50+ scrumptious savoury muffins

As everyone seemed to like my list of 100 fruit muffins so much, I thought I would also share my list of savoury ideas.

Savoury muffins are just as popular in our house as the sweet ones and they are a great way to use up small amounts of leftovers and to smuggle veg into fussy eaters.

As with my fruit muffins, I use as a starting point a recipe from my big fave River Cottage cookbook  I then tweak it depending what else is going in – inevitably there’s a bit of trial & error …

The recipe is half plain and half spelt flour and I do think the spelt makes them special … it’s much lower GI than normal wheat flour and more gut friendly if you’re gluten intolerant. AND it’s super tasty!

Savoury Muffin Recipe

• Mix together in a large bowl 125g (half a cup) plain flour / 125g (half a cup) spelt flour with 2 tsp of baking power, 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda / bicarb and a large pinch of salt
• Whisk together in a jug 2 eggs, 80g (a third of a cup) of melted butter, 125ml (4.3 fl oz) plain yogurt and 125ml (4.3 fl oz) milk (or all yogurt or butter milk)
• Mash, finely chop or zest ~ 200g (4/5ths of a cup) of savoury ingredients
• If you’re trying to hide the veg blend it with the whisked liquid
• Fold the liquid into the dry ingredients
• Then fold in any unblended savoury ingredients
• Bake for just under 20 minutes at 180-200c

If you’re making savoury muffins regularly it is worth getting a 24 cup muffin pan as I find, although my daughter totally loves them, she struggles to get through a full size muffin which means lots of waste or me eating her leftovers … which is not a good thing!!

50+ Savoury Muffin Ideas

Here goes with the list which I’ve divided between cheese, meat, fish – I really want to try the crab ones! – and veg based ideas …

Cheese based

• Blue cheese & brandy (had to start the list with that one!)
• Feta cheese & black olive
• Feta cheese & spinach
• French soft cheese & chives
• Goats cheese & rosemary
• Gruyere with apple & sage
• Parmesan & herb
• Ricotta & basil

Meat based

• Bacon & cheese
• Bacon & leek
• Bacon & sweetcorn
• Chicken & green chilli
• Chicken & parmesan
• Chicken, cheddar & apple
• Curried chicken
• Ham & broccoli
• Ham & courgette
• Ham & leek
• Ham & pea
• Sausage & cheese
• Turkey meatloaf

Fish based

• Crab, polenta & sweetcorn
• Salmon, pesto & cheese
• White fish with spring onion, garlic & red pepper

Vegetable based

• Butternut squash & spice
• Broccoli & cornmeal
• Carrot & apple
• Carrot & cinnamon
• Carrot & date
• Carrot, spinach & cumin
• Carrot & pineapple
• Courgette (zucchini) & chard
• Courgette & cheese
• Courgette & pine nut
• Courgette & sesame seed
• Courgette & feta cheese
• Courgette & red pepper
• Leek, prosciutto & brie
• Onion & walnut
• Pea & smoked cheese
• Pea & cumin
• Potato, bacon & sweetcorn
• Pumpkin & apple
• Pumpkin & chocolate (!)
• Pumpkin & cranberry
• Pumpkin & rosemary
• Red pepper & parmesan
• Red pepper, spinach & feta
• Red pepper & aubergine
• Red onion & cheese
• Spinach, red pepper & feta
• Spinach & pesto
• Spinach & parmesan
• Sun dried tomato & cheese
• Sweet potato & walnut
• Sweet potato & pecan

What about you? What are your fave savoury muffin combinations?

And if you’re looking for more ideas do check out our other picky eater and cake posts …
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