Meaty Spinach Pastries

These were better than I could have dreamed of!

INGREDIENTS
- box frozen spinach
- roll of croissants
- 1/2 lb bacon (or ham or corned beef, we made 3 different pastries! :))))
- 1/2 medium onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- Cup Mushrooms (we used baby bellas), chopped
- 3/4 cup whipped cream cheese
- pepper to taste


DIRECTIONS
- Cook spinach according to box directions
- Cook Bacon
- Mix onion, garlic, and mushrooms, and sautee with bacon grease(or whatever you want to use)mix with spinach.
- Coarse chop bacon and mix with spinach
- Butter or spray your muffin pan
- Use 1/2 to 3/4 of a croissant for each muffin section, cover the bottom and sides (you may have to press them down or roll them individually to get them to cover all of the muffin.
- Scoop in spinach/bacon mixture
- cover slightly with croissant dough
- bake 12-17 mins on 350

NOTE: Don't try to be perfect with the croissant dough, do what works for you! We liked the ones with out quite so much dough over the ones that we used a whole croissant on.

Mac n' Cheese Muffins for Grown ups

These Mac n Cheese Muffins turned out sooooo good! I really wanted to cook something delish for dinner tonight and decided to do these and I also knew I wanted some type of spinach (see the next post.

Ingredients

- 1/4 lb Bacon
- 1/2 lb bag of shredded motzerella
- 1/2 lb bag of cheddar cheese
- 2 tbsp Italian seasoning
- 2 tbsp black papper
- stick of butter
- 1/2 cup milk
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 lb pasta of your choosing


Cook bacon, coarse chop
Cook pasta according to package directions
Drain and rinse pasta
Whisk 3 eggs together, add Italian seasoning and pepper ,add milk
Mix bacon, pasta, and egg mixture together in large bowl
Add Cheese (we like a lot of cheese, you may not want a whole pound of cheese)
Use icecream scoop (I actually used a table spoon, but a scooper would be soooo much easier)


BAKE at 350 for 20-25 mins.

Enjoy!