These super healthy low carb zucchini muffins are a tasty snack or grab & go breakfast. Grain free and sugar free!
These days, I've been thinking about mother's love (bear with me - I'll get to these delish healthy zucchini muffins shortly).
My daughter has just come back from a week long school trip abroad, during which I made worrying one of my favourite pastimes. The 11-hour-long bus trip. Caving. Rock-climbing. Kayaking through rapids. Imagine all the things that could have happened!
Friends, I always thought I was a cool mom (most of the time, at least). And while I tried to keep up that relaxed facade, deep down I did not like her being away one little bit.
Not cool at all.
On a rational level it's obvious that kids need to find their own way, grow more independent each day and our job as mothers and parents is to let go bit by bit. I remember well those times I used to claim more freedom than I was given when I grew up. When the world starts to open up, you are growing into yourself and you just cannot wait to get older, life just keeps on getting better.
No-one had prepared me that growing up is way more difficult for parents than it is for children! On the one hand, the enjoyment and pride of seeing your child mastering life is immense. But there is this darn bittersweet tinge that you just feel you shouldn't have lurking in the background. That's the uncool bit us wannabe cool moms try to hide from them. Let's call it the clingy-clucky-mom-reflex. It can be rather overwhelming!
Obviously, there is another way to channel your unconditional mother's love - through food. Good food!
Maybe that's why I made low carb zucchini muffins today.
They are basically super duper healthy muffins injected with an extra dose of mother's love - in the form of grated zucchini.
As my regular readers will know well, my muffin pan sees a lot of action. Some of my breakfast favourites are these grab & go low carb muffins and my chocolate banana muffins. I love pure egg muffins such as my slightly confusingly named spinach & chive mini quiches or these chorizo egg muffins. Don't get me started on the dessert front - the list would be endless.
Low carb zucchini muffins are the bomb!
Zucchini aka courgette is such an easy-going veggie. I love it in salads, sliced and fried in a little oil and garlic as a side and I hide it in practically any tomato-based sauce.
Its slightly sweet, unassuming taste makes it a perfect ingredient in muffins. It gives just the right amount of moisture and, weirdly, FRESHNESS. Not sure whether this is because of KNOWING I'm eaten a vegetable or whether the individual taste is actually shining through. Plus, you get the added benefit of feeling slightly smug/clever for adding a veggie into the mix, a bit like when you make chocolate avocado ice cream.
Baker's Top Tips
I use cinnamon and nutmeg in this recipe, which works really well. Don't miss out the nutmeg (unless you truly detest the taste of it). Whilst the zucchini is the secret star, it's the nutmeg that seeks attention - in all the right ways. I got the idea from this paleo coconut zucchini bread recipe from Detoxinista.
In my first attempt, I used less coconut flour. If you do this, you'll get a lighter muffin that tastes good, but is ever so slightly on the eggy side.
To get your muffin lighter, you can also separate the eggs, whip up the egg whites and fold them in after mixing the rest of dough.
And one more note - if you have kids with a keen anti-vegetable radar, simply peel the skin off before grating the zucchini. That way you don't see the tell-tale green specks when you dig in.
Healthy zucchini muffins - that's clever mother's love!
Don't miss my Keto zucchini bread - it's made with almond flour instead of coconut flour.
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Low Carb Zucchini Muffins
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Ingredients
- 6 medium eggs or 5 large
- 75 g / ⅔ cup coconut flour
- 125 g / 1 cup packed grated courgette/zucchini
- 75 ml / ⅓ cup coconut oil melted
- 50 g / ¼ cup granulated sweetener (So Nourished)
- 1 ½ tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp grated nutmeg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 Celsius/350 Fahrenheit.
- Grate the zucchini and melt your coconut oil in a pan or the microwave. If you do not want to see green specks in your muffins, peel the zucchini first. There is no need to squeeze any liquid out of the zucchini.
- Beat the eggs with an electric mixer or in a food processor until pale and about double in size. This takes around 3 minutes.
- Add all other ingredients except the zucchini and mix well.
- Stir in the zucchini.
- Line a muffin pan with paper cups and fill each cup with the dough.
- Bake at 180 Celsius for 25-30 minutes or until lightly browned on top and a skewer inserted comes out clean.
Notes
Nutrition
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Renee says
Hello! I made these muffins today and they are delicious! I did not change the recipe this first go around; however, I may add chopped pecans or walnuts to my next batch. I have been gifted several zucchinis here in Italy and I will be looking up your other zucchini recipes to use them up. Thank you for all of the wonderful recipes!
Katrin Nürnberger says
Adding pecans would be delicious! Glad you liked the recipe.
Jehan says
They sound delicious! Can I use honey to sweeten?
Katrin Nürnberger says
Yes, that should work as well.
Christy says
Hello can I use almond flour instead .
Katrin Nürnberger says
Yes, but you would have to use triple the amount, maybe even a little more, depending how fine or coarse your almond flour is. Almond flour absorbs less liquid than coconut flour, that's why you need more.
Patty says
Hi can you use. Another oil besides coconut?
Katrin Nürnberger says
You can use butter instead. But I guess you could also try a light olive oil.
Suki says
Hi Katrin,
can I replace the coconut flour with almond meal?
Katrin Nürnberger says
You would have to use up to 3 times as much almond meal as coconut flour. It absorbs less liquid.
Louise says
Hi Katrin, I'm going to make these today and wondered why you've opted for baking soda over baking powder. Did you try baking powder? I've only got baking powder in the cupboard so want to avoid having to go to the shop for baking soda!
Katrin Nürnberger says
Hi Louse, you can use baking powder instead. Use 3 times as much though to get the same effect!
Janet Huyton says
Lovely, made these last night, put some crushed walnut pieces in them and swapped coconut oil for British Rapeseed and they are fab, need to feed my husband up!
Linda Kendall says
Ok I'm revising my first post. Made these again today and they turned out perfect. My husband liked them and my granddaughters want me to make a batch just for them. Winner!!
Katrin Nürnberger says
Wonderful! So glad they turned out well 🙂
Kathy says
I am about to make the muffins now are you sure that is 3/4 of a cup versus just a half because it sure is thick and I haven’t even added the zucchini or anything else to do next yet ! You
Katrin Nürnberger says
The zucchini contains a lot of water and this helps make the dough moist. Ideally measure with a scale so you get the quantities right!
Linda Kendall says
I made these today and I'm not sure what I did wrong. They tasted ok but were very dry and did not look anything like your picture. I only had jumbo eggs so I only used 3. And I squeezed the water out of the zucchini. I'm going to try again tomorrow and follow the recipe exactly. And I'm not going to squeeze the water out of the zucchini. I'll let you know how it goes.
Katrin Nürnberger says
Hi Linda, you don't need to squeeze the liquid out of the zucchini for this recipe. 🙂