Sunday Sunshine Baked Eggs in Mushrooms

1. Make sure the mushrooms you get are not cracked, otherwise the eggs and sauce will leak out while cooking. Also, mushrooms with caps that are shaped like bowls with edges turned inwards are better for holding the egg in.

2. I usually use pasta sauce to make this because I often have a jar in my fridge. You could also use pizza sauce (which I have done before and I really like it), or tomato ketchup (which I have not yet tried). To make a quick pasta/pizza sauce, combine 2 1/2 tbsp of tomato paste with 1/2 tbsp water, and a pinch of each of the following: garlic powder, onion powder, dried oregano, sugar, salt and pepper. Mix, then use per the recipe.

3. Cooking times for baked eggs can really vary between ovens. Usually it takes 15 minutes in my oven, but using other people's ovens it has taken up to 25 minutes. So make sure you check it at 15 minutes then every couple of minutes after that. I find that baked eggs go from under to overcooked very quickly. And remember the eggs will continue to cook after you take them out of the oven so I recommend taking them out while the whites are still a wee bit wobbly. Then it will set by the time you get it to the table, sit down and get stuck into it.

4. Nutrition per serving.