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Vegetable Egg & Toast Cups Recipe
Feb 19, 2016 by Dara 9 Comments
Whip up these vegetable-filled egg and toast cups for a fun and easy brunch this weekend. This vegetarian recipe can be turned to a meat lover’s with a sprinkle of bacon or sausage.
My 11-year old (T) is the king of eggs. And I don’t just mean that he likes to eat eggs; he can also cook them almost any way you can think of. T can scramble, coddle, soft boil, poach, fry and omelet (yep, I’m making that a verb) better than any kid I know. There’s one thing he hasn’t learned to do yet and that’s baking eggs. It’s high time we added that to his repertoire!
While T may choose to start with eggs baked in a ramekin or a baked egg casserole, I’m guessing…
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