Cheesy Tomato and Black Olive Dinner Muffins

This cold weather around here has me craving all the soups, stews, and chili's of the world lately, and what better to go with them all than a good ol' muffin... a dinner muffin, of course. I found myself in the kitchen throwing some things together in a mixing bowl and came up with these delicious muffins.

Not only did we eat them at lunch with a big bowl of tomato soup, but I actually cooked a huge pot of chili and we ate them again at dinner too. Let me just say this... Jason dislikes tomatoes, tomato soup, and olives, but loved these muffins. As for Elijah, he ate 3 of them!

I definitely have plans to make these again, so it's a good thing I actually wrote the recipe down as I went along, huh?


Cheesy Tomato and Black Olive Dinner Muffins

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You will need:

• 1 1/2 cups of all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup of quick grits
• 1/4 cup of sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup tomato soup 
• 1/2 teaspoon salt 
• 1/2 cup sharp cheddar cheese
• 1/3 cup of sliced black olives

Preheat the oven to 400° and grease a muffin tin. Mix all ingredients, except the olives, in a large mixing bowl. Once everything is mixed well, gently fold in the olives. Spoon into greased muffin tin, filling 2/3 full. Bake for 18 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.  


Let me know if you try these. I would love to know what you paired them with.

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Let's Make Muffins!

 

Almost everyone has probably seen the "recipe" going around for 2 ingredient pumpkin muffins, but I am actually fairly new to this little shortcut... like, a couple weeks new to it! I usually make my own homemade muffins, but tried the 2 ingredient way a couple weeks ago. The kids were pleased and I spent a little less time in the kitchen. However, if you know me, then you know I like to do my own thing. 2 ingredient pumpkin muffins? Psh, I can do better than that! So, I have been experimenting and coming up with some of my own muffin creations, while also having fun along the way.

The original 2 ingredient muffins can be found here. Two of my favorite creations have been chocolate chocolate chip pumpkin and peanut butter banana. I plan to experiment further for new ideas. What do you suggest?

 

I got these cute Wilton silicone muffin pans a couple of years ago, for around $.50 each, when everything was deeply discounted, right after Halloween. I actually forgot I had them until recently and made sure I kept them out where I would remember to use them. Sometimes it's the little things that turn an ordinary muffin into something fun! I can make these same exact muffins at Christmas and use one of our Christmas muffin pans and suddenly the kids think they taste "different", and even "better". Mom magic!

Speaking of Christmas, I already have ideas for muffins then too! Cranberry sauce muffins! Egg Nog muffins! How do those sound to you?