{Kids in the Kitchen}: What's for Breakfast?

Welcome to the first week of the Kids in the Kitchen series. To get the low down on all of the details, check out my introduction post. This week we are tackling breakfast. I knew I wanted to make something that included Myles' two favorite breakfast items: eggs and sausage. He is in a phase now when oyu ask him a question, you will get the same response 99% of the time. Anytime (day or night) I ask him what he wants to eat, he responds with 'eggs'. So it is safe to say that he likes eggs :) In the interest of being toddler friendly, I decided to go with the recently popular make-anything-into-a-muffin idea. So here is our first recipe for this series: 

Egg, Sausage, and Cheese Muffins

What You Will Need

*This makes 12 muffins. If you want to make more to freeze, just double everything.*
 

1/2 lb turkey breakfast sausage
6 eggs

1 cup wheat flour
 1 cup Colby-Jack cheese, shredded
1 tablespoon baking powder (not soda like in the picture!)
1/2 cup skim milk
Salt and pepper to taste

This version I thought was way too floury; we couldn't even taste the cheese or eggs. If your kids are not a fan of eggs or cheese and you are trying to sneak them in for protein/calcium, then this recipe would be great. However if you are like us and want to taste the egg and cheese, I would recommend using only a half a cup of flour. I will try that the next time I make these to see if that helps. 

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. In a skillet, cook the turkey sausage. Chop up while cooking. 

3. Whisk eggs in large mixing bowl. Add cooked turkey sausage and the rest of the ingredients to the bowl.  Stir well. 

4. Spray, grease, or add liners to your muffin tin. Fill each cup to the top, using all of the mixture to fill the whole tin.

4. Cook for 20-25 minutes.

 5. Enjoy the yumminess and also feed your parents :)

This week was a great start to this series. I wasn't sure how much Myles would actually participate and help me, but I was pleasantly surprised and we really had a great time making a mess cooking in the kitchen! Can't wait to see how he does in the coming weeks!

Also don't forget to check out what all of the other ladies put together for this week's item in the link-up below. And if you have a post (new or old) that you created featuring kid friendly breakfast ideas submit it below in the link-up. No post this week? No problem; join us next Monday when we will be talking all about lunch!  

 And in case you want to join and get a head start, here is the complete list for the coming weeks:
September 1: Let's do Lunch!
September 8: Dinnertime!
September 15: Delicious Desserts.
September 22: Snack Attack!
September 29: Kid Creations...(Let your kids come up with a recipe!)