[Liz]

You ran out of chips? So whatcha gonna do w/ all that nifty salsa? Try this.

Egg Bites
The "in" dish, these baked egg bites are an easy version of the ones made popular by Starbucks.

Ingredients 5 small tri-color baby potatoes, thinly sliced ¼ stick butter 10 small eggs 1 small yellow bell pepper, finely chopped 1 small tomato, finely chopped ½ cup fresh spinach or mushrooms ¼ cup chp ham ¼ cup chp white onion 12 mozzarella, pepperjack or cheddar cubes

Directions In sprayed 12-cup muffin tin, place a thin layer of potato slices on bottom. Add a little butter on top. Bake 350 deg 5 minutes.

Mix eggs, bell pepper, tomato, spinach, ham, and onion in a large bowl. Ladle egg mixture over warm potatoes. Top each muffin cup with a cheese cube. Continue baking til eggs are set, about 20 minutes. Serve w/ a side of salsa.

[Liz]

A good DIW tip:

If you’re ever able to afford a Prime Rib Dinner again, here’s my little tip: Ask for an End Cut and just get the ‘Queen’ size. It will be well-done but it will be a HUGE piece of meat, because no one every asks for it.

I’ve done that in the past, and there is always enough left over for Eggs and Prime Rib for Two the next morning. :)

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Brilliant! I make those ‘egg cups’ fairly often around here. Adding Salsa to the mix would be perfect!

I made up a batch of fresh Salsa today. Beau ate about half of it as a snack!

It really is the best of the best - everything but the onion was out of the garden and my only excuse for THAT was that Wisconsin grows a LOT of root crops in the middle of our state where the Glaciers ground the soil to a lovely sandy loam. Carrots, Taters, Onions, etc. ‘Dirt Cheap’ for me, so I don’t bother with them in my garden. OK - I DID grow German Butterball potatoes this season, but just 12 hills in an 8x4 raised bed. Meh. My soil, even in an AMENDED raised bed is still not that SANDY LOAM that taters crave. Enough production for a dozen meals but we won’t make it through the winter on THAT, LOL!

Reminds me of the book, ‘Make The Bread, Buy The Butter.’ To get the most bang for your buck, you need to look at what is available in your area on the cheap and what household foodstuffs are cheaper to make yourself.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Liz! Nice appitizer or picnic food! (I happen to have some chedder and eggs!) Bet some cooked bacon in the center would taste good too!