Air fryer spinach and cheese egg cups

Name: Air fryer spinach and cheese egg cups
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 8 eggs; 3 tbsp milk; 100g baby spinach, roughly chopped; 1 red pepper, finely diced; 60g vegetarian mature cheddar cheese, grated; 0.5 tsp salt; 0.5 tsp ground black pepper; 1 low fat cooking spray, a few sprays

Fluffy little egg cups full of spinach, pepper and cheddar, good hot or cold for breakfast and lunchboxes.

Time30 mins
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.71 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

4 egg cups

Ingredients

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8eggs
3 tbspmilk
100 gbaby spinachroughly chopped
1red pepperfinely diced
60 gvegetarian mature cheddar cheesegrated
½ tspsalt
½ tspground black pepper
1low fat cooking spraya few sprays

Method

1
Spray 8 silicone muffin cases or ramekins that fit your air fryer with cooking spray.
2
Whisk the eggs, milk, salt and pepper together in a jug.
3
Divide the spinach, pepper and half the cheese between the cases. Pour the egg mixture over, leaving 1cm at the top.
4
Heat the air fryer to 160C. Cook for 10 minutes, then scatter on the rest of the cheese.
10 min
5
Cook for 3 to 5 more minutes until puffed and set, with no wobble in the middle.
4 min
6
Leave for 3 minutes before lifting out. They keep in the fridge for 3 days.

Double check before you cook. Recipes can contain mistakes. Any diet labels come from the ingredients as written in this recipe and are a guide, not a guarantee. Always check every ingredient and the packet label for allergens and cross contamination, and ask your doctor or dietitian what is right for you, especially with coeliac disease, diabetes or a serious allergy. This is not medical advice.