Weeknight · One mug + a microwave · About 3 minutes

Loaded Mug Scramble

Name: Loaded Mug Scramble
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 2 large eggs; 30 ml milk or water; pinch salt; 30 g shredded cheese; Butter or oil, to grease the mug; Optional stir-ins: diced ham, a handful of spinach, salsa, or chopped tomato

Soft, fluffy scrambled eggs in a mug in about two minutes — with cheese and whatever you've got to stir in. Real protein, no pan to wash, for a quick breakfast-for-dinner on a low-spoons night.

~3 min total 1 mug + a microwave 1 serving

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VegetarianGluten-Free

Servingscale up for a bigger mug or a bowl

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Ingredients

Stir before every burst, and stop while it still looks barely set. Microwave eggs go from soft to rubbery in seconds, so cook in short 30-second bursts, stirring between each, and pull them while they're just-set and a little glossy — they finish in the residual heat. Grease the mug first or they weld on.

Easier, if you like

Cheese and salsa from the fridge door turn plain eggs into a loaded scramble with zero chopping.

Method

Cook's notes

Why the bursts. A microwave heats fast and unevenly — stirring evens it out and keeps the edges from turning to rubber while the middle's still wet.

Grease the mug (butter, oil, or a quick spray), or the eggs stick like glue.

Make it a fuller meal: stir in diced ham or a spoon of beans, pile on salsa, or tip it over toast or into a tortilla.

Big mug, low fill — eggs puff as they cook, and a roomy mug keeps them from climbing out.

Vegetarian and gluten-free; easy dairy-free

Gluten-free: naturally — just check any add-ins.

Dairy-free: use water instead of milk and a dairy-free cheese, or skip the cheese.

Vegan: the eggs are the dish, so this one isn't easily vegan — try the mug mac with vegan cheese instead.