Behold the muffata. Muffin + frittata obvi.

Come January 3rd, my box is doing a paleo challenge for 28 days. I was excited about this until reading the rules and realizing things like honey, almond milk (unless it’s homemade) and coffee are going to make me lose points. Why is it that 8 ounces of water can be one heck of a bitch to get down but 8 ounces of coffee is gone in the time you blink. I’ve never measured the amount of coffee I drink in a day, but I can assure you it is more than 8 ounces. Probably 4 times over. It’s not even the caffeine, it’s the whole morning ritual of it.

And no, I don’t want to switch to tea or something lame like that. Coffee = mornings and tea = nights around here. Don’t even try to convince me otherwise.

paleo frittata muffins with bacon and spinach

So, I started experimenting. Because I know the coffee thing is going to be a –1 every day, I need to tighten up in other areas and that little piece of Ezekiel bread that makes it’s way into my breakfast every so often is one of the first things I thought of. Low hanging fruit if you will.

What I came up with is the best of both worlds. A psuedo grain muffin with eggs and bacon. Your brain thinks it’s eating bread but in reality it’s all protein & veg. They’re even a bit reminiscent of the sous vide egg bites on the Starbucks breakfast menu. I’ll be leaning hard into recipes eggs these next 30 days.

Thank goodness for recipes like this spinach frittata, bacon egg cups and my favorite any-time meal — this kale feta egg bake.

Bring it, paleo challenge.

Ok not really. I’m still not ready to part with honey and chocolate.