Mushroom Leek Egg Muffins

I think it’s high time I gave you a Pacific Northwest weather update, because we’re all a bit confused and discombobulated up in this little corner of the world.  Where did Summer go and what’s with this rather small, fresh-feeling number on the thermometer all of a sudden?  Summer fled overnight like the von Trapp family escaping Austria.  Fall roared in like a gay pride parade – loud, proud and in a blaze of glorious color.  Poof!  In a flash, Summer was out and Fall was in; and with it came the rain.  I didn’t realize quite how much I had missed aqua-planing down the I-90.  Driving home has been quite a rush most nights this week.

Seattle feels like we’ve had a long, cold shower – refreshing, cleansing, rehydrating.  I’ve put my thoroughly over-worked hose and lawn-sprinklers to bed for the winter, dug out my foot-duvets from the depths of my closet, and flipped the switch on the thermostat.  I’m settling in for a good few months of dark mornings, gusty winds, my beloved LL Bean thermal jacket, and steaming bowls of soup.  I’m up for it.

While Mother Nature was pulling a fast switcheroo on us, I’ve been trying to figure out what you need most in the keto recipe department.

So last weekend, I headed into the kitchen and made a big old mess; several times I’ll have you know.  My dish-washer can vouch for me.  So can Cindy.  Cindy showed up on Sunday to haul away two chairs that we both decided would be a better match for her house than mine.  She made the mistake of plonking herself down at my kitchen table, and then saying, “No”, when I asked her if she’d had lunch.  She unwittingly became an Official Taste Tester as I rolled out one dish after another for her to stab a fork or spoon into.

I am relieved to report that Cindy said she’s coming over every weekend now.  I took that as a sign that she enjoyed the grub.  Either that or she thinks I need cooking lessons.  The rate at which she slurped the Leek and Cauliflower down, I think it was the former.

Aside from soup, which is always a great portable lunch option, I came up with something that has been rocking my world all week long – Leek and Mushroom Leek Egg Muffins.  Portable breakfast, portable lunch, portable snack.  Oh so keto, oh so tasty.  These darling little pillows of keto deliciousness have merrily saved my a** most every day this week.  If you ever come over to my house you will always find a stash in my ‘fridge now.

You will need to invest in some of these, if you don’t already have some.  Or these would be cool too – more like quiche squares – more manly, more lunchy.  You will use them a million times, I am certain; because these quiche cups are just a perfect piece of keto for any time of day.   My silicone cups are already coming up for a Service Award, and I’ve only had them 10 days.

In the morning, as you dash out the door, grab 3 or 4 of these and a bowl of keto soup and you’ll be set with one scrumptiously keto lunch to get you through the grizzliest of afternoons.  Add a little cup of this and you’ll be so happy you’ll wonder how – or why – you ever forced one of those sandwich things down your gullet at lunchtime before.