Un-Chained Recipe Contest - Healthy Egg Muffin Breakfast Sandwich

Un-Chained Recipe Contest - Healthy Egg Muffin Breakfast Sandwich

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 1
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 220.0
  • Total Fat: 4.0 g
  • Cholesterol: 25.0 mg
  • Sodium: 950.0 mg
  • Total Carbs: 29.0 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 5.0 g
  • Protein: 19.0 g

View full nutritional breakdown of Un-Chained Recipe Contest - Healthy Egg Muffin Breakfast Sandwich calories by ingredient


Introduction

I eat breakfast on the run almost every day, and McDonald's Egg McMuffin value meal was a common breakfast choice. Then I discovered I could make my own sandwich at home in the time it would take me to go through the drive-thru, and I could make it much healthier (and I think tastier, too!). I have even made this sandwich at work to eat at my desk by just cooking the egg and warming the ham in the microwave. I pair it with a serving of fruit, and my day is off to a great start! I eat breakfast on the run almost every day, and McDonald's Egg McMuffin value meal was a common breakfast choice. Then I discovered I could make my own sandwich at home in the time it would take me to go through the drive-thru, and I could make it much healthier (and I think tastier, too!). I have even made this sandwich at work to eat at my desk by just cooking the egg and warming the ham in the microwave. I pair it with a serving of fruit, and my day is off to a great start!
Number of Servings: 1

Ingredients

    1 Thomas Double Fiber Honey Wheat English Muffin
    1/4 cup egg substitute
    1 slice 97% fat free honey ham
    1 slice Kraft 2% American Cheese Single

Directions

Place English muffin in the toaster. Warm the slice of ham in a small skillet. Remove ham from pan and cook egg substitute on low heat, stirring lightly to scramble it. Place ham and egg on the bottom half of the toasted English muffin, top with slice of cheese and then the muffin top. Enjoy!

Number of Servings: 1

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user CASE4GRACE.

Member Ratings For This Recipe


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    Good
    4 of 4 people found this review helpful
    Definitely too much sodium for my liking, and as someone else said it even has more sodium than the original! One way to counteract that is to use egg whites rather than egg substitute, which is what I do when I make breakfast sandwiches at home. Not bad though! Yum! - 11/4/09

    Reply from CASE4GRACE (11/4/09)
    Using egg whites instead of egg substitute hadn't even crossed my mind, but I like it! Thank you for the suggestion!



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    Incredible!
    4 of 4 people found this review helpful
    I've been making this same exact thing every day this week for breakfast except I used turkey bacon instead of ham. I made up my bacon and eggs ahead of time and just toast my muffin and warm the eggs/bacon in microwave. Yummy! - 11/4/09


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    4 of 5 people found this review helpful
    Sounds like a great easy breakfast that I could make quickly in the mornings. The sodium content is higher than the original McDonald's version, for those concerned about sodium, but the rest of nutrients are much better. I will be trying this after I get to the store for ingredients. - 11/3/09

    Reply from CASE4GRACE (11/4/09)
    Thanks for the tip about sodium. I normally don't watch my sodium intake, but I think this could be further modified to reduce the sodium. I'm going to get to work on that!



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    Incredible!
    3 of 3 people found this review helpful
    This sounds like the perfect answer to on the run people. I love McDonald's Egg McMuffins. - 11/4/09


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    Incredible!
    3 of 3 people found this review helpful
    I do this except I use canadian bacon, I will try it this way with the egg substitute, it's better on calories. - 11/4/09