Rice and Veggie Muffins
These rice and veggie muffins are a delicious, healthy, lunch option that are prefect for school lunch boxes.
Quiche Cups?
Broccoli and Corn and Rice and Tuna Cups?
Rice and Veggie Muffins?
Veggie Cupcakes?
I am still not sure what to call these little muffin-like, kinda quiche but not really, veggie and rice and tuna cup cake thingies, but I’m going with Rice and Veggie Muffins because whatever you call them they are good, and you need to try this recipe!
I made one batch of these the other day, closely followed by a second, and then a third batch, because my boys just inhaled them!
Of course my girls won’t touch them because they have egg in them, and they really, really, don’t like eggs, but the rest of us love them, so majority rules – these are a winner.
Huge bonus points awarded to these little quichey cupcakes because they freeze well, you can change up the ingredients easily, and they are fabulous in school lunches.
Rice and Veggie Muffins
These rice and veggie muffins are a great healthy lunch option.
Ingredients
- 2 cups cooked rice
- 1 1/2 cups broccoli
- 3/4 cup corn kernels
- 1 small onion finely diced
- 1 cloves of garlic finely diced
- 1 cup grated cheese (cheddar or mozzarella)
- 2 eggs- beaten
- Herbs, salt and pepper to taste.
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 Celsius and grease your muffin tin very well.
- Chop the broccoli into small pieces (super small if your kids are not huge fans) and cook it until just tender - or use frozen.
- Chop the onions and garlic very finely.
- In a medium bowl combine the rice, cooked broccoli, corn (tinned, frozen or fresh), onion, garlic, and herbs, and mix well.
- Stir through the grated cheese.
- Beat the two eggs well then stir them through the mixture.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Place spoonfuls of mixture into the muffin tray, filling each one to the top and pressing the mixture down firmly to make sure they are well filled.
- Bake in a moderate oven for 30 minutes or until the tops begin to brown.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 103Total Fat: 4g
Please note: this recipe uses Australian measurements and temperatures, if you need to convert measurements or temperatures you can find our printable cooking conversion chart here.
They are delicious hot or cold and they freeze well – just wait for them to cool down and freeze in an airtight container. To reheat, zap them in the microwave for a little while or heat them in a low oven once they have defrosted.
Our favourite combo is broccoli, corn and tuna, but really you could put in whatever veggies you have on hand, and leave out the tuna if it’s not your thing, but I add it in because I often struggle to add some protein to school lunches.
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These sound great. I’m always looking for new lunchbox inspiration. Thanks for sharing!
These look lovely and are gluten-free – hooray!
Just wondering if you think these would work using those ‘quick rice’ packets that you cook for 90 seconds? Just if I needed to whip some up quickly maybe it could save a bit of time.
Will be trying these soon!
I’ve never used them but I can’t see why not. You just need plain cooked rice, I don’t think it matters how you cook it! :) Let me know how you go!
Yum!!! These are great and very filling. I was in a rush and made these using an Uncle Ben’s packet of brown rice that I cooked in the microwave and then cooled on a tray until I was ready to use it. I followed the recipe – the only change was adding a combination of tasty cheese and parmesan. They turned out great, and most of my family loved them (apart from my daughter who doesn’t like broccoli or tuna). Really delicious and brilliant if you are looking for gluten-freee lunchbox options. The only thing I would say is that they do fall apart easily. But the taste is worth it!!! :)
Can the Rice and Veggie Muffins be made ahead of time and frozen?
Yes, they freeze well, but the texture of the rice does change a little so you might want to test it out on a small batch first.
I can’t wait to try these out for the kids lunchbox, just quick question: how long do they store in the fridge?
They should last 2-3 days in the fridge.