ SuzLyfe recently posted…Super Savory Oatmeal Patties (Gluten Free, Vegan)
ha ha you could skip the beans if you like 🙂 Sweet potatoes and eggs go so well together
This is such a great idea! I love the little cups. 🙂
Thanks so much they were very yummy 🙂
Sweet potato and eggs are the best combo everrr!
They are a great combo aren’t they?! Happy Meatless Monday
My little brain is working so hard to figure out how to make these vegan because they sound (and look) so good. It might be a time to pull out the VeganEgg!
Debbie @ Coach Debbie Runs recently posted…Recipes for a Great Vegan Superbowl Party
Every time I make something I think of you and how to make it vegan Let me know if you try it. The sweet potatoes are so good with the eggs
How yummy! All my favorite ingredients. I really like how you baked the bowls first– good thinking!
Julie @ Running in a Skirt recently posted…Currently… (February 2016)
Thanks they were so good !
Thanks they get nice and crispy that way!
These are definitely right up my alley! Anything with eggs and salsa is a good thing in my book! Yum!
2 of my favorites as well!
Wow. This looks so easy and yummy. Adding to my list!
Definitely easy! Hope you enjoy
Not only do these muffins look delicious, but it sounds like they’re packed with lots of protein too. What a great breakfast choice!
Kathryn @ Dancing to Running recently posted…Let the Training for Half #7 Begin!
They are! Thanks they would be great for you to make ahead and eat all week.
Yummm I just bought a few cans of black beans and I always have sweet potatoes on hand. Going to have to try these for sure!!
Sam @ PancakeWarriors recently posted…No Bake Chocolate Strawberry Energy Bites
Thanks I know you will like them!
A combination of pretty much everything we put together in a hash some nights in a cute little muffin! A just said these would be perfect for a gymnastics night I will have to send it to my hubby and see if he can whip them up this week to have ready when we get home.
Happy Meatless Monday!
Sarah recently posted…Coffee Roasted Carrots
I love the cute little muffins 🙂 Hope you all try them out
Yummy! So creative!
I made egg muffins this week but will have to try these for next week!
Thanks 🙂
Thanks I love the sweet potato in there for some extra fiber and filling
Mmmm. Love sweet potatoes! Your little ‘shells’ are such a great idea!
Me too! And thanks hope you enjoy
Ok, I need to get more creative with my food. This looks amazing. Why am I so scared of food?!
katie recently posted…Training, Tri’ing and Bouncing
lol! I love to create in the kitchen it’s fun and relaxing. Don’t be afraid 🙂
These look like pure breakfast perfection!
Nicole @ Fitful Focus recently posted…Easy 3-Ingredient Chocolate Truffles {dairy free, gluten free, vegan/paleo option}
Well thanks they are my new fave and I am making them again this week.
Oh yum! How creative to use the sweet potato as the crust…I need to try this one! Love your recipes!
Lauren recently posted…Edamame Guacamole
Thanks so much! Hope you enjoy
Yum, these sound great! Can they just be microwaved to heat up when you eat them later?
Chaitali recently posted…Rock and Roll DC Half Marathon training – week 8
That’s exactly how I re heated them. I put them in for a about a minute each morning and yum!
That looks really yummy and I love sweet potatoes.
Diatta @ Femme Fitale Fit Club recently posted…February Walk/Run Challenge
Me too! Thanks
Looks really yummy, thanks for linking up with us today!
Rachel recently posted…Meatless Monday: Strawberry Raspberry Dessert Smoothie
Thanks! I do love the make ahead breakfasts
Oh YUM, this sounds fabulous! I’ve been having breakfast for dinner quite a bit lately. I may just make this tonight. I have almost all the ingredients. Except the spinach, but that’s okay I don’t care much for cooked spinach LOL
I don’t have sweet potatoes, you think this would work okay with a regular one, I do have a bag of those in the cupboard.
Kristy @Runaway Bridal Planner recently posted…Thank Goodness For Great Reads
Yes I do think it would work with a regular potato as well. I love breakfast for dinner!
This looks soo good, such a creative idea to shred the sweet potatoes that way! Definitely pinning for later!
Janelle @ Run With No Regrets recently posted…I’m Giving Up Alcohol for Lent, But Why Now?
Thanks hope you enjoy!
What a great idea! It almost reminds me of a mini version of huevos rancheros, which I love. Yum!
Grace recently posted…Salt Lamps Explained and the Benefits of Negative Ions
Yes me too! Thanks for stopping by hope you give it a try
Love the combo of sweet potatoes and black beans Deborah! Perfect meatless dish! :):)
Ilka recently posted…Vegan Peanut Butter Cups
Thanks! They do go great together
These sound delicious! Heck yeah to sweet potatoes for breakfast!
Marcia recently posted…The End of an Era
I love them for breakfast!
With that recipe I would eat sweet potato for breakfast and it is portable so it would make a nice 10 am snack for me 🙂 Pinned!
Mary Beth Jackson recently posted…Celebrate every Mile!
Thanks! I ate them for dinner and for breakfast so yummy 🙂
I LOVE sweet potatoes and eggs for breakfast! The crispy sweet potato cups sounds so delicious, I am going to have to give this one a try 🙂
Thanks! I love this combo too hope you enjoy. Thanks for stopping by today!
OMG…this looks absolutely DELICIOUS!! I can’t wait to try these!! I totally didn’t spend my snowed-in weekend doing ANYTHING productive!! Lol
Safari @ Tri-ing To Run Boston recently posted…5 Steps To Re-Start your New Year’s Resolution
Ha ha! That’s ok too. They are delish I am all about breakfast lately
Brilliant! I love pretty much everything that comes out of a muffin pan, and easy breakfasts for on the go are no exception!
Jenn recently posted…weekly recap: 1/24 – 1/30
I am all about breakfast these days and I love not having to think about it
These look really good. Thanks for sharing.
MCM Mama Runs recently posted…Slow Cooker Vegetarian Chili
Thanks hope you give them a try
Another home run! These look delicious!
Wendy@Taking the Long Way Home recently posted…Big Sur Marathon Training–Week 0
Thanks! I have already made another batch!
I love an easy breakfast, and this looks yummy!
Akaleistar recently posted…10 Ways to Make February Awesome
Thanks I have been very into breakfast lately! I have another one coming next week 🙂
I like sweet potatoes so why not for breakfast? They are better than white potatoes that most people eat for breakfast. Sounds tasty!
lacey@fairytalesandfitness.com recently posted…Rock the Canyon
I agree! Thanks 🙂
OOOOOOOOOO Those sound amazing!!! I have sweet potatoes in my fridge all the time, so I will definitely try this recipe! Thanks!
Michelle @ Movin’ it with Michelle recently posted…Weekly wrap up 1/31/2016
Great! I hope you enjoy them
These look great. I started to think about the various combos you could make with the muffin shell made of sweet potato. Some experiments to come!
Becki S recently posted…Hot, Hot, Hot: Arrichion Hot Yoga
OH yes just about anything works in there!
Cooked up a storm, eh? I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE!!!! =D
That recipe looks FABULOUS. I love love LOVE sweet potatoes and am always looking for new and creative ways to cook them. This looks like a scrumptious dish!!!
Emily @ Out and About recently posted…Runfessions
I was waiting to see if anyone else picked up my storm reference 🙂 I love sweet potatoes too and I am all about breakfast these days
I love this!!! I love
Egg muffins and this looks Amazing, gonna try it out this weekend!
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Well thanks so much! I hope you enjoy 🙂
Sweet potatoes for breakfast?! OH HECK YES!!
GiGi Eats recently posted…A Totally Puréed Smoothie Battle
I agree! Thanks for linking up with us always great to have you
OMG gimme these now!! They look so good!
Thanks they are delish! Enjoy 🙂
ALL my favorite ingredients in one place. On my to do list for this weekend !
Karen @ Fit in France recently posted…Weekend away
Ah thanks they are super easy hope you enjoy
yum!! you know how have i said I really need to make egg cups? well I got to the step of buying the muffin tins lol now I just need to actually make them!
Patty @ Reach Your Peak recently posted…My First Week Of WeightWatchers + My Grocery Store Picks
oh they are so easy to make! You will love them and appreciate it all week long
Thanks for hosting dear. I do not believe, there is no flour, these muffins looks awesome. A real healthy breakfast.
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Thanks! Don’t know why your comment went to spam. I found one of them hopefully it won’t happen next time. have a great day!
Deborah Brooks recently posted…Why I Ditched The Scale & What I’ve Learned
Oooo these look so fancy! Hehe. Egg muffins are awesome; great way to make-ahead and save time.
Jess @hellotofit recently posted…What Every Personal Trainer Should Know About Living on Commission
Exactly! They are great to make ahead I ate them all week
I made this into a quiche format. Came out great !
Karen @ Fit in France recently posted…Scenes from my runs
It looks beautiful thanks for letting me know!