With egg prices rising across the US, here are some helpful egg-free recipes

Quick Egg-Free Ideas

Smoked Salmon Avocado Toast

• 1 sliced whole grain toast
• ¼ large avocado
• 1 oz smoked salmon
• 3 grape tomatoes, quartered
• Everything but the bagel seasoning
• Optional: lemon

Yogurt Parfait

• 1 cup plain or low sugar yogurt
• 2 tbsp powdered peanut butter
• 1 cup berries or fruit of choice
• Optional : 1 tbsp slivered almonds, nut of choice, or drizzle of nut butter
• Optional 1 tsp chia seeds or flax seed

Turkey & Cheese Snack Plate

• 2 oz sliced turkey deli meat
• 1 string cheese or 1 oz cheese of choice
• 1 apple or pear
• ½ oz nuts of choice

Turkey Sausage Breakfast Bowl with Quinoa and Roasted Vegetables

• 1 cup leftover roasted vegetables
• ½ cup quinoa
• 3 turkey sausage links
• 2 tbsp feta
• Optional: sriracha or hot sauce

Cottage Cheese Topped English muffin

• 1 whole wheat English muffin, or toast or waffle if preferred
• ¼ cup cottage cheese
• ¼ cup sliced fruit of choice
• Drizzle of nut butter
• Sprinkle of cinnamon

Egg-Free Baking

Flaxseed “Egg”

• 1 Tbsp flaxseed meal/ground flaxseed
• 2 1/2 Tbsp water

Add flaxseed meal and water to a dish and stir. Let rest for 5 minutes to thicken. Add to recipes in place of 1 egg (as the original recipe is written). Works well in pancakes, muffins, quick breads, brownies, cookies, etc.

Banana Chocolate Chip Protein Pancakes

• 1 ¾ cups milk of choice
• ½ cup pureed or mashed ripe bananas (about 2 small bananas)
• 2 tablespoons melted coconut oil
• 1 ½ tsp pure vanilla extract
• 2 tbsp ground flax seeds
• 2 tbsp sweetener of choice that measures like sugar (monk fruit, maple syrup, honey, coconut sugar, etc)
• 1 ½ cups whole wheat pastry flour
• ½ cup collagen peptides (for added protein)
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• ½ tbsp baking soda
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp ground nutmeg
• ¼ tsp salt

PB Syrup

• 2 tbsp powdered peanut butter/peanut flour
• 2 tbsp milk of choice or water
• 1 tsp maple syrup

Toppings of choice

• Sliced banana
• Sliced strawberries
• Chocolate chips or cacao nibs
• Unsweetened coconut flakes

Egg-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

• 3/4 cup packed monk fruit brown sugar, for no sugar option (or sub regular brown sugar or coconut sugar)
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tbsp flaxseed meal
• 3 tablespoons milk of choice
• ⅓ cup softened butter, or melted and cooled coconut oil
• 1 cup packed fine blanched almond flour
• 1 cup gluten free oat flour
• ½ tsp baking soda
• ¼ tsp salt
• ½ cup chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a large bowl, beat together the monk fruit brown sugar, vanilla, flaxseed meal, milk, and butter well combined, about 1 minute. Add the dry ingredients-almond flour, oat flour, baking soda and salt. Mix until well combined, then fold in chocolate chips. Make about 2 tablespoon sized balls of dough.. Place cookie dough 2 inches apart on the baking sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Allow cookies to sit on the baking sheet for at least 10 minutes before removing them from the pan.

Morning Glory Muffins

• 2 1/4 cup whole wheat pastry flour
• ¾ cup monk fruit or sweetener that measures like sugar
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• ½ tsp ground ginger
• 2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 3 flax eggs (3 tbsp ground flaxseed meal + 7 tbsp water)
• ½ cup melted coconut oil or avocado oil
• ⅔ cup unsweetened applesauce
• 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 large apple, grated
• 2 medium carrots, grated
• ¼ cup chopped walnuts, pecans, or slivered almonds,
• 2 tablespoon dried cranberries or raisins, diced

Preheat oven to 350°. First make the 3 flax eggs. Combine 3 tablespoon flaxseed meal and 7 tablespoon water, stir, and wait 5-10 minutes for the flaxseed to absorb the water.In a large bowl, stir the dry ingredients- flour, monk fruit or sugar, cinnamon, ginger, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together. Make a well in the middle of the dry ingredients, then add in the wet ingredients into the center of it- oil, applesauce, flax eggs, and vanilla. Stir until just beginning to combine, then add in the grated carrot, apple, chopped nuts and dried fruit. Stir until everything is combined. Line muffin tin with muffin liners, spray them with nonstick spray, then divide the batter evenly. Bake muffins for 18-23 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Transfer muffins to a cooling rack.

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