Egg and corn bread cups

Serve these cups as a snack on a day when more meat alternatives are required.
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An egg and cornbread baked cup on a plate with a fork next to it
V Vegetarian NF Nut free FS Fish and shellfish free Breakfast Snack
Ingredients
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Recipe adapted with permission from Cooking for kids with food allergy, Department of Nutrition and Food Service, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne.

Method
  1. Preheat oven to 200°C.
  2. Spread bread thinly with margarine and press slices into a muffin tin, spread-side down.
  3. In a large bowl, lightly whisk eggs and milk, then stir in corn and grated cheese. Spoon mixture into bread cups. Bake for 20 minutes until egg has set.


Recipe tip

  • For a variation see Egg and baked bean bread cups at www.heas.health.vic.gov.au
  • Serve as a snack on days where more foods from the meat/alternatives and milk/alternatives food group are required.
  • Corn and cheese can be replaced with spinach and feta for flavour variation.

Each serve provides

Food group Children’s serves
Meat/alternatives (egg) 1 children’s serve
Milk/alternatives (milk and cheese) 1 children’s serve
The nutritional information provided is based on the exact ingredients and method as shown. Any variation/s to the ingredients or method may alter the nutritional outcome.

Allergy information

This recipe does not account for potential contamination that may occur through manufacturing and processing. Ingredients in this recipe may still have precautionary allergen food labelling (e.g. “may contain traces of”).

When preparing this recipe, it is important to:

  • double-check the label of ingredients every time you make it
  • prevent any contamination during preparation, cooking and serving.

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