Egg Muffins with Sausage, Spinach, and Cheese
Updated March 26, 2019
Egg muffins are easy to make and fun to eat! Kids and adults will love these Egg Muffins with Sausage, Spinach, and Cheese!
Josh is allergic to most animals so we don’t have a dog or cat. Instead, we have six chickens. Virginia, Caramel, Daisy, Mae, Midnight, and Pepper are part of our family. They live outside in their coop and are easy to take care of. They are the best pets.
Caleb loves visiting his chickens. He feeds them, chases them, and even holds them. He also loves gathering their eggs. Last week we were overflowing with fresh eggs so Josh made Egg Muffins with Sausage, Spinach, and Cheese for breakfast.
If you like frittatas, you will love these egg muffins. Egg muffins are like frittatas, just smaller. Instead of making a large frittata in a pan, you make the eggs in a muffin pan. The egg muffins are easy to make and I love that everyone gets their own individual mini frittata.
Our chickens lay pretty eggs:) To make the egg muffins lighter, Josh used five egg whites and two whole eggs.
He also added lean turkey sausage, spinach, and sharp cheddar cheese. Feel free to add your favorite egg fixin’s. Mix things up by using your favorite veggies, cheese, or whatever you have on hand! This recipe is very flexible.
Egg Muffins with Sausage, Spinach, and Cheese are the perfect breakfast. You get your protein, veggies, and dairy all in one little muffin! If your weekday mornings are hectic and you don’t have time to make breakfast, make these egg muffins on Sunday. You can reheat them in the microwave on your way out the door!
Thanks to our chickens we had fresh eggs to make Egg Muffins with Sausage, Spinach, and Cheese. Our chickens really are the best pets!
Egg Muffins with Sausage, Spinach, and Cheese
Ingredients
- 3 lean breakfast turkey sausage links
- 5 egg whites
- 2 whole eggs
- 1/4 cup skim milk
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1/4 cup fresh chopped spinach
- 1/4 cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a medium skillet, brown the turkey sausage links on medium-high heat. Cook until sausage is brown all the way through. Cut sausage into ½ inch pieces. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together egg whites and eggs. Whisk in skim milk and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Stir in the chopped spinach.
- Grease 6 muffin tin cups with cooking spray or line cups with paper liners. Pour egg mixture evenly into the muffin cups.
- Distribute cheese and sausage equally between each muffin cup.
- Bake egg muffins for 20 minutes, or until the muffins are firm in the center. Remove from oven and gently go round each egg with a butter knife. Serve warm.
- Note-you can store the egg muffins in the fridge for 3-4 days and reheat them in the microwave.
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SO cool that you have chickens! Are they hard to take care of? the muffins looks yummy- perfect to bring to a brunch
I had chickens back when I lived in Washington! I miss them.
I love egg muffins so much! They make great breakfasts and quick and portable snacks. Throwing some turkey sausage in there is genius…and yummy!
Love that you have chickens, so cool!! Your egg muffins look so delicious!!!!
What a great way to start the day!
Perfect little breakfast muffins!! Happy Friday! xoxo
Loving these little breakfast muffins… Yummy!
Ohhh, I LOVE that you have chickens! Those eggs look beautiful, as does your recipe!
Pets that provide breakfast..perfect! Love these breakfast muffins. Perfect for little hands to grab on the way to school.
How many whole eggs (total) would you use if replacing the egg whites?
If you don’t want to use egg whites, use 6 whole eggs.
I’m so jealous that you own chicken! These look gorgeous and are filled with some of my favorite things. You can’t go wrong with sausage, spinach and cheese!
I love the fact that these are portable! Thinking of a vegetarian/Italian variation with fresh basil and tomato 🙂
I love that you have chickens! How fun for Caleb 😉 How lucky for you to have fresh eggs for this beautiful breakfast sandwich. Pinned.
you have cute chicken names!! i love these muffins!! they’re so perfect for breakfast on the go or just to simply enjoy sitting down at the table with family!
Thank you, this looks great!
Sandra ltb
Can you tell me if you can freeze these muffins? And just pull them out of the freezer the night before and reheat on microwave on no stick pan. I have a diva of a daughter that won’t have cereal on cold winter months 🙁 Thanks.
We haven’t tried freezing them yet, but I am sure they would freeze just fine!
Yummy! My kids (and me) would love these!! So excited to try them 🙂
Have a great weekend Maria 🙂
These egg muffins are perfect for breakfast, lunch & dinner!!
I want these muffins for breakfast everyday! PS: Love the chicken names!!
Would love to have chickens but found a snake in the nest one time when I was young and never liked to gather the eggs after that.
These egg muffins sound amazing!
we, too, have a backyard flock. our girls are Opal, Ruby, Pearl and Cookie. Crystal left for other birdly opportunities. we are still mourning the dearly departed Diamond Tiara. thanks for the recipe–this will make a nice, quick breakfast to grab on the way out the door!
OMGee… love that you have chickens. My best friend growing up had chickens. She kept them in the front yard in their chicken coop. We use to go out there all the time and take care of them. Too fun! 🙂 These egg muffins or mini frittatas look delicious! It was one of my husbands and I’s favorite breakfast treats! Pinning!
Having your own chickens is just the best! I think these muffins would definitely make the best breakfast!
I loved collecting eggs from my parents garden when growing up. Trying to find them was so much fun! Especially when they were still warm. It’s an experience in itself 🙂
My kids love doing the same when we do get to visit their grandparents. Thanks for sharing brought back some awesome memories!
I’m excited to try these! How long do you heat them up for?!
One day I hope I own my own chickens! I love yummy and nourishing breakfast recipes!
These look delicious. I have made them before with different toppings. I had trouble cleaning my pan, so I am glad to see paper muffin cups are OK. Just so everyone knows, they also freeze very well. I made different varieties for my family and we each microwaved our favorites.
I would also freeze and take to work for lunch. They were defrosted by lunch.
No animals here either. Instead I have four kids. 😉 I love these egg muffins. I should stock up for before-school breakfasts.
Have you tried these in between English Muffins? Look yummy!
They look delicious!! I can’t wait till our girls start laying! It should be anyday!
These are so my thing! They look delicious!
Love that these are portable and can even be frozen for use later!
It awesome that you have chickens – eggs are always so much better when they are fresh too!
I’ve been looking for some easy breakfast options for weekdays and this is perfect! I can make them on Sunday and just grab one in the morning.
I think that these will be perfect for the brunch that I am hosting a few weeks, I can’t wait to try them. Thank you for sharing.
When do you add cheese? It’s missing from directions….
Step 4 says to add cheese & sausage in each muffin cup right before you put them in the oven. You could mix these in with all the other ingredients, but it’s harder to distribute these “lumpy” items evenly when pouring the egg mixture.
Yum! These sound great!
I think chickens are better pets than dogs or cats, too! 🙂
There’s a coffee shop that we sometimes frequent that has “mini frittatas” like these. I love them. Thanks for the recipe!
These look like amazing and so tasty. Egg is so healthy food.I like this .
Does it work as well with Egg Beaters or another egg substitute?
Yes!
I wonder if Jimmy Dean cooked turkey crumbles would work with this? May not taste as well, but a time saver. Thanks! Millie.
Caleb holds the chickens too? wow, colour me impressed. I’d be to chicken (couldn’t help myself!)
These look great, perfect way to use up the extra spinach i have right now too!
I want chickens SO badly!!! in the meantime, the eggs from the grocery store will have to suffice, These look great!
Can’t wait to try. Always looking for new way to cook eggs or omelette which usually has spinach, cheese, & bacon and other veggies.
I’m so jealous you have chickens and fresh eggs! how awesome. It was so nice meeting you at alt. Your blog is awesome, new follower here! 🙂 http://www.handmadeintheheartland.com
I love your blog… and your photos! One of my favorite finds this year.
Can I substitute ground turkey for turkey sausage?
Do you put the english muffins in the bottom of the muffin tins? Recipe does not list the muffins or refer to them except to remove them from the muffin tins. Can you clarify?
You don’t use English muffins in this recipe. The muffins are just the egg mixture made in muffin tins.
Can you make the egg mix the day before, and then use it to bake the muffins the next day?
I haven’t tried this, but I am sure it would be fine. They also reheat well and freeze well!
How long should you reheat them for? I made these tonight and they’re great, hoping to use them as quick breakfasts for work.
How are these served at room temperature or slightly cold? I am helping to make food for a wedding shower where we are serving a continental breakfast. These strike me as an easy way to serve eggs, but we are not messing with preparing the food at the venue or serving hot food items.
We usually serve them warm.
How full should I have filled the cups? I filled them 3/4 of the way and they are HUGE!
Do yo?
u know the calorie content or weight watchers points
I hate eggs, but this looks super yummy. I may try with just egg whites.
I have made these a few times but gave up because I had a devil of a time cleaning the muffin tin afterwards. I actually had to throw one away! I tried paper liners, which didn’t want to peel off the muffins. Any suggestions? I tried decreasing heat and that didn’t help.
SO I made these a few minutes ago with fresh eggs from my “girls” and they taste amazing. However, I poured them in muffin liners because I am using stoneware and wasn’t sure if I should cook eggs directly in them. When I peeled them out of the liners most of them were hollow at the center, almost like I made muffin tops instead of muffins. Any ideas?
How do you keep the egg muffins from sticking and make sure they come out easily? They were absolutely delicious, but I had to cut the eggs out of the muffin tin, then soak the tin overnight and scrub for 20 minutes to get out the eggy remainders!
^ I did use more yolk than normal though; I had 2 yolks and 3 full eggs, if this makes a difference.
I just made these using 6 whole eggs and used Italian spicy sausage. They came out perfect! I sprayed the muffin tin lightly with vegetable spray, the muffins slid right out of the tin.
Can you use all whole eggs in this recipe instead of using egg whites?
Sure!
i always wanted to have chickens
What a great change from the traditional heavy bacon or sausage muffins! Thanks for sharing! Pinned to my breakfast board.
Can you do mini muffins?
Yes! Reduce the baking time!
This looks amazing! I can’t wait to make these. Katie Stamos
I loved these! Check out my blogpost here:
Recipe >> http://heatskitchen.blogspot.com/2014/11/egg-muffins-with-sausage-and-spinach.html
I have a question. How many for a serving size? How many calories are in one?
I am not sure on the calories. Sorry!
Yum! That looks delicious. Could I use all whole eggs rather than some eggs + some egg whites? How would I go about that? 8 whole eggs?
Thank you for the recipe. I can’t wait to try it with feta cheese and maybe some chopped peppers. 🙂
Sure, you can use 8 whole eggs instead! Enjoy!
Suggestions on how to reheat these without a microwave?
You can put them back in the oven for a bit!
Funny how many comment on having chickens like that was the subject of the above recipe. Love attention spans 😛 …. The eggs were awesome. I would advise anyone who makes these to ensure they spread out in more than 6, I spread into 12 and they expanded. Hat to think if I would have confined them to only 6. I would be scrapping it off the bottom of the oven. Thanks for the recipe. Next time I will add more veggies.
I would like to know the carb counts per muffin and if you can freeze them.
These look ideal and delicious! I do have a question though to rose that make n eat them ~ are the eggs completely cooked? I’m sqeemish of slimy eggs. Would really like to try them though!! What’s your take about this? Plz n Thank You!
You can cook the eggs however you like them! Over easy, hard, scrambled eggs even work!
So nice to meet you at BYBC. Wonderful job presenting and teaching. 😉 Love this recipe and will be our Sunday breakfast.
Loved meeting you too! Thanks for coming to my session! xo
Can you freeze these muffins and microwave them later?
Those look delish! I have so many egg whites in my freezer from making homemade pasta. My question is….can I make this in a pie plate or 9×13? I don’t have a muffin tin. Would it need to be adapted? Thank you.
Yes, you can make it in a pan instead of muffin cups. It will probably take longer to bake.
Do you think I could make these ahead and freeze for a few days?
Yes! They freeze beautifully!
Fantastic recipe. Great to bring to work in the morning.
Wow they look so good. Pinned and yummed too! Come by my party to share? We start tonight at 7pm ET!
Sinea
Made these and they are yummy. I used crumbled turkey sausage as a Substitute.
Can you use almond milk instead of skim? If so is it the same amount or different
Did you end up trying these with almond milk? Did it work?
Are these made in a jumbo or regular size muffin tin?
Regular size
How did you get them not to stick? Whenever I make them I spray with Pam but they always stick and break!
I never have a problem. I make sure I spray the muffin pan really well. I use this pan: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00M2VH788?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00M2VH788&linkCode=xm2&tag=twpeanthpo-20
Have you ever tried making muffins with swiss chard, eggs, cheese, and a skosh of sautéed onions? I layer the muffin tin with the chard, then put in the onion, followed with the egg and cheese. I use one egg in each cup. I never thought of adding sausage. That will definitely put these over the top. I forgot to say that I lightly sautéed the Swiss Chard before using it to line the cups with it. Now, I am going to try your recipe. Sounds yummy.
Do you know the nutrition information on these?
Great recipe. I just have to point out that you said someone is allergic to animals but is ok with chickens. Are chickens not animals?
I said he is allergic to most animals, but not chickens. Chickens are animals:)
These look delicious! I’m on Weight Watchers and would like to know the nutritional value. Calories, Sat. Fat, Sugar, Protein. Thank you!j
That looks so yummy! Lol
I am trying to eat in a healthy way so I enjoyed your recipe for egg muffins!
I love these recipes
What kind of chickens are they?
How many eggs would I use if I didn’t want to use egg whites?
Can these egg muffins be frozen, defrosted, and placed in the microwave?
Hello. Do you happen to know the nutritional information in 1 muffin?
I love the recipe. Thanks for your sharing!
I use freeze dried meats and vegetables very often. I am disabled and cannot get out in bad weather, so this is a great way for me to always have healthy food available. I use freeze dried sausage crumbles, freeze dried red and green peppers, freeze dried onions and spinach in this recipe. It works really well and I can do this year round. I plan to try this with my freeze dried egg powder.
This is a perfect recipe for an quick and easy breakfast.
I made them last week and they were so good! Would a serving be one muffin or two muffins?
Every time I try and reheat egg muffins they turn out tough. Please give me a tip for reheating. I have to aci g guest stopping by soon and would love to be able to have these ready to get them in the road quickly.
Sounds yummy. But what do you do with the 5 yolks?
Chef Alton Brown’s Overnight Cinnamon Rolls (completely awesome) recipe on Food Network calls for 4 large egg yolks. I found this recipe as I was searching to utilize the remaining whites (LOL).
Hi Maria and Josh, I love your site, and pin from here regularly. I just wanted to let you know that pinterest deleted my pin from this page, notifying me that they had received a copyright complaint. The ‘offending’ photo was the 2nd from top on this page. Kind regards, Ann
Weird, I just pinned it and it worked for me. We will watch it. Thanks for letting us know. Thanks for pinning our recipes!
I know, right? I’ll leave for it for a few weeks, and repin it again. It would be just my luck I’d get banned for repeatedly breaching copyright. I’m finding that it is happening all over the web, even from a well known and highly respected home decor blogger. It must be something about all the best sites 🙂
Definitely a pinterest glitch. Kind regards, Ann Johnson.
I am looking into it! Thanks again!
I made these this morning using paper muffins cups. They were delicious but they stuck to the paper cup. I made them meatless so could that be the reason they stuck? Any suggestions?
Absolutely LOVED the egg white and spinach muffins! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe.
You are welcome! Glad you liked them!
Just made these delicious egg muffins and ate 3 already! I used kale and 4 small vegetarian sausages with the cheese; added a sprinkle of cajun spice and no extra salt. I used a silicone muffin pan and had no trouble with removal after a few minutes of cooling. Great recipe, thank you!
Nice photo, and I like the idea, but just received a notice that you requested the pin for this to be removed from Pinterest. What’s up with that?
I just realized the comments go from oldest/youngest, so I now see that it’s an ongoing issue.
It is a mistake with Pinterest. I reported the problem. Please keep pinning our recipes, we really appreciate it!
I saved this to my Pinterest board some time back and was surprised today to receive an email from Pinterest advising that they had removed my pin because you did not want your content being saved to Pinterest. Why are Pinterest buttons included on the page if you don’t want your content to be saved on Pinterest?
It is a mistake with Pinterest. I reported the problem. Please keep pinning our recipes, we really appreciate it!
I wish you would print the calories and nutritional information in your recipes
These taste really good but not matter what I do the middle decflates. How do you keep this from happening ?
Do you have the nutritional value to this ?
Hi, I recently purchased a muffin pan that is microwavable and would love to try this recipe out using my new pan. Do you know how I might change the cooking time to prepare these in a microwave instead? Thanks.
Quick, easy and versatile. Just what I needed. I make these with frozen stir fry veggies, mozz chz, turkey bacon and of course eggs. I amde enough for the week. I can grab and go with no thought of what to eat for breakfast.
Please let me know asap how many whole eggs to substitute for egg whites
Tks
1 egg for 2 egg whites
Very good no problem with sticking. Just spray and no paper linings. But they always deflate. Why? Lol look greasy when I first take them out.
Well it was a yummy success
Not only were these absolutely delicious but they looked amazing as well. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. I will definitely be making these again.
Is there a reason you cannot use seven complete eggs?
I mean, is it possible to do and still work??
Never mind, I see now, 1 egg for 2 egg whites