Ham Cup Egg Bites

I really like egg bites as a breakfast food. I’ve made renditions of them several times with good success. This is my most recent attempt using smoked, uncured smoked ham as a cup for the eggs, cheese, and veggies.

These freeze well, reheat well, are relatively low calorie, and are relatively low sodium.

Equipment 

• Chef’s knife
• Muffin/cupcake pan
• 1 tbsp measuring spoon

Ingredients 

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 60g Smoked Ham (Oscar Mayer)
  
• 1/2 shredded Colby Jack cheese
• 6 tbsp diced red or purple onion
• 6 tbsp diced red pepper 
• 1 1/4 cup Egg Beaters (18 tbsp)

Preparation

• With a paper towel, coat six of the cup in the cupcake pan with olive oil.
• Pre-heat the oven to 350° F.
• Dice the onion and red peppers until you have enough for 6 tbsp of each. (Approximately 60g, each)
• In each of the six olive oil coated cup cake cups, place a slice of smoked ham. Push it into cup so it resembled a cup cake wrapper.
• Spoon one 1 tbsp of onion and 1tbsp of red pepper into each ham cup.
• Spoon one 1 tbsp of the shredded cheese on top of the vegetables in each ham cup.
• Spoon 3 tbsp of Egg Beaters into each ham cup.
• Place the cup cake pan on the middle rack of the pre-heated oven and bake for 20-25 minutes.
• After baking, remove from oven and allow the pan to rest for five minutes before carefully removing the cups.
• To Freeze: Place ham cups on a flat sheet and place in the freezer for 1 hour, the transfer to a freezer safe container for storage.
  

Reheating 

• Refrigerated: Place two egg bites on a microwave safe dish and cook for 30 seconds on high.
• Frozen: place two egg cups on a microwave safe dish and cook for 1 minute 15 seconds on high.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Servings 6.0
Amount Per Serving
calories 80
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 3 g	5 %
Saturated Fat 0 g	0 %
Monounsaturated Fat 0 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0 g
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 5 mg	2 %
Sodium 169 mg	7 %
Potassium 70 mg	2 %
Total Carbohydrate 3 g	1 %
Dietary Fiber 0 g	1 %
Sugars 0 g
Protein 9 g	18 %
Vitamin A	6 %
Vitamin C	20 %
Calcium	1 %
Iron	5 %
* The Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet, so your values may change depending on your calorie needs. The values here may not be 100% accurate because the recipes have not been professionally evaluated nor have they been evaluated by the U.S. FDA.