The Egg McMuffin Makeover

While your may not be cheaper or technically heathier, you should feel good knowing that you made it yourself without the use of preservatives or artificial ingredients. I use organic ingredients to make mine, so even if it's a little more expensive and a little more work to make it myself, I know I'm getting the best quality. Maybe cut out the meat to save a little sodium and cost? I don't find that I need meat on mine, tastes just as good without. Also, I use white cheddar, it tastes soo much better and doesn't have the artificial bad things that make cheese orange. A really good cheese would bump up the taste if you don't use meat.

Cristina W.

I make breakfast sandwiches almost every morning. One of my favorites to make uses:

1 100 calorie Arnold Sandwich Thin
3 Egg Whites
2 Tablespoons Whipped Chive Cream Cheese
Sliced Onion

Crack eggs and separate whites into a microwave safe bowl. Toast the sandwich thin in a toaster. Put bowl of eggs in the microwave for 1 min. 30 seconds. When bread is done, spread a tablespoon of cream cheese on each side. When eggs are finished, put on one side of the bread. Add sliced onion, 1 tablespoon of salsa or hot sauce. Assemble sandwich and enjoy!

Michelle

Tried making you own english muffins? Not nearly as difficult as one would think 136mg sodium in the recipe I use http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/English-Muffins/Detail.aspx Switch the white flour for whole wheat and you got yourself a pretty good substitute

kim

I use these-

http://www.thomasenglishmuffins.com/Our-Products/English-Mu…

2 "fried" egg whites with a handful of chopped spinach (and sliced tomato if I have any)

1 thin slice Tillamook cheddar

1 slice Jones Canadian Bacon

Nicole

have you tried the Power Sandwich at Panera? all natural ingredients...sounds delicious - I would eat without the bread, since i don't do carbs, and this would eliminate 150 cals & 280 mg sodium

Kim Dunham

My version of an egg mcmuffin is a homemade breakfast burrito. While it doesn't save any calories, it is by far the most delicious and filling breakfast I make.

1 Eggland's Best egg (yes, the brand matters)

1/2 oz sliced havarti cheese

1 slice reduced sodium bacon

1 whole wheat tortilla (Mission Healthy Heart - soft taco size)

hot sauce to taste

I cook the egg as if it were an omelette and fold the cheese and crumble the bacon in the middle.

This version is about 300 calories depending on the tortilla and bacon that is used.

Snack Girl - have you ever reviewed Eggland's Best eggs? I know they are much pricier, but they are by far the best eggs I've ever eaten. When I cook them for family and friends, I often get asked what kind of eggs they are because it is a noticeable difference. Highly recommended!

Carrie

I absolutely love the Panera Power Sandwich. The whole grain bread, white cheddar cheese, fresh egg and smoked ham have so much flavor! I just looked up the stats:

Calories = 330
Cal from Fat = 120
Fat = 14
Sodium = 830
Protein = 22

In comparing it to the McDOnald's McMuffin, I'm shocked to find that the McMuffin is lower in all those categories (except protein @ 18). I had justified the time spent parking & walking into Panera with the fact that the sandwich seemed healthier, but I think I'll stick with the drive thru when I can't eat breakfast at home.

Dena

Unfortunately I woke up late this morning and hit Mcdonald's drive thru on the way to work. I got the value meal, sausage egg & cheese w/ hash brown and some oj.... even worse with the sausage I'm sure! A bit disappointed with myself, but I'll try and make it up the rest of the day! Anyway, when I make my own, I use Thomas' whole wheat english muffin, 2 scrambled eggs in the microwave and a slice of cheese... touch of ketchup to make it not as dry... I'm always really full off of it, so I could probably reduce it to one egg.. and get better quality cheese (I use the pre-packaged individual slices) sometimes.

Brent

Here's my version. To cut down on calories I use only one side of the bread for each sandwich. There are 4 of us, so it works out. I bake egg whites in a muffin tin. In each cup I put a 1/4 of egg whites, half a laughing cow wedge, some spinach a little slice of mushroom and a 1/4 slice of turkey bacon. I do not add salt, but do sprinkle a little pepper and paprika. Bake for 20 mins in a 400 degree oven. I refrigerate them for about a week. Heat them up in the toaster oven.

Claudia

Instead of english muffins, have you considered using Western alternative bagels? I think they have a less dry texture and hold up well in this type of sandwich. I like to use turkey bacon and egg whites and add some baby spinach in my sandwiches. And Trader Joe's has a great hot and sweet mustard that goes well with this.

Sue

I use morning star sausage for mine...I usually don't like the "fake meat" stuff..but those patties are awesome!

Gail

Thanks for your egg muffin makeover and ...

Wow, I'm reading everyone's recipes in the comments section and they are awesome! So many things to try. Thanks to everyone posting comments with other suggestions!! So many things that I wanna try! :)

Kristin

Starbucks does not use a microwave to heat up their sandwiches...they use a very powerful convection oven that is set to the exact amount of time it takes for each of their sandwiches or wraps. Also all of the sandwiches are taken out of the freezer the night before and refrigerated so that they defrost. So maybe you could take yours out of the freezer the night before and put them in the oven or toaster oven instead in the morning?? worth a try :)

michelle

My recipe is very similar to the others who use the Thomas whole wheat English Muffins, the only difference being I use Cholula as my hot sauce which I mix with the eggs when I make it. I also use canadian bacon. I guess I don't really look at the sodium/calories as much as I am assured that I am using quality ingredients with no preservatives, etc.

Melinda

Here's mine:

-Put a little bit of butter in an oven proof custard cup, add one egg per cup and sprinkle on some shredded Mexican cheese, stir w/ fork

-Bake at 350F until egg puffs

-Serve on a Trader Joe's British muffin or crumpet

-You can serve with a breakfast meat of choice

(make day of though, I don't suggest saving it for later...)

Leah

I've made plenty of premade breakfast sandwhiches and froze them and never had a problem with the eggs being rubbery. I read online that if you use salt in the egg before freezing it it can make the egg rubbery. So what I do is use a tad bit of butter on my biscuit or english muffin and put a bit of salt on the butter, then put thin slices as cheese to act as a barrier for the salt and glue to keep the sandwhich together once you reheat. My boyfriend loved when I made up a ton of these so all he had to do was grab them out of the freezer and pop them in the microwave when he got hungry at work.

amanda

You can keep things from getting rubbery while re-heating in the microwave by using 50% power. It takes a little longer to heat up but it doesn't get hard or rubbery.

Julie

My morning breakfast sandwich consists of...

1/4 cup Egg Beater or whites only egg substitute

pinch of shredded cheese
seasoned to taste
with
1 piece of turkey bacon

and light onions and chives cream cheese spread

on a Thomas Everything Bagelthin

I never considered premaking these! I always just try to beat the clock in the mornings. I'm definitely going to try doing these the night before this week. Thank you!

Amy

Cutting out the yolk is where I save the most calories. I make two egg whites (32 cal) for half the calories in one whole egg. I cook them in a Nordicware microwave egg poacher for one minute. I top them with a slice of deli thin smoked ham (20 cal), and half a slice of 2% american cheese (23 cal) and put it in a 100 calorie thomas english muffin. The whole thing is about 175 calories and the longest part is toasting the muffin.

Beulah