Pick Me Up Veggie Muffins
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When I started writing this post, I mulled and mulled over what I would call these muffins. Healthy Muffins? Green Muffins? Veggie Power Muffins? Believe me, I mulled a lot. Then I called them Pick Me Up Veggie Muffins, because not only were they totally tempting to look at, but one of these babies for breakfast was the perfect pick-me-up I needed on a blah Monday morning. Fuelled me up till lunch!
I originally found this recipe online and tweaked it a lot to make it more fussy-kid and hungry-adult friendly. I also wanted it to look great. That is part of my sneak-in-veggies strategy nowadays. Make it look so delectable, you won’t worry about whether it has vegetables or not (and it does, boy it does!). There is an abundance of carrot, zucchini and shallots in this recipe and it is very light and fresh tasting. I baked 10 large muffins with this recipe and froze 4 after slicing, buttering and putting them back together. A quick zap in the microwave and you can have a fresh breakfast any day of the week. Perfect for a spring lunchbox too.
PICK ME UP VEGGIE MUFFINS
Preparation Time – 20 minutes
Baking Time – 20 minutes
Makes 10
Ingredients
light oil spray for greasing
2 cups self raising flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 large carrot, grated
1 large zucchini, grated
1/2 cup spring onions/shallots, finely sliced
3/4 cup coarsely grated mozzarella (for a lighter taste) or cheddar (for a stronger taste)
1/2 cup milk
3 eggs, lightly whisked
60g butter, melted
dash of paprika (optional)
Method
Preheat oven to 210C. Spray 10 medium (1/2 cup) muffin pans with oil to grease.
Sift the flour and salt together in a large bowl. Add carrot, zucchini, shallots and cheese. Toss to combine until the flour coats the veggies. Make a well in the centre of the mixture. Whisk milk, eggs and melted butter in a jug and pour in the well. Using a light hand, gently fold the muffin mix with a metal spoon until just combined.
Spoon the mixture into prepared tins and bake in the pre-heated oven for 20 minutes until golden and cooked through. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
To freeze, cool completely, slice in half, butter it, put halves back together and freeze in a ziplock bag.
Awwee..would be a great accompaniment with my evening tea! making them today..cute and yum looking muffins, Sneh.
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Thanks Sanjeeta! Hope they turned out well!
Lovely recipe. I have a muffin pan stowed away that could use some love. I’ve been promising myself to bake something healthy in it. This looks just perfect.
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Thanks Snehal! Bring out the muffin pan!!
Very crisp pictures!! Love these healthy muffins – great use of veggies . Wish I cud pick up one from the screen
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I just adore your photography Sneh! It’s so nicely styled but not over styled too!
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Aww thanks Lorraine. I really appreciate your kind words!
Yum, yum. I adore savory muffins and was planning to take some into work. Found my recipe
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Stunning photography Sneh. Each one just better than the other. The muffins look really tempting.
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Definitely baking these tonight – they look delicious! Thanks for the recipe!
I’m coming back for the photos, of course, but I’m going to give this recipe a try. I may add some whole grain and use a sourdough method, but we’ve got a lot of garden produce now and a child who doesn’t eat “green.”
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Aww Amanda. You are sweet. I would love to know how your sourdough method works out. Children who don’t eat green are the cutest! I’ve got two of that kind
I am not much of a breakfast person and every weekday morning it’s mostly cereal that we eat. I think this would be a great twist .. am gonna try this one
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Absolutely love this Sneh. The pictures are great and I have been looking for a good veggie muffin for a while. This looks like it!
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Wow gorgeous…lovely shots
The muffins sound so good and those photos… wow!
I wonder if I can replace the self rising flour for whole wheat with some baking soda?
Thanks Nadia! Great minds think alike. I made a second batch of these over the weekend with whole wheat flour (experimenting to make it a tad healthier). I used 1 and 2/3 cups whole wheat flour and 1/3 cup plain flour. I added 2 heaped teaspoons baking powder and used buttermilk instead of milk. The muffins were a tad dense but very scrumptious .. loved the tang imparted by buttermilk.
These muffins look great! I haven’t made savoury muffins in a long time – will have to keep this recipe on hand. Thanks!
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Loving the presentation, Sneh! That’s a fancy board you’ve got there…
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These looks great and the pics too…will try it out with wholewheat flour..looking for something different and healthy to spice up my boring cereal mornings…
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I think I should make these in the morning, I don’t think me or the kids ate any vegetables today! Thanks for the recipe.
I really wanna grab one from the screen…….wish I could.
Thanks for sharing.
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These look fantastic Sneh!!! They would be perfect for a weekend picnic. Yum!
Beautiful clicks, perfect pick me up muffins. Love the recipe.
cute cute cute! i think i will try this with whole wheat.
I adore that cup with ketchup!
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Very soul-uplifting looking indeed! Those savory muffins must taste really good.
Cheers,
Rosa
What a great idea! I have little time to prepare breakfast now that I have really early classes and have been stumped to find a good filling breakfast that’s ready to go. Savory, healthy muffins sound like just the thing!
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Wow what a treat…….perfectly named.
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Ohhh… perfect for a staff meeting!! I’ll be making these soon!!
These muffins look amazing! Love all the veggies tucked inside.
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They look wonderful, I often make something similar with the ingredients I happen to have in the fridge. I love them with a nice salad or soup, hot or cold…they’re always good:)
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I love this post!! Beautiful veggie muffins
I used it in my post today about healthy treats for kids:
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