Saturday, January 14, 2012

Egg Cups


Baked Egg Cups

  • 12 Eggs
  • 12 thin slices of deli ham (round)
  • 1/2 Cup of your favorite cheese (I used shredded Parmesan)
  • 1/2 Cup diced green onion or chives (or leave them off)
  • Fresh salt and pepper


  1. Preheat the oven to 400.  Spray a muffin tin with cooking spray.  Lay a piece of ham in each hole creating a little ham cup.  Crack one egg into each hole and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
  2. Bake the eggs for about 12 minutes…until the white is firm and the yolk is still nice and runny.
  3. Carefully remove each egg from the muffin tin and top with grated cheese and green onions/chives (or leave them off)

Enjoy!  We did!  
And the best part?  Each of the egg cups are only about 100 calories and 17 grams of protein!

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Baklava Bars


INGREDIENTS
Cookie Base

  • 1 pouch (1 lb 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker® sugar cookie mix
  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon peel
  • 1 egg


Filling

  • 1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts
  • 1/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 8 frozen mini fillo shells (from 2.1-oz package)


Glaze

  • 1/3 cup honey
  • 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
  • 1 tablespoon packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla


Garnish

  • 5 tablespoons honey


DIRECTIONS

  1. Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom only of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray.
  2. In large bowl, stir cookie base ingredients until soft dough forms. Press dough in bottom of pan. Bake 15 minutes.
  3. Meanwhile, in medium bowl, stir walnuts, granulated sugar, 1/4 cup butter, 1 teaspoon cinnamon and the salt with fork until mixture is well mixed and crumbly.