Cheesy Bacon Muffins

My son is 4 and attends preschool a few days a week. They have some fairly strict rules around what you can send in the kid’s lunchboxes. They are great rules and they encourage the kids to be healthy, but I must admit that sometimes I find them a bit of a pain in the butt! Only because it means that you have to be more organised and it takes a bit more prep. In saying that though, it has definitely made me be more prepared and has encouraged me to start cooking more from scratch. This is a win/win because I find that cooking things from scratch saves me money too. One of the things that he is allowed to take to preschool is savoury muffins. So a few weeks ago I set out to make something from ingredients that I already had in the house. I desperately needed to use some bacon in the fridge, so I made cheesy bacon muffins. They are yummy, cost effective and can be enjoyed by the whole family. I freeze them and can transfer them to lunchboxes. They are also perfect as a breakfast muffin or great for lunch with a salad. If it’s frozen and you want to eat it warm, you just put it in the microwave for 1 minute and it’s perfect and ready to go! You could very easily use the basic ingredients of the flour eggs and milk and then just add whatever yummy meat or veggies you wanted. 

Here is the recipe....

Cheesy Bacon Muffins

Makes: 12

Ingredients:

*2 cups of Self-raising flour

*1/4 cup diced bacon

* 1 cup grated cheese

* 1tsp salt

*1 cup milk

*2 eggs

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven at 190c

2. Place flour, bacon, cheese and salt into a large mixing bowl and stir till all ingredients are combined.

3. In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs and milk together.

4. Make a well in the dry ingredients and pour the egg mixture in. Gently mix until all combined.

5. Spoon the mixture into a greased muffin tray and bake for 15 to 20 minutes.

 You can freeze a few batches in a container by putting baking paper in between the layers.

Kylie xx