Spinach Banana Muffins
Delicious healthy muffins for little ones (and big people too) to enjoy!
Servings: 18 muffins
Equipment
- Muffin Tin (s)
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Blender or food processor
- Oven
Ingredients
- 6 ounces Spinach
- 2 Tablespoons Avocado (approximately 1/2 of a small avocado)
- 3/4 cup Whole Milk
- 2 Medium, ripe bananas
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- 1 Egg
- 1.5 Tablespoons Honey (Optional, omit if <12 months in age)
- 2 cups Whole Wheat Flour
- 2 teaspoons Cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
- 2 teaspoons Baking Soda
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
Instructions
- Preheat Oven to 350°F
- Grease muffin tins with organic olive oil spray.
- In a blender, blend raw spinach, avocado, milk, bananas, egg, vanilla and honey (if using) until smooth. (If using a small blender or food processor, blend the spinach alone first, then add other ingredient and blend again in order to make more room).
- In a separate bowl, combine the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the bowl with the dry ingredients and mix with a spatula until combined.
- Pour batter into muffin tins, filling approximately 3/4 of the way full.
- Bake approximately 18 minutes until muffins feel firm to the touch (before they start to brown).
- Let cool enough to handle and remove from tin and place on a wire cooling rack.
- Store in an airtight container the refrigerator for up to 4 days or in the freezer for up to 6 months.
Notes
Pro tip: I often make these in a smaller smoothie-style blender (ie: Ninja). It is big enough for all the wet ingredient and is much easier to clean up. I recommend blending the spinach by itself first as its volume will decrease and make more room for the other wet ingredients.
I highly recommend these Faberware muffin tins. They are amazing. The muffins come out clean without any effort and they are also very easy to clean. You can use muffin papers, but I try to minimize this for environmental reasons.
If making for infants under 1, omit the honey.
Often bags of spinach are sold in 5 ounce portions. If this is what is available to you, 5 ounces will certainly work in this recipe and there is no need to buy additional bags and create waste.
Substitution options include dairy free milk or a flax egg.