Spinach Breakfast Muffins
You need these in your life. Your kids need these in their lives. I know you’ve been waiting, and I’m sorry it took so long, but here they are! Spinach Breakfast Muffins. I feel like they can be eaten for breakfast for two reasons. 1. There’s spinach in them. ????
2. There’s no refined sugar.
Everybody likes them, everybody eats, everybody wins.
I always make my go-to banana bread when I’m in the mood for baking, but these come in as a close second. They’re super easy to make and actually pretty darn delicious.
My kids beg for them, which is the most important part. In fact, I’m going to make some right now! And you should too!
Breakfast Spinach Muffins
- Yield: 12 1x
Description
A healthy, refined sugar free muffin that’s great for breakfast, snack or anytime!
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 super ripe bananas
- 1 egg (can sub for flax egg)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup packed fresh spinach
- 1/2 cup coconut sugar
- 2 tablespoons avocado oil (or coconut oil)
- 1 tablespoon hemp hearts
- 1 tablespoon ground flax
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350. Line with paper liners or grease a muffin tin and set aside. Add the bananas, egg, vanilla, spinach, sugar, oil, hemp hearts and flax into a blender. Blend together until smooth.
- In a separate bowl mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Pour wet ingredients into the dry and stir until well combined.
- Fill muffin tins about 1/2-3/4 full and bake for 18-20 min.
I’ve been making these since my babies started solids. Perfect with or without chocolate chips- they have single handed made my kids declare they love green food. Great as a freezer stash food too. We love them.
That feels like such a win! Kids who love green foods, YES!
Could this be a quick bread instead of muffins.
Thank you, Laney!
I don’t see why not!
Laney- I’m excited to try these!
A couple of questions:
Who much bake time for mini muffins?
Do they freeze ok?
Yay for yummy delicious snacks!!
Probably about 8-12 min depending how mini they are. And yes, they freeze great!!
The first time I made these for my toddler it was Christmas time and I was afraid she would be deterred by the green so I called them Grinch muffins. My son eats one mini “grinch” muffin EVERY DAY in his lunch box. I always have some stashed in the freezer so I can add some extra veggies to his daycare lunches. These are so delicious and I love the added protein from the hemp hearts so I usually add 2 tablespoons. These are a family staple!
Grinch muffins are so cute! So happy kids love them too.
One of the best muffin recipes I have ever made. Love it, and so healthy, thank you! 🙂
Thank you so much Jennifer!
Would substituting some/all flour for oat flour work? I know it sometimes affects texture. Thanks for any insight!
It will definitely affect texture but I think it will still work
The BEST staple morning, lunch, evening treat, when I’m feeling “fancy” of course. Crowd Pleaser. Added micro semisweet chocochips for personal clout? Also, unrelated but looking for QUALITY pots and pan recommendation so I never have to buy another set (for atleast 10yrs?). XO
Love adding mini chips to mine too! And I have a whole post about my recs for pots and pans! https://www.lifeisbutadish.com/why-stainless-steel-cookware-is-the-best/
My three year old boys are obsessed!!!! We always make a double batch because they go so fast in our home. We do add chocolate chips but the muffin itself is moist and has a yummy banana flavor, you’d never know there was spinach in it beyond the vibrant green color. We love so many LIBAD recipes but this is one of our faves!!
That’s the best! And for sure always best to double this recipe. Thank you so much for the review. xo
These are so good! They are soft and fluffy and have just the right amount of sweetness.
Thank you, Lindsay!
Love making these for my little one it’s her morning snack at daycare and I don’t feel guilty because of the all the good ingredients in these thanks Laney
Just made a batch myself! Yay!
My family loves these, we make them all the time. Nutritious and delicious!
Thank you Maressa!
Super duper yummy. We only had kale but it worked fabulous. My 5 year old gobbled them down. Added choc chips as I was nervous about the kale being a bit stronger than spinach, but I dont think it was needed.
I added some oats and walnuts to my share of the muffins and YUM! Will make again for sure-
Love that you made it with kale and it was a hit!
We love these muffins and they’re super quick to make and great to freeze for easy breakfast or snacks for my toddler. Smells so good right out of the oven!
Awesome! Yes, they’re great to freezer too!
My kids request these on a regular basis. Quick recipe. Very delicious!!!
That’s a huge win! Glad they love them
These are amazing!!!!! Wow! Added some chocolate chips for some fun! So delish!! Love making your recipes!!!
We love adding chocolate chips for fun too!
12 muffins, per muffin:
Calories: 154
Carbs: 28
Fat: 4
Protein: 3
Sodium: 140
Sugar: 12
I used https://www.myfitnesspal.com/recipe/calculator
SO delicious! We add some chocolate chips for fun but I still feel good giving them to the kids for a quick breakfast on those days we just need to get out the door! I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve made these now. haha!
Yes! The best for busy mornings!
The best, my entire family loves them!!
Yay!! Thanks for leaving a review!
So easy to make and super yummy!!
I’m so happy you liked them Catherine!
Omg…was really skeptical about these. They are freaking delicious. They remind me of banana bread muffins. I added dark chocolate chips to half. These will be made on repeat!
Made these for the first time and they are DELICIOUS!!!
Thanks for sharing!
Yay!! Love hearing that! We blow through them so quickly!
Any idea on the macros per muffin?
Sorry, I don’t know how to calculate macros
Made these recently for my sons first week of school! It was so easy to make and really delicious. My 5 year old son was not too excited about the green color and even less excited once I told him there was spinach in them. I got him to taste and he was surprised that they tasted just like banana bread. After that he was hooked!
Thank you so much for this kind review Vanessa! I’m so happy your son loved them! And they’re so simple he can even make them with you!
Do you recommend storing in fridge or on counter?
Covered on the counter
These are so tasty and easy to throw together. Nice little option, and you feel OK about them because there are some healthy ingredients!
I’m thrilled that you love them!
So good and easy, added chia seeds too!
Quick and easy. I love a good pantry staple recipe. Saw Laney make these on LIBAD Instagram story and immediately got to baking. I can’t wait to bring them into work for St. Patrick’s Day! ☘️
Yay!! So fun to bring to work!
in the spinach muffins, what are hemp hearts/
Hemp hearts aka hemp seeds are highly nutritious and great to throw into baked goods because there’s no flavor or texture. But you can totally leave them out!
ok thank you i’ll try and find them at Sprouts
Love these! We make them every other week.
I absolutely butchered these the first time around (100% my fault). This time my kiddo helped and they were amazing. She literally doesn’t eat any veggies and she LOVED these! It’s a miracle. Just added sprinkles. Thanks Laney!
Hooray! So glad you loved them!
Wow these are good! My only issue is that I could eat like 6 of them in one sitting!! Can’t taste the spinach at all. One time I did try to make them by swapping GF 1 to 1 flour and the texture was vastly different and came out very spongy, so I wouldn’t recommend anyone try the same.
These look yum!! Can I try using Oat flour in place of all purpose flour?
I’m not sure it would hold up as well with oat flour
Made it four times now! Even made it with frozen spinach and its great! Super green and even more filling! A breakfast fav in our house.
So excited to make these! I’m loving your recipes! I don’t have coconut sugar. Do you think maple syrup would work instead? Or no, since it’s liquid?
Yes should be fine!
Such a fun one to make with kids! Tasty too!
Can you use frozen ripe bananas? Looking to make these and our banana situation is either green ones on the counter or ripe ones from the freezer?!! Or, I guess we could be patient and wait until the green ones turn but these look so good!:)
I would thaw them first, but yes!
Thank you so much for this recipe! We love these. They are my kids’ most favorite breakfast. I have made them at least a dozen times. The other day, instead of doing the full 1/2 cup of coconut sugar, I did 1/4 cup and then added 5 dates and blended them in with it. They came out as delicious as ever!!
I’m so glad you love them! And I love that sub!!
Have you ever tried w frozen thawed spinach? Trying to avoid the store today haha
I haven’t but I think that would work!
Even with my blender leaving the spinach on almost entirely leaf form (they were not green but more brown with green leaves ????) they were still INCREDIBLE! I’m already planning to make more but chop the spinach beforehand? Is that what you’d recommend? Also am I missing nutrition info somewhere or do you not do that with your recipes?
Loving alllll your stuff Laney! So happy I found you!
Thank you! Hmmm, maybe you need a new blender! ???? The blender should be able to make it super smooth like a smoothie or batter consistency!
These look delish! Can I use regular sugar instead if the coconut sugar? Btw, happy Chanukah!!!
Yes!
These are AMAZING!! I subbed the Bobs Red Mill Paleo baking flour for the all purpose flour and it worked perfectly. Thank you for a another awesome recipe!
Im’ so glad!
Can you use almond flour instead of regular flour?
It will change the texture a bit but it should work!
Can you use almond flour instead of regular flour?
These sound delish! I think my kids will love these if they can just get past the green color, lol! That means they may be healthy 😉
I don’t have hemp hearts, but do have flax seeds. Any suggestions? Leave them out? Can I grind up flax seeds fine enough in my Ninja blender/processor?
You can totally leave them out!