Savory meat and spinach muffins are easy to make and a healthy grab-and-go breakfast or snack.
Of all the things I’ve given up, I miss cheese the most.
Though, in fairness, I haven’t completely given up cheese.
Just tried to cut back on my consumption of it.
Way back.
And that’s exactly what I thought about when I first bit into these Meat and Spinach Muffins.
Cheese. It needs cheese.
But that kind of defeats the purpose.
So be strong and power through with me.
Don’t add cheese.
I have been using the Well Fed cookbooks a lot over the past few months, and have made a number of new, successful recipes. Thie recipe comes from the first edition.
With blogs, blogs, blogs still continuing to be the rage, I can’t tell you how nice it is to go old-school and cook out of a cookbook.
These muffins kind of remind me a bit of our beloved Spinach Cheese Squares.
Mostly because ALL THE SPINACH.
But this is a far healthier version.
Mostly because NO CHEESE.
With 48 (!!) ounces of spinach, coupled with eggs and ground beef, this makes for a healthy and filling … Snack. Quick Breakfast Item. Fill in the blank.
I liked them even more on the second day.
(just pop the cooked and cooled spinach cups into a sealed container or Ziploc bag and take them out and toast them as you want them)
Which meant they were the perfect grab-and-go breakfast item for me on busy weekdays. I popped two into my tote to eat for breakfast when I got to the office. Toasted until warm through in the toaster oven and I dipped each bite into mustard.
Delicious. Healthy. So good for you.
Make ‘em!
PS And if you love cheese as much as I do and want to add it to this recipe, they would taste fabulous with a bit of feta thrown in, which I feel is a happy medium. Cheese, but not super bad for you. Win/win.
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