Enjoy these ham cheese and spinach breakfast pies on your way out the door in the morning or even as an easy breakfast for dinner option!

A few weeks ago, around 9pm we let Ginger out while we were watching an episode of Dexter (I really can’t get into that show. 3 seasons in on Netflix and I’m still very ehh about the whole thing).

To be honest, I don’t even know how long she was outside, I must’ve gotten tied up in some murder, cover up or horrible acting from Rita or Deb that goes down every.single.episode.

So when the deck lights popped back on to let us know she was back, I sorta jumped up in surprise.

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When I got to the door to let her in though I realized she had something in her mouth.

It looked like a bagel at first but whatever it was she was quite excited about it as she stood there, tail wagging so vigorously her whole butt was shaking.

So, I let her in and repeatedly told her to “drop it!” until she finally obliged and carefully laid it down on her bed in the living room.

With two hesitant fingers I gently turned the bagel-esque looking thing over to discover it was a spinach bread pastry of sorts, fully intact, not even a nibble taken out of it.

I have my suspicions as to where it might’ve come from (a certain neighbor who likes to feed wild animals comes to mind) and I’m assuming it’s the same place she’s also found a slice of pizza and a whole potato in the past.

The whole thing was hysterical at the time; dog goes out for her evening business, comes back with spinach pastry.

Totally normal.

The best part was that she didn’t even eat it, just proudly brought it back to us as if to show off her incredible find.

Looking back at it now, I feel kinda bad about throwing it out on her.

Weirdness of the whole situation aside, it did end up giving me the idea for these mini ham cheese and spinach breakfast pies.

Ginger’s was definitely just spinach but with the addition of some ham slices and cheese, these mini ham cheese and spinach pies transform into a perfect quick breakfast or of course, brinner (breakfast for dinner) option.

You can use ham from the deli or even leftovers from a grilled ham steak to make these even easier.

I guarantee you’ll like them way too much to want to throw in the backyard to feed the animals (or for your neighbors dog to find and bring home like treasure).

And whether it’s breakfast, brunch or dinner, don’t miss similar recipes like this everything bagel breakfast strata or this cheesy potato breakfast casserole filled with turkey sausage and grated apples!

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