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    home » Recipes » Lunchbox Recipes

    Green muffins with spinach, banana and date

    Published: Oct 17, 2017. Modified: Oct 21, 2020By:Kylie·This post may contain affiliate links·

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    Green muffins with spinach, banana and date. The perfect way to pop extra veggies into a muffin. Turn them green, call them hulk, monster, kermit...whatever works! #kidsfood #veggies #lunchbox #hiddenveggies #toddlerfood #refinedsugarfree #muffins

    So you're looking at these muffins, and you're thinking I'm crazy right? Well these green muffins (refined sugar free) are an awesome way to up your kids veggie intake in a sneaky and fun way!

    I've had the blog post for these sitting around on my blog for ages, because I forgot to take photos when I originally perfected the recipe... so here are green muffins with spinach banana and date!

    Green muffins with spinach, banana and date. The perfect way to pop extra veggies into a muffin. Turn them green, call them hulk, monster, kermit...whatever works! #kidsfood #veggies #lunchbox #hiddenveggies #toddlerfood #refinedsugarfree #muffins
    sooo green!

    So, these are refined sugar free and contain a whole 250 grams of frozen spinach...that's a lot of spinach for 18 muffins. To get rid of the spinachy bits is easy, it's all part of the process!

    Green muffins with spinach, banana and date. The perfect way to pop extra veggies into a muffin. Turn them green, call them hulk, monster, kermit...whatever works! #kidsfood #veggies #lunchbox #hiddenveggies #toddlerfood #refinedsugarfree #muffins
    Pour the green mix on top of the flour...

    The picture above shows the green mix (which is all the wet muffin stuff) on top of the flour. I did not change the colours. That is how it naturally looks! How do you convince your kids to eat something that green? Well, you call them hulk muffins, or monster muffins, you make them sound fun!

    Green muffins with spinach, banana and date. The perfect way to pop extra veggies into a muffin. Turn them green, call them hulk, monster, kermit...whatever works! #kidsfood #veggies #lunchbox #hiddenveggies #toddlerfood #refinedsugarfree #muffins
    get mixing

    Don't stop at making them like this and not doing anything fun to the top either, you can see how I made them super cute for halloween here.

    Green muffins with spinach, banana and date. The perfect way to pop extra veggies into a muffin. Turn them green, call them hulk, monster, kermit...whatever works! #kidsfood #veggies #lunchbox #hiddenveggies #toddlerfood #refinedsugarfree #muffins
    it's good to be green

    Making stuff like this is why I blog. I really believe that we can feed our kids better, and things like these are taking a step in the right direction. If we are going to get more than five serves a day of veggies into our kids then they need to be in the lunchbox!

    Green muffins with spinach, banana and date. The perfect way to pop extra veggies into a muffin. Turn them green, call them hulk, monster, kermit...whatever works! #kidsfood #veggies #lunchbox #hiddenveggies #toddlerfood #refinedsugarfree #muffins
    go on! Cram in the veggies!

    Try these other fun ways of adding veggies to your kid's lunch (they won't even notice it's there):

    • Salmon and veggie balls, kid-friendly and lunchbox perfect!
    • Lunchbox bacon and veggie quiches
    • Pork, apple and veggie sausage rolls

     

    Green muffins with spinach, banana and date. The perfect way to pop extra veggies into a muffin. Turn them green, call them hulk, monster, kermit...whatever works! #kidsfood #veggies #lunchbox #hiddenveggies #toddlerfood #refinedsugarfree #muffins

    Green muffins with spinach, bananas and date

    Green muffins with spinach, banana and date. The perfect way to pop extra veggies into a muffin. Turn them green, call them hulk, monster, kermit...whatever works! #kidsfood #veggies #lunchbox #hiddenveggies #toddlerfood #refinedsugarfree #muffins
    4.41 from 5 votes
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    Course: lunchbox
    Cuisine: Modern Australian
    Prep Time: 5 minutes
    Cook Time: 17 minutes
    Total Time: 22 minutes
    Servings: 18 muffins
    Calories: 125kcal
    Author: Kylie
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    Ingredients

    • 250 grams frozen spinach defrosted--don't drain- you need the liquid for blending!
    • 2 bananas
    • 6 medjool dates pitted
    • 1 egg
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla paste
    • ¾ cup milk
    • ¼ cup coconut oil melted
    • 2 cups wholemeal self raising flour

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 180 degrees/ 355f.
    • Combine the spinach, dates, bananas, milk, oil, vanilla paste and egg in a blender.
    • Blitz until completely smooth.
    • Add the flour to a large bowl, pour over the wet ingredients.
    • Mix until well combined.
    • Pour into muffin trays, bake at 180/355f for 16-18 minutes.
    • Cool in the pan for 5 minutes then transfer to a wire rack.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1muffin | Calories: 125kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 11mg | Sodium: 189mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 7g
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    Comments

    1. Christy Ratchford says

      April 01, 2021 at 5:44 am

      love these as is, but has anyone tried the recipe using an egg substitute? If so, what? and was it okay?

      Reply
    2. Alice says

      February 26, 2020 at 10:06 am

      Hulk muffins around here! And all the mums in his class are asking for the recipe! A question... Have you ever tried the recipe with fresh spinach?

      Reply
      • Kylie says

        March 05, 2020 at 9:56 am

        So fresh spinach you will need to blanch and then puree. It's so much easier to use the frozen!

        Reply
    3. Rachel Burgess says

      January 06, 2020 at 2:30 pm

      Thank you! They are "Grinch Muffins" in our house--year-round!

      Reply
    4. Laura says

      August 02, 2018 at 2:58 am

      4 stars
      Great recipe...super easy with the blender. Mine came out with a bit of a strong coconut flavoir from the oil but still yummy 🙂 thank you from Mauritius

      Reply
      • Kylie says

        August 05, 2018 at 6:48 pm

        We love the coconut flavour! I'm so glad you enjoyed them. 😉 Thank you so much for taking the time to comment.

        Reply
    5. Mandy says

      June 08, 2018 at 8:55 pm

      These are the most wonderful colour - I love the way they look!

      Reply
      • Kylie says

        June 09, 2018 at 9:02 pm

        So bright green! We put chocolate on top at Halloween and called them monster cakes!

        Reply

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