Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Egg Muffins with Onion & Mushroom -- super quick

It is still summer vacation time around here. 2 and half weeks more to go, almost 3 for many. The first half of the vacation BS spent in idyllic bliss with the grandparents being here. The second half Mommy is in charge and things are not so idyllic any more.

For one Mommy is hyper and lazy at the same time. Instead of judiciously spending her time making alu parathas for the kids or giving them a much needed oil massage, all she wants to do is projects. Mommy's modern parenting bible says "doing projects with kids" ranks high up right after "say good job to your kids every 5 minutes" . Mommy sure hated supervised projects in her own childhood but now wants BS to give up the idyllic nothingness for such ruthless acts. Thankfully for BS, her little Sis ensures that no project that involves gluing, cutting or even detailed coloring gets done while she is around. The remaining short ones that gets done BS loves them.

One of the things we have been doing recently is inspired by Jaya and her little girl. From her post I got the Origami link and it is the perfect thing to do even when LS is around. We have done a Tulip with stems, a fortune teller(remember "Color, Color, what color") and a Pelican so far, It is easy, fast and fun. We use paper around the house, BS colors them and voila there is some new thing after all the folding.

Next is something we started for my pure own selfish desire. I wanted some Ganesha motifs on my walls and I thought why not make BS do them. So I got these 8x10 canvas, some acrylic paint and self-stick rhinestones. I sketched geometric Ganesha pattern on the canvas and BS colored them in and stuck rhinestones. We have done only one so far. But we plan to do two more in diff colors. I will show you all three if and when they get done, keep your fingers crossed.

Note to new Moms: Doing projects and saying Good Job in moderation is ok. Don't go overboard with them.





Now to the food which keeping in tune with my status this month is quick, easy and simple needing no more than 30 minutes of human involvement.

Since the day I started making Kalyn's Egg Muffins they have jostled everyone out to be my first love on "no-time-what-do-we-have-for-dinner" days. Practically that would mean every day but if you have something every day they lose their charm and do not deserve the attention of a first love so I save them up for "really-really-no-time" days.

This time out of a sudden whim I fried onions, tomatoes, mushrooms, green chilis and made them the base for these muffins. They tasted so good that I thought to have them here lest I forget and never ever do the same again.





Note to myself: "Please, please make them again this week. They were delicious".


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Kalyn's Original recipe with Eggs
My previous recipe with egg whites

Egg Muffins with Onion and Mushroom






Heat Olive Oil and saute onions till soft




Add chopped tomatoes(cherry tomatoes in my case) and green chilli




Add chopped mushroom(baby portabella in my case) and saute. Season with salt etc.





Scoop out the onion-mushroom mix and put it in each of your muffin pan. You can top with grated cheese if you wish.





Beat eggs (egg whites only in my case). Season with salt, pepper, a tiny pinch of garam masala. Add it to each muffin pan





Bake till they rise. Eat them up quick.


19 comments:

  1. Wow ...... These muffins look delicious. Not to forget the Ganesha .. itz beautiful !! Good Job :)

    Cheers n Happy Cooking,
    Satrupa
    http://satrupa-foodforthought.blogspot.com

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  2. You will not believe this but yesterday I made something similar except it is not so similar. I added spinach and mushrooms to saute'd onions and scrambled eggs in it. I literally was eating green eggs sans the ham for the first time in my life!
    Your version looks more dignified and is definitely healthier.

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  3. I love the stones around your daughter's Ganesha. :) I should get those coloured muffin cups you have. Look so festive!

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  4. Sandeepa,
    Ganesha craft ta bhishon shondor hoyeche, BS ke bolbe ami hugs diyechi er jonne ..2 and half weeks and eyikhane 1 and half week ache aro..Tumar blog e mention hole nije ke star mone kori LOL..
    eyita hi bhalo gota egg diye muffin korecho...quick and delicious combo.
    hugs and smiles

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  5. LMove the ganesha pattern looks beautiful . I so wish S ate mushrooms and this muffin looks so so good. Here it is holiday for S timm end of September as college only start then.

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  6. Ganesha pic looks too good,..:-)
    nd the muffins looks delicious will try thm soon,..

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  7. Hey Sandeepa, now you are making me guilty. I do not do projects with the kids and neither do I say "Good Job" well sometimes.

    These eggs muffins are a great find and thanks reminding of them again. I am going to make them. They will be great for the lunch box for the kids.

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  8. It'a savoury muffins time! I, too made savoury muffins on Monday!!
    Your recipe look delicious and so quick to prepare... A must-try!

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  9. Sandeepa, I mean the masala packs like Everest and MDH where you add a teaspoon or tablespoon, depending on the quantity. I have never used the Parampara brand masala packs but I know what you are talking about, I think. The ones that come in a glass jar, right.
    BTW, Sanjeev Kapoor also has some masala packs, but they are dry masalas where you use the whole masala to make the dish. T bought it by mistake once but I haven't used any so far.

    Oh and the green eggs and no ham came about because I didn't want to eat just eggs and had baby spinach lying about. Here I was thinking I found a new recipe, thanks. :) And no, the kiddo is not into Dr. Seus too much.

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  10. What a cute ganesha! Well done BS!

    Our summer holidays are over from the 2nd of Sept, though it seems more like an autumn vacation day by day!

    Love those muffins. I'm lazy and just add the eggs to the pan, cook for a few minutes and place under the grill; sometimes I add the eggs, and directly place it in the oven :-)

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  11. Hey this is so nice photo of ganesha,looks very beautiful.You can post like these blogs in Chennaimoms.com ,a parenting site for mothers and women.It is mainly women website.It has event section too,in which you can post event at free of cost.In which you can see many events regarding food competition in chennai and kids events in chennai, where you can participate and show your talents .you can also join your children in many events like drawing competition etc..It shows upcoming,weekend events happening in Chennai.

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  12. Indo

    Hey, what do you think, I only do Projects I like ;-)

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  13. wow nice dish,looks delicious.Hey friends i have seen one interesting news in one website about fancy dress photo contest which is online contest.Blrmoms.com conducts a online Fancy Dress photo contest in Bangalore,where you can upload and share all such fancy dress photos of our kids and self. Then ask our friends and family members to vote for the photos... The photo that gets the maximum vote will win exciting prizes.This is really helpful to all mothers to show their as well their kids fancy dress photos.

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  14. Sandeepa, can I make them in a microwave and also can I use the egg yolk too.
    looks yum!

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  15. I like your blog and every free min in office is spent on it!

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  16. I've been doing this for about 45 years. Started as a teenager. Only, I used to do it in elegant china cups, coo it in te regular oven (there were no microwaves or silicone containers, or even plastic ones, then). That used to be a real hit with our guests for brunch, even for the family, when served looking all pretty in lovely cups & saucers. I used to make it for my children too. It is really a very easy way to cook.

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  17. I've been doing this for about 45 years. Started as a teenager. Only, I used to do it in elegant china cups, coo it in te regular oven (there were no microwaves or silicone containers, or even plastic ones, then). That used to be a real hit with our guests for brunch, even for the family, when served looking all pretty in lovely cups & saucers. I used to make it for my children too. It is really a very easy way to cook.

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