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See how easy these mini quiches are to make and all the tips to build a balanced lunchbox!
Mini quiches with Spinach and Bacon
Isn't it true that bacon makes everything better? These Spinach Bacon Mini Quiches are a great high-protein, grain-free portable lunch idea, and a terrific gluten-free breakfast!
Getting kids to eat their leafy greens without turning up their noses can be challenging, but these mini quiches are sure to get them just as excited about eating their greens as they are about eating bacon. And once they try these, they will also love these Cheesy Spinach Egg Cups.
For these mini quiches, the spinach magically becomes confetti, adding a fun splash of color to each bite. Add cooked bacon to the equation, and you have a ridiculously tasty food to pack on the lunchbox along with their favorite lunch sides.
Ingredients
Combine simple and delicious ingredients and you’ll get amazing spinach bacon mini quiches for the lunchbox or a perfect gluten-free breakfast. Here’s what you need:
- Eggs: help combine all the ingredients while adding protein.
- Milk: use regular milk or your favorite non-dairy alternative.
- Spinach: finely chopped to sneak nutrition into every bite!
- Shredded cheese: Mozzarella, Colby Jack, Mexican cheese blend, pepper Jack, Swiss, or any variety of Cheddar. You choose!
- Bacon: cooked and chopped bacon strips make everything tastier!
- Pepper: just a dash, for extra flavor.
You'll find the measurements in the recipe card below.
How to Make Spinach Bacon Mini Quiches
This is one recipe kids can also help make. It’s all about mixing ingredients in a bowl, filling the muffin pan, and letting the oven do the rest! Check out the simple process:
- Prep
Preheat oven to 350F and grease a 24-count mini muffin pan. If using a regular muffin pan, baking time will vary. - Whisk & combine
In a large bowl, whisk eggs and milk. Add in chopped spinach, shredded cheddar, chopped bacon, and pepper. Give it a quick mix to combine all the ingredients. - Fill the muffin pan
Distribute the egg mixture evenly into the muffin pan cups, filling them about ¾ of the way up. - Bake
Bake in the preheated oven for 15-18 minutes. If using a regular-sized muffin tray (yields 12), baking time requires approximately 26 to 28 minutes. - Remove the mini quiches
Remove the pan from the oven and let mini quiches cool in the pan before carefully removing them with a small knife or small spatula. - Refrigerate
Once cooled, refrigerate the mini quiches in an airtight container or zip bag for up to 3 days.
Check out how easy these mini quiches are to make:
How to Store These Mini Quiches
Once the spinach bacon mini quiches are done, out of the oven and have cooled down to room temperature, remove them from the muffin tray and transfer them inside a zip bag or airtight container. Refrigerate them for up to 3 days.
How Long Can These Keep in the Fridge
Mini quiches are not only delicious but also the perfect lunch builder ingredient you can make ahead to save time. They keep in the fridge for 3 days.
Should they be Eaten Warm, Cold or at Room Temperature
There’s no right or wrong temperature to enjoy these mini quiches. You can eat them cold straight out of the fridge, at room temperature when packed in a lunch container, or warm from a thermos.
How to Pack Mini Quiches in a Thermos
To enjoy mini quiches warm at lunchtime, they’ll need to be heated up and placed inside a thermos container. While they won’t be as hot as out of the microwave or oven, they’ll stay warm.
How to Pack Spinach Bacon Mini Quiches for Lunch
Cold, warm, or at room temperature, these mini quiches make a terrific portable lunch packed with flavor and nutrition!
However you prefer to enjoy them, here are the hacks to pack them:
- To enjoy these at room temperature, place 4 to 6 mini quiches inside the main compartment of a lunch container.
- To eat warm, heat the mini quiches in the microwave for 1 minute, stopping the microwave halfway through to flip them over. Immediately transfer them inside a thermos container and close the lid.
- Finish packing this lunch by adding fruit, veggies, and any other sides inside a bento box. Pack everything inside a lunch bag.
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More tips to pack a perfect lunchbox
Follow these tips to pack a filling lunchbox that stays fresh until lunchtime:
Add nutrition
These Spinach Bacon Mini Quiches are the starting point to build a balanced lunchbox that satisfies hungry bellies. Add fruits, veggies, homemade snacks, or healthy school desserts to make it a meal.
Separate dry from wet ingredients
If you pack these mini quiches with crunchy snacks like crackers and chips, keep things separate for the sake of crunchiness.
Keep it chilled
If you want to enjoy them cool, pack a bento box with mini quiches inside an insulated lunch bag and use an ice pack to keep the temperature inside the lunch bag cool.
Meal prep
Portable, bite-sized… and perfect to make ahead! Save time baking one or two batches of these mini quiches and you’ll get a great protein-rich ingredient to make any meal tastier and more satisfying.
Use up leftovers
If you have eggs, milk, and leftovers, use them for this recipe or make other great egg bites like these Pizza Egg Cups or these Ham and Cheese Egg Muffins. Sooo delicious!
Spinach Bacon Mini Quiches
Ingredients
For the mini quiches:
- 6 eggs
- 3 tablespoons milk
- ¾ cup spinach, finely chopped
- 1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
- 4 strips bacon, cooked and chopped
- Dash of pepper
For each lunch:
- 4-6 mini quiches
- Fruit & veggies
- Lunch sides
Instructions
For the mini quiches:
- Preheat oven to 350F and grease a 24-count mini muffin pan. See the note below regarding cooking time if using a regular muffin pan.
- In a large bowl, whisk eggs and milk. Add in chopped spinach, shredded cheddar, chopped bacon, and pepper. Give it a quick mix to combine all ingredients.
- Distribute the egg mixture evenly into the muffin pan cups, filling them about ¾ of the way up.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 15-18 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven and let them cool in the pan before carefully removing them with a small knife or small spatula.
- Once cooled, refrigerate the mini quiches in an airtight container or zip bag for up to 3 days.
For lunch:
- To enjoy these at room temperature, place 4 to 6 mini quiches inside the main compartment of a lunch container.
- To eat warm, heat the mini quiches in the microwave for 1 minute, stopping the microwave halfway through to flip them over. Immediately transfer them inside a thermos container and close the lid.
- Finish packing this lunch by adding fruit, veggies, and any other sides inside a bento box. Pack everything inside a lunch bag.
Priscilla says
Hello,
thank you SO MUCH for all the great recipes. I am trying a few of them but have a question. can these be saved in the freezer, especially if i vacuum seal them? and if so, do you know for how long? i kind of went a bit nuts on trying different things and not sure that we can eat them all in 3 days.
thank you in advance for your response and again, thank you for all the great recipes, it was tough to narrow it down to “just a few” and even then, like i said, i went a bit overboard.
Laura Fuentes says
Thank you for sharing how much you enjoyed this recipe, Priscilla! Yes, you can freeze them in an air-tight container or bag for up to 2 months or so. They don’t go bad per se I just feel like they change in texture. All you have to do is microwave them and you’re good to go! These are much more affordable than buying them ready-made from the freezer and you get to choose your ingredients. No such thing as going overboard, you’re prepared!