¾ cup dairy or non-dairy milk (such as almond milk)
¼ cup unrefined coconut oil (melted)
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 5- or 6-ounce bag of fresh baby spinach leaves
2 medium ripe bananas (mashed)
Steps
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a standard 12-cup muffin tin with unbleached parchment liners.
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
In a blender add egg, maple syrup, milk, oil, vanilla and spinach. Process until pureed.
Add spinach mixture to the flour mixture and stir until just combined. Fold in the mashed banana.
Scoop batter into prepared muffin tin, filling cups about ¾ full. I like to do this with a large ice cream scooper. Bake about 25 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Store at room temperature up to 3 days. These freeze nicely!
Reviews
Ginny on 2026-04-02 (5 stars): These were easy & quick to make with sweetness from the bananas with a hidden veggie (spinach) which no one would expect or taste. Best muffin choice for St. Paddy’s Day or all year round. Rating: 15 out of 10!!!
Tracy Christensen on 2025-05-09 (5 stars): Made them with cup4cup flour and pancake syrup and 1 duck egg, the r super moist and banana forward, put a whole bag of baby spinach and couldn’t taste (so great for kids). I could have eaten them all by myself that day. Gluten free items are the best the day they are made, after that they get dry and crumbles.
shelley on 2024-05-17 (5 stars): omg these are sooo good! I used AP flour and blended the banana w the wet ingredients. really soft, fluffy muffins.
Polina on 2024-05-06 (5 stars): I made them again and they came out perfect! I’m so glad I found this recipe! Unfortunately my daughter is 5 and she is refusing to try them because they are green :-( Can I leave out the spinach or would need to add anything instead?
Polina on 2024-03-21 (5 stars): Loved the recipe and the healthy ingredients! Not sure if it’s my liners (I only had plain white) but they were kind of hard to peel without breaking the muffins. Any suggestions? Also, I would love to make mini muffins version. What would be adjustments to time? Thank you!
