Ham & Cheese Egg Muffins

So, a friend posted a recipe for these on Facebook. I just had to see how I could make them Tastefully Simple. I had to!

I used the new Himalayan Sea Salt but you could certainly use any of our seasonings; Garlic Pepper Seasoning would be awesome.  

Ingredients:

8 large eggs, beaten

2-3 tbsp milk, I use 1%

Shredded Cheese or cheese of your choice

Ham, bacon or any meat you choose

Himalayan Sea Salt

Beat together eggs and milk. Pour into a greased muffin tin. Add meat (or veggies) to the egg mixture then top with cheese. 

Bake at 350 for approximately 28 minutes or until set and brown on top. 

Cinnamon Melt Coffee Cake

I love the Cinnamon Muffin Melts as they are but you know me, I have to create something different and my family is my guinea pigs....erm....taste testers. X). Below is the resulting recipe. 

Ingredients:

Cinnamon Muffin Melt Mix

1 c. Water

Topping

1/2 c. chopped pecans

2 tbsp flour

Packet 2 of the mix

6 tbsp melted butter

Mix together packet 1 of the mix and the water. Pour into a greased baking dish. M

In a separate bowl mix together all of the topping ingredients except the butter. Sprinkle on top of the batter. Pour the melted butter over the top.

Bake at 400 for 25-30 minutes until the center is set. Cool for 15-20 minutes and serve warm.  

Thanksgiving Tip

So, we are doing a ham and a turkey this year. We won't have a turkey carcass to keep but will certainly have an awesome ham bone!  We plan to keep it, place it in a freezer zipper bag and make ham and bean soup with it later. Winning!  Serve beer bread with the ham and beans and you have the perfect meal. (See my earlier recipe for ham and beans). Awesomeness!!

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Chili Cook Off

Well here is my entry in the church chili cook off.  I added a little Fiesta Party Dip Mix and it bumped it up a couple of notches.  If you make the recipe, you should try that. Yum-o! 

I didn't win but anyone that had my chili really liked it and that was a big win in my book. There is always next year!  Congratulations to the 3 winners because it was well deserved. 

Recipe testing

Well, we tested a recipe tonight and it didn't quite work but I learned some things. Am going to retry and hopefully my changes will work better. 

I am so excited that we are entering our Wahoo! Chili in our church's Chili Cookoff tomorrow night. I am excited to see how we do!   I will post our results and the new recipe if it works the second time around. 😃

Fabulous Breakfast Smoothie

So this isn't done with TS products but it is one of my favorites and very good for you. You know, the getting healthy thing and all. You do need a blender, magic bullet or smoothie maker for this recipe. This makes enough for one smoothie. 

Ingredients:

Frozen whole strawberries, not in sauce

Half of a banana 

Half of an individual serving container of low carb or Greek yogurt

A handful of fresh Kale (yes!)

A splash or two of skim milk

Blend until smooth and enjoy.  

(Not the most gorgeous color but it is super yummy)

Freezer Meal Workshops

This is a wildly popular trend on Facebook. Did you know that Tastefully Simple has been doing these for a few years now?  Imagine this......you come home from work, your family says to you "What's for dinner?"  What is your next move?  Do you shrug and say "Beats Me" or do you pull out an already prepared recipe from your freezer?  Imagine having at least 10 of those already prepared meals in your freezer. Sweet!  Right?!  I can help. You can attend one of my fun local workshops (if you are in Indy) or the surrounding area, host one of your own fun workshops or contact me to purchase the kit to be sent right to you. How easy is that?  Are you following me on Facebook?  I post my scheduled workshops that I am hosting on my page. You can find me as Valerie Atwell - Tastefully Simple Independent Consultant.  Like my page and like some of the things on my page so that you can see the updates in your newsfeed. I do have a workshop coming up on October 26. Registration ends on October 15 so you need to hurry if you want to attend that one. Space is limited. Check my event calendar for the next one and register early for a prize. Bring a friend. It is a lot of fun.