Zucchini Muffins

One of my favourite meals and one of my son Lachlan's is Zucchini slice. We always have a problem though. We end up with a little bit left over that ends up getting thrown away and frankly I hate waste - especially with something I like so much. So..............I decided to make the same recipe but make them in to Muffins instead of baking in a slice tray. 

These taste really yummy - just like slice but individual serves. Best bit - you can freeze them and eat another time. My favourite thing to do.

Zucchini Muffins 

Ingredients:

1 large zucchini, grated

1 onion, chopped

6 rashers bacon, diced

5 eggs

1 cup grated tasty cheese

salt and pepper for taste

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1 cup self raising flour

Directions:

Combine all ingredients except eggs and flour. Lightly beat the eggs, add to the mixture with the flour. Bake at 180 degrees C for 25-30mins or until brown on top. If making it in to a slice cook for 30 - 40 mins until brown on top. 

I baked these in a greased muffin tray but they stuck so my advise is to use muffin papers to line. Don't know they they will stick to that either. Up to you but be warned LOL. 

Choc Chip Muffins

Last Christmas Ashley received a cookbook with Chef's hat and apron from my sister Bev and her hubby. The recipe book is called Great Recipes Kids can Cook. We have not made anything with the recipes as of yet and my little miss got it out this morning and pointed out the Apple Muffin recipe that she wanted to make. 

Okay - well yep we can do that. Unfortunately - no apples in the house (at least after her brothers had one each in their lunch box for school). I don't like cooked fruit - especially apples. I remember when growing up my mum would cook apple pies all the time and I always missed out coz I didn't like it. Don't know why. I just can't stomach cooked fruit.

Anyway so this morning we made the Muffins with mini choc chips. They are a new product here in Australia - yes we are deprived but we finally have them and I think they have to be the perfect size for muffins and especially cookies so the next batch of choc chip cookies will be made with them too. 

 So on to the making. Ashley wanted to be very involved so here she is mixing. 

 And now putting in to the muffin tray.

Finished muffins. They taste so yummy. They taste like scones.

I made sure I had mine while hot and put butter on it. Yummy. Yummy

Yummy. LOL. 

Choc Chip Muffins (kid friendly)

Ingredients

2 large eggs

3/4 cup milk

4 tablespoons sugar

125g butter, melted

2 cups of plain flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

1/2 bag of Nestle Mini Choc Baking chips

Directions

Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Grease a 12 hole muffin tray.

Beat (mix) eggs, milk, and sugar together in a bowl.

Add the butter and mix well.

Sift flour and baking powder then add to the bowl.

Gently fold the flour in to the wet ingredients.

Stir through the chocolate chips - being sure not to over mix.

Place dessertspoons - approx 2 - of mixture in to muffin tray and bake for 12-15 mins. Cool. 

If you eat these warm - try a little butter on them - it melts and tastes so yummy.