Cheeseburger Muffins
This kid friendly recipe is a fun way to encourage your kids to expand beyond chicken fingers and buttered noodles, while hiding some healthy veggies! Make it adult friendly too by offering a build-your-own buffet of toppings.
Ingredients
- ½ lb ground beef or turkey
- 1 cup baby spinach, sliced in ribbons
- ½ cup zucchini or bell peppers, finely diced
- ½ tsp onion powder
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- salt and pepper to taste
- ½ cup BBQ sauce (I use Sweet Baby Rays Hickory and Brown Sugar)
- 1 tube refridgerated biscuits (12 oz tube- makes 10 biscuits)
- ½ cup Velveeta cheese, cubed
Adult Add-ins
- cooked bacon, diced
- onions
- diced pickles or relish
- green onions or chives
- tomatoes, diced
- ketchup, mustard, BBQ sauce, ranch or any other sauce your like on your burger
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Cook ground beef or turkey with either zucchini or bell peppers in a large pan over medium high heat until almost done. Season with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder. Add spinach and BBQ sauce and cook 2-3 minutes more until spinach is wilted.
- Grease a 12 muffin tin. Press each uncooked biscuit into 10 of the muffin cups. Spread the dough evenly along the bottom of each cup and up the sides.
- Generously fill each cup with the beef (or turkey) mixture. Top with 5-6 Velveeta cubes.
- Bake for 14-15 minutes until biscuit dough is golden brown and cheese is melted.
- Optional: top with additional shredded cheese and melt for 1-2 minutes before.
- Bring out of oven and allow to set in the muffin tin for 5 minutes. Garnish with toppings and sauce of choice.
- Serve 1-2 muffins per person.