Items such as savoury muffins, scones or fritters are a great option for breakfasts, morning tea, after school snacks, or for adding variety to a lunch box.
Note: Many of these recipes include cheese. A recent disturbing trend in cheese making is the use of microbial rennet instead of animal rennet. While this is understandable in vegan cheeses, it is perplexing in dairy cheeses, which are made from animal products. It’s also a health concern – what are microbes made in a lab going to do to our gut biome? Sadly, nearly all NZ cheeses now contain microbial rennet, but Mainland Tasty is still made with animal rennet – thank you, Mainland! (if you find any others, please let us know)
If you are dairy free, and don’t want to use vegan cheese, look for recipes with some of these options:
- Mashed pumpkin, butternut or kumara / grated zucchini, for moisture
- Herbs, spices, yeast flakes for flavour
- Non dairy additions could include diced ham or chorizo, caramelized onions, tomato or capsicum, grated carrot, chopped olives, sundried tomato, sweetcorn
Mix & Match Savoury Muffins
A classic savoury muffin recipe for a standard diet (with wheat) – great as is, or add your own ingredients to give it some of your personality. Prep Time 20 minutes / Cook Time 45 minutes / Servings 12 muffins.
- 1.5 cups self-rising flour (or regular flour and one teaspoon of baking powder)
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup milk
- 1 whole egg
- 200 grams cheese (a little less is ok – you can alter this to a cheddar/blue cheese mix, and fresh parmesan is also recommended).
- Savoury fillings: caramelised onions, chopped up cooked chorizo, spinach, roasted red pepper, roasted pumpkin/kumara, feta cubes. You can add almost anything you like.
Mix the dry ingredients, this includes the cheese and savoury fillings. Mix carefully to avoid mashing all the ingredients together. You can add a pinch of paprika or black pepper to the mix to taste. Mix the wet ingredients well. Mix wet and dry ingredients together. Don’t over mix, it should be a stiff mixture.
Spoon into greased muffin tin, garnishing the top. (A slice of tomato and some grated cheese works well, as do pumpkin seeds). Cook at 190 degrees Celsius for 20 minutes or until muffin coloured.
Recipe from Suzanne.
More muffin recipes
- Jamie Oliver’s Cheesy Chicken muffins – made with wheat flour, but could probably be replaced with a GF blend – if you try it, let us know how it goes
- Jamie’s Quinoa & Kale muffins – gluten free, could be dairy free & vegan by leaving out the feta or using a vegan cheese
- Jamie’s Sweet Potato (or Butternut) muffins – made with wheat flour. This could probably also be converted to gluten free fairly easily.
- Brazilian Cheese Bread – made with tapioca starch, so naturally gluten free
- Sweet potato herb muffins – these ones are vegan and gluten free, but are made with oat flour. Make sure it is an oat flour that’s certified gluten free (not all oats are).
- GF Savoury muffins – made with a GF blend
- Pumpkin muffins – gluten free, dairy free, egg free
- Feta & vegetable muffins – made with coconut flour
- Cheese free Vege muffins – GF, made with coconut flour, dairy free but not vegan as has eggs
- Paleo Savory Muffins – gluten free, dairy free, Paleo. For AIP, nightshade free, leave out the tomatoes. Can be made vegetarian. Rice flour can be used instead of tapioca.
- Bacon Herb Muffins – Paleo, AIP, dairy free, gluten free, egg free (gelatin eggs instead).
- Vegan savoury muffins – Dairy free, egg free. Can be made with standard flour or GF. Loads of veges.
- GF Cheese muffins – made with a mix of coconut and almond flours, these are gluten and starch free
Scone recipes
- Cheese scones – from the Edmonds Cookbook, made with wheat flour
- GF cheese scones – there are heaps of GF variations online, I chose this one from a Kiwi blogger
- Almond cheese scones – gluten and grain free
- Nacho cheese triangles – gluten and grain free, with a spicy twist
- Vegan savoury scones – dairy free but not gluten free
- 20 best cheese scone recipes – a variety of (wheat based) recipes using different types of cheese and additional ingredients eg ham & cheese, feta & spinach, olive & sundried tomato
Other savoury options
- Broccoli & haloumi fritters – these are very popular with one member’s family, and are often requested cold for lunch boxes. If you’re following a traditional diet, use lard, tallow, butter or ghee to cook them.
- Spicy Tuna Cakes – Paleo, Whole30, Gluten Free
- Mini Frittatas (egg muffins)
- Cheesy crunchables:
- Jamie Oliver’s Cheese straws – for a standard diet, includes wheat
- Cheese crackers – gluten free
- Cheese stars – gluten and grain free
- Meat & vegetable snacks – not exactly baking, actually a dehydrated snack
Related posts
- A variety of breads – something for every eating plan
- Baking – sweet
- Snack balls and bars
Recipe posts compiled by Deb.
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