Mini Bacon-Spinach Breakfast Quiche Bites

If you’re like me, then weekday breakfast can be tricky. I usually wake up with enough time to grab yogurt or a granola bar from the kitchen and take it with me to eat at work. That can get boring pretty quickly and it doesn’t always provide all the nutrients I’m looking for in the morning. Thankfully, there are a lot of options out there for mini-breakfast quiche, egg-bites, or nutrient packed muffins.

After looking through a few different recipes, I decided to go ahead and create one of my own with some of my favorite omelet ingredients. The ingredients below can be modified to your taste for a delicious start to each day.

I plan on warming up a few of these Monday morning to (hopefully) enjoy before going to work. And, they’re gluten-free and keto-friendly as an added bonus!

Ingredients:

1/2 cup chopped, cooked spinach
1/2 cup chopped red/green pepper
1/4 cup cooked, crumbled bacon
1 tbsp. parsley
6 eggs
1/4 tsp. black pepper
1/2 cup cheddar cheese for topping
1 tbsp. Crisco to grease muffin tins

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
Grease 2 mini muffin trays (total of 24 mini-muffins)
Crack 6 eggs in a bowl
Add parsley and pepper to the eggs
Whisk together
Scatter cooked spinach, peppers, and bacon into the bottom of each muffin cup
Evenly distribute the egg mixture into each cup ¾ of the way up
Top with cheddar cheese
Place trays in oven and bake until the quiches are browned and puffed up (about 20-30 minutes)
- Rotate the trays half way through for even baking
Remove trays from oven and transfer each quiche to a cooling rack
Eat warm right away or cool completely and store in the refrigerator up to 5 days

Tips for Easier Prep

Cook spinach and bacon ahead of time

Other Tips

Pour egg mixture into a liquid measuring cup for easy, mess-free pouring
Use a straw to stir up each cup before baking for even distribution of filling and eggs
You can add some milk or heavy whipping cream to the eggs to help them fluff up
- If you’re minimizing dairy then skip that step and skip the cheddar cheese on top
Quiche will stick to the pan a little bit. Baking cups can help ensure easy removal.
Reheat the mini quiche in a small toaster oven if you’re enjoying them at a later time.