Packing tomorrows school lunch is about to get a whole lot easier. Make a batch of these mini Savory Tuna Muffins tonight and pop them in the lunchbox tomorrow. They make a delicious lunch or light dinner and can be served hot or cold.
Savory Tuna Muffins
Tuna might not be the first thing you think of in a muffin, but savory muffins are your friend when you've got kids, trust me. As many parent tell me and I know from experience, there's very little you can put in a muffin that the kids won't eat. They're the secret weapon of Clean eating for a lot of us, and these are no exception.
Lunch always seem to get me a little stuck. Mostly because I make lunches in the morning before work and school 5 days a week. It's more about speed and convenience at 6.30am in the morning than Instagram worthy lunchboxes.
My favorite lunch recipes are those that I can make or bake the night before. If you meal prep your lunchbox strategy, it does make the school morning thing go a bit more smoothly and these savoury tuna muffins fit right into that strategy.
I tend to make these while I'm cooking dinner the night before I want to use them. They take so little time to put together and then go into a hot oven from whatever I've been cooking for dinner.
If you've not tried savoury muffins with your kids, please do, they're awesome, delicious and the perfect place to sneak some veggies in without the kids really being too aware. Hidden veg: It's got it's critics, but I'm not one of them. I'm very happy to hide veggies in foods wherever I can!
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Tuna Muffin Recipe Notes
I usually make up my Tuna Bake in a loaf (think of it as a tuna meatloaf), but this recipe seems to go a lot further. It makes 12 good sized portions. The hungrier kids and hubby polished off two each and that still left me with leftovers for a later Mommy snack.
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- My kids generally don't like the onion to be 'crunchy' inside the savory, so I always cook the onion before adding it to the mix. If your kids aren't that fussy, you can skip this step if you chop the onion super small.
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While this is a really easy recipe to make - everything simply gets mixed together in one big bowl, there are a couple of things I want to point out so that you get the exact results I do in my kitchen
- I used two medium sized Zucchinis which made just about 1 cup of grated zucchini.
- My one large carrot made about half a cup of grated carrot.
- Grease your muffin tray VERY well. Anything cheesy tends to stick to mine and it's a pain to clean.
- Allow your tuna bakes to cool before removing from the tray. This avoids any messy breakages when removing them from the tin.
How To Make Savory Muffins
Ingredients
- 2 Cans (185g) Tuna In brine, drained and shredded
- 1 Onion finely diced
- 1 Large Carrot grated
- 2 Medium Zucchinis grated
- ½ Red capsicum finely diced
- 1 Cup Cheese grated
- 1 Cup Flour all purpose
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- 5 Eggs lightly beaten
- ½ tsp Dried Oregano
- Salt and Pepper
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350F / 170C
- grease your muffin tray really well with butter or olive oil
- Heat up a pan on the stove and cook your onion with a little olive oil until softened.
- Combine all ingredients together in a BIG mixing bowl.
- Spoon evenly into your muffin tray (it should fill all 12 of the holes).
- Bake for 30 minutes (see my notes)
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely before removing from the tray
Notes
Ovens can be temperamental and your oven may heat differently to mine. So to avoid any mishaps, watch your bake in the final few minutes and adjust to suit. Your tuna bakes will feel firm to the touch when cooked and golden on top.
Variations: feel free to add different vegetables to replace the capsicum. I recommend sticking to no more than ½ cup of added vegetables to avoid too much recipe variation. Try Corn, peas or black olives for a new flavor combination.
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Savory Tuna Muffins
Ingredients
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350F / 170C
- grease your muffin tray really well with butter or olive oil
- Heat up a pan on the stove and cook your onion with a little olive oil until softened.
- Combine all ingredients together in a BIG mixing bowl.
- Spoon evenly into your muffin tray (it should fill all 12 of the holes).
- Bake for 30 minutes (see my notes)
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely before removing from the tray
