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
- ½ cup coconut sugar
- 2 tablespoons avocado oil ((or coconut oil))
- 1 tablespoon hemp hearts
- 1 tablespoon ground flax
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ 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 ½-3/4 full and bake for 18-20 min.
Comments
Lindsay Lofthouse
These are so good! They are soft and fluffy and have just the right amount of sweetness.
★★★★★
Laney Schwartz
Thank you, Lindsay!
Laura Cordero
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
★★★★★
Laney Schwartz
Just made a batch myself! Yay!
Maressa
My family loves these, we make them all the time. Nutritious and delicious!
★★★★★
Laney Schwartz
Thank you Maressa!
Bri
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-
★★★★★
Laney Schwartz
Love that you made it with kale and it was a hit!
Sari
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!
★★★★★
Laney Schwartz
Awesome! Yes, they’re great to freezer too!
Stephanie
My kids request these on a regular basis. Quick recipe. Very delicious!!!
★★★★★
Laney Schwartz
That’s a huge win! Glad they love them
Monica
These are amazing!!!!! Wow! Added some chocolate chips for some fun! So delish!! Love making your recipes!!!
★★★★★
Laney Schwartz
We love adding chocolate chips for fun too!
Lark
12 muffins, per muffin:
Calories: 154
Carbs: 28
Fat: 4
Protein: 3
Sodium: 140
Sugar: 12
I used https://www.myfitnesspal.com/recipe/calculator
Jenna
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!
★★★★★
Laney Schwartz
Yes! The best for busy mornings!
Maressa D
The best, my entire family loves them!!
★★★★★
Laney Schwartz
Yay!! Thanks for leaving a review!
Catherine
So easy to make and super yummy!!
★★★★★
Laney Schwartz
I’m so happy you liked them Catherine!
Jessica
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!
★★★★★
Kris Dalton
Made these for the first time and they are DELICIOUS!!!
Thanks for sharing!
★★★★★
Laney Schwartz
Yay!! Love hearing that! We blow through them so quickly!
Julie
Any idea on the macros per muffin?
Laney Schwartz
Sorry, I don’t know how to calculate macros
Vanessa R.
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!
★★★★★
Laney Schwartz
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!
Marisa
Do you recommend storing in fridge or on counter?
Life is but a Dish
Covered on the counter
Kathy
These are so tasty and easy to throw together. Nice little option, and you feel OK about them because there are some healthy ingredients!
★★★★★
Life is but a Dish
I’m thrilled that you love them!
Alyssa
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! ☘️
★★★★★
Life is but a Dish
Yay!! So fun to bring to work!
Andrew Marrow
in the spinach muffins, what are hemp hearts/
Life is but a Dish
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!
Andrew Marrow
ok thank you i’ll try and find them at Sprouts
Kasey
Love these! We make them every other week.
★★★★★
Lauren
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!
Life is but a Dish
Hooray! So glad you loved them!
Chloe
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.
★★★★★
Shruti
These look yum!! Can I try using Oat flour in place of all purpose flour?
Life is but a Dish
I’m not sure it would hold up as well with oat flour
Kathryn
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.
★★★★★
Rachel
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?
Life is but a Dish
Yes should be fine!
Joey
Such a fun one to make with kids! Tasty too!
Devon
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!:)
Life is but a Dish
I would thaw them first, but yes!
Jen
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!!
★★★★★
Life is but a Dish
I’m so glad you love them! And I love that sub!!
Erin
Have you ever tried w frozen thawed spinach? Trying to avoid the store today haha
Life is but a Dish
I haven’t but I think that would work!
Holly
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!
★★★★★
Life is but a Dish
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!
Heather Gerstein
These look delish! Can I use regular sugar instead if the coconut sugar? Btw, happy Chanukah!!!
Life is but a Dish
Yes!
Annie Austin
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!
★★★★★
Life is but a Dish
Im’ so glad!
kaurs
Can you use almond flour instead of regular flour?
Life is but a Dish
It will change the texture a bit but it should work!
Jenni
Can you use almond flour instead of regular flour?
Kim Dillingham
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?
Life is but a Dish
You can totally leave them out!