Mini Egg Pizzas

We get so disappointed looking around the internet for Paleo + Pizza as a search term. Inevitably we come across many (delicious looking) Primal recipes which include cheese. Since we are a dairy-free family, this hasn’t done us much good. Pizza was one of our favorite, FAVORITE foods before – so we decided these little egg cups would be the perfect vessel for all the wonderful flavors we missed. As per our usual, we each “made our own” with our favorite toppings and the results were amazing.

These mini egg pizzas, or egg pizza cups, or pizza muffins or mini pizza frittatas or whatever you wanna call these grain-free and dairy-free egg muffins with pizza flavorings are really good. The batch made 20 egg muffins for us (a family of 5) and we had ONE left for next week after eating them as part of a Sunday brunch. Finian had 7 before we cut him off and declared the single remaining pizza Cole’s for lunch tomorrow. This is a perfect make-ahead food for breakfast, lunch or snacks – but good luck keeping them around long enough to last a week, or even a day!

Mini Egg Pizzas
Grain-Free, Gluten-Free, Corn-Free, Soy-Free, Sugar-Free, Tree-nut Free, Peanut-Free (contains eggs)

Ingredients

  • 1 Tbsp lard or olive oil
  • 1 small red onion, diced
  • 1 Tbsp tomato paste
  • 2 C tomatoes, diced (or one 14 oz. can, strained)
  • 1 C pepperoni, diced
  • 10 eggs
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • 1 tsp dried basil
  • ¼ tsp black pepper
  • 1 C black olives, chopped (optional)
  • 1 C mushrooms, chopped (optional)

Instructions

  1. Heat lard or olive oil over medium heat
  2. Saute onions until almost softened, about 5 minutes
  3. Add tomato paste, cook and stir for one minute until well incorporated with onions
  4. Add tomatoes, cook 2 minutes stirring frequently
  5. Add pepperoni, cook together for 4 minutes, stirring frequently
  6. Crack and beat eggs until fluffy and bubbly
  7. Add oregano, basil, salt and pepper to eggs and mix
  8. Grease muffin tin cups (eggs will stick) or use a silicon pan or liners
  9. Spoon 1 Tbsp of tomato mixture plus any other additions into each muffin cup
  10. Pour egg mixture into muffin cups until they are ¾ full (eggs do fluff up in oven)
  11. Bake at 325 degrees for 25-30 minutes, or until tops become golden brown. We prefer our slightly underdone if we’re saving them for the week so that when reheated the eggs do not become overcooked.

Makes 16-24 pizzas, depending on how much you fill the cups with toppings. We filled our muffin cups about 50% with toppings and 50% with eggs and had 20 egg cups.

*Steps with the heart symbol (♥) indicate steps perfect for the sous chef in your kitchen with little hands!

We served these with gluten-free, dairy-free, soy-free, and corn-free donuts from Sweet Freedom, which the lovely Cave Girl Eats picked-up for the boys while I attended the Philadelphia Balanced Bites seminar. It was nice to finally meet Diane, who’s frackin’ ripped and smart as a whip – in case you are wondering. And of course, it’s always lovely to spend some quality time with Liz (and Cave Husband).

Please do be ignoring how exhausted I look after an all day brain growth session; in my defense, I did wake up at 4:30 in the morning to drive up and attend – and thanks to my buddy Hillary for letting me melt down in the car on the way home!


About Stacy

Stacy Toth has written 308 post in this blog.

Stacy is the matriarch of the Paleo Parents family. After beginning a paleo diet and founding PaleoParents.com in 2010, she lost 135 pounds and found health and happiness for the whole family. The following three years have been a progressive journey with a mission to educate people about nourishing their bodies by eating real foods. Stacy can be found on all forms of social media as @PaleoParents as well as the top-rated The Paleo View Podcast and her two cookbooks, Eat Like a Dinosaur and Beyond Bacon.

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  • Zach Johnson

    These look great!  I’ve been searching for something similar…my kids are getting burnt out on our regular old egg muffins! 

    • http://PaleoParents.com Stacy & Matt

      Zach, they were perfect for our kids – hope yours love them too!

  • http://twitter.com/balancedbites Diane Sanfilippo

    Thanks so much for making the trip to the seminar! It’s a long day for sure and you were a trooper! It was awesome to hang a bit after and get some good food in our bellies. That meat plate you had looked so yummy… and my marrow and octopus were meals to remember for sure. Keep up the awesome work here on the blog- you’re helping so many families get healthy :)

  • http://twitter.com/balancedbites Diane Sanfilippo

    Thanks so much for making the trip to the seminar! It’s a long day for sure and you were a trooper! It was awesome to hang a bit after and get some good food in our bellies. That meat plate you had looked so yummy… and my marrow and octopus were meals to remember for sure. Keep up the awesome work here on the blog- you’re helping so many families get healthy :)

    • http://PaleoParents.com Stacy & Matt

      My meat plate was nothing next to your octopus and marrow, but yummy indeed!  Thanks for the knowledge and push to get us healthy… just gotta keep spreading the real food word!

  • Jjmom04

    Done the morning muffins, but I’m so gonna try these for lunches!  The kids aren’t big on eggs, but they are healthy and cheap, I’d like to use more!  As for other pizzas, you can make a meatza, just load it up with veggies and pepperoni.  You’ll never even miss the cheese.

    • http://PaleoParents.com Stacy & Matt

      I hope they were yummy for you, I’m already thinking about making another batch.  SO good!

  • Shirley @ gfe

    You’ve posted your pizza muffins and I’ve posted mine. I was bummed to find out that Daiya cheese is not grain free though. Next time I’ll do something “in the middle” between my creation and yours because I do like the addition of the almond flour and a small bit of coconut flour. But as you’ve proven, you don’t need any flour–grain free or not–to get that pizza satisfaction. Previously, I’ve used tomato sauce (or pizza sauce) and pepperoni added to an omelet to get my fix. :-)

    You look great, Stacy! How wonderful to get away for such a great time with buddies! Logistically speaking, the Star Trek “beaming” capability would be such a help. I suspect we’d abuse it though. ;-)

    Shirley 

  • Shirley @ gfe

    You’ve posted your pizza muffins and I’ve posted mine. I was bummed to find out that Daiya cheese is not grain free though. Next time I’ll do something “in the middle” between my creation and yours because I do like the addition of the almond flour and a small bit of coconut flour. But as you’ve proven, you don’t need any flour–grain free or not–to get that pizza satisfaction. Previously, I’ve used tomato sauce (or pizza sauce) and pepperoni added to an omelet to get my fix. :-)

    You look great, Stacy! How wonderful to get away for such a great time with buddies! Logistically speaking, the Star Trek “beaming” capability would be such a help. I suspect we’d abuse it though. ;-)

    Shirley 

    • http://PaleoParents.com Stacy & Matt

      Shirley, if you hear from Scotty about having perfected beaming please do let me know – I’ve got lots of friends in far away places I’d love to give some hugs ;)   Until then, every time I look at that picture I’m going to wish I’d had a nap and a shower before going out to dinner!

      Yea, I’ve just gotten to a place where I don’t like buying “replacement” food.  I think for a lot of people that Daiya cheese could be great (especially kids who are feeling frustrated by what they “can’t” have otherwise).  But, if I’m going to have cheese I’d rather have a good quality Parmesan instead.  To each their own though, it’s all about figuring out what works for each person :)

      Your pizzas looked adorable, I’m off to check out your post!

  • http://twitter.com/CaveGirlEats Liz

    Always good to see you, and dinner was noms! You’re beautiful :)

    • http://PaleoParents.com Stacy & Matt

      Ditto!

  • Natalie

    Oh wow.  Totally making these.  YUUMMMM!

    • http://PaleoParents.com Stacy & Matt

      Thanks! Let us know how they turn out :)

  • Ian Dominguez

    Stacy, as usual, 

    • http://PaleoParents.com Stacy & Matt

      Thanks Ian, we’ve got to get together again soon. I gotta get you a batch of Lactation Cookies when baby arrives, too!

  • Chauca73

    Exhausted?  You look fantastic!

    • http://PaleoParents.com Stacy & Matt

      Aww, thank you.  Regardless, it was a lovely dinner with some awesome ladies!

  • Hillary

    it was my pleasure :)

    • http://PaleoParents.com Stacy & Matt

      I had such a great time hanging with you Hill, looking forward to more time together this fall!

  • Courtney

    Thank you for another breakfast idea.  Egg and pizza!  Who doesn’t like that?!

    • http://PaleoParents.com Stacy & Matt

      Exactly!

  • http://www.therealfoodmama.com Joanne – The Real Food Mama

    This looks sooo Nom Nom!! Can’t wait to try it!! 

    • http://PaleoParents.com Stacy & Matt

      They are! I hope you do try and enjoy!

  • Camille Dean

    I think I will have to try these for my kids.  My oldest never knows what to eat in the mornings :D

    • http://PaleoParents.com Stacy & Matt

      It really helps out to have egg cups like this. When we’re out, it’s always a bit of a scramble to get stuff made!

  • Sara R

    Thank you! We have been gluten and dairy-free and trying to make the switch to grain-free along with a 20 month old daughter who is also allergic to tomatoes and pork. I will have to still modify this recipe and make a pesto-pizza version with turkey pepperoni, but the cups are a great idea I hadn’t thought of!! Brilliant!

    • http://PaleoParents.com Stacy & Matt

      Oh Sara, tomatoes and pork – that’s way worse than gluten and dairy (IMO)!  Hopefully as she gets older she becomes more tolerant – especially if you get all grains out her poor immune system might be able to fight it a bit more.  Best of luck!

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  • http://www.eriekingdom.wordpress.com Cece

    These look delish.  Exactly what I have been looking for for school lunches. Thanks!  I am going to try them tomorrow.

    • http://PaleoParents.com Stacy & Matt

      Great! Let us know how they turn out. They’re one of our favorite creations.

  • http://www.eriekingdom.wordpress.com Cece

    Yummo!  We made these today for lunch!  Check my blog for our pics!  I even (almost, okay he was 3 minutes late for school!) had time to make them after we got home for lunch.  I could have sworn I already commented today that we made them, but I can’t seem to see it?  Anyhoo, we went lazy and just filled the cups with goodies and dumped whisked egg (with spices) and cheese on top.  We used diced garden tomato instead of paste.  Mmm, I wish we hadn’t eaten all 12!

    • http://PaleoParents.com Stacy & Matt

      We ended up making 20 that first day and ate them all by the end of breakfast. It’s hard to stop gobbling them up! Thanks for trying the recipe (really, the cooking is for the onions, softening the tomato paste, and bringing the pepperonis to temperature. No reason why your method wouldn’t work for everyone).

  • Vicki

    Is there a brand of pepperoni that is acceptable?

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  • sassyserendipity

    Thank you! I am hunting hard for something to mix up  breakfast and this fits the bill! Cannot wait to make and blog these next week!

    • http://PaleoParents.com Stacy & Matt

       Awesome! Hope they turn out great. We often make a large batch of these at the beginning of the week to make breakfasts simple.

  • Jill

    Just made these!  I had to try one hot out of the oven and they are delicious!  Thanks for the recipe!

    • http://PaleoParents.com Stacy & Matt

       Glad you enjoyed them!

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  • TLSF

    These were a hit with my family! Thanks so much for the idea. My kids have typically not gone in for a frittata, but they loved these individualized little “egg pie”, as my 7 year old described them. Thanks for the recipe!!

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  • Megan

    If I make a big batch, how can I store them so that they don’t go bad? And how long will they stay good for?

    • http://PaleoParents.com Stacy & Matt

      I would use a freezer bag and then let them thaw in the fridge before cooking. Ours never last more than a couple days, but probably about a week – and frozen much longer.

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  • Kendra Kulans

    if i wanted to put this in a casserole dish instead, do you think it would fill a 9×13?

  • http://www.facebook.com/GowestGirl Lisa Kuchta VanderWal

    You look great…you are an inspiration. And awesome author and cook and mother!

    • http://PaleoParents.com Stacy & Matt

      thanks!

  • http://www.facebook.com/GowestGirl Lisa Kuchta VanderWal

    It looks like cheese in yours?

    • http://PaleoParents.com Stacy & Matt

      No cheese, just has that lovely color from the tomatoes and pepperoni in the eggs :)

      • http://www.facebook.com/GowestGirl Lisa Kuchta VanderWal

        Ah okay. I was thinking, I bet they are good eggs. I was thinking of using some marinara sauce, peppers, and defrosted spinach but omitting the diced tomatoe too.

        • http://PaleoParents.com Stacy & Matt

          Sounds good to me!

  • Paleorrific

    Awesome recipe! We changed it up a bit…but even our pickiest eater gobbled it up! Thank you so much for sharing this with everyone, God Bless You!!!