Sending Evan’s lunch every day has been pretty easy so far. He fights against any variance from his standbys of ham sandwich or humus & pita chips. I’m okay with that, though, since both fit into the school lunch policy. We round out his lunch with fruits and veggies and the occasional treat. I wanted to keep it on the straight and narrow until I could suss out Evan’s teacher a bit better. Thankfully, we’ve been smiled upon by the Nice Teacher gods so no worries there.
Today I had a bit of extra time and a bit of extra zucchini. What is a girl to do? Make muffins, of course! These are pretty healthy but the addition of chocolate chips means that kids will think they are a big treat. We won’t break the news to them that they have veggies in them, right?
Chocolate Chip Zucchini Muffins
- 1½ cup all purpose flour (I use Nutriblend)
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- ½ cup milk
- 1 Tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup shredded zucchini
- ¾ cup chocolate chips
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease 12 muffin cups or use muffin papers.
- Mix together first 5 ingredients in a large bowl.
- Mix together milk & lemon juice and let sit for a few minutes.
- Add other wet ingredients to milk/lemon juice mixture. Mix well.
- Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix until just blended.
- Fold in zucchini and chocolate chips.
- Fill muffin cups ⅔ full.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the middle of a muffin.
Note….somehow I managed to forget to add the egg. They were awesome anyway though I think the egg would add some structural stability so I will add it next time.
What is your favorite muffin to send with your kids?
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I love cooking with zucchini!
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Made a double batch of these yesterday – lots of zucchini pouring out of my backyard patch – they were VERY popular! I used honey instead of sugar (just a bit less than the recipe calls for because it’s so sweet!)
Thanks Merry!!
I made them again today. I meant to try it with honey but I forgot. Good to know that it works well as a sub for sugar in this recipe.
My kids love anything pumpkin so I make loaves and muffins with that. I add quinoa flakes, flax seeds and anything else I can use to bump up the health factor. I find I hardly need to use any sugar and always throw in a few chocolate chips. I struggle with things to send for the bulk of lunch due to the no nuts policy and the fact that I don’t like to send nitrates. One of mine also doesn’t much like cheese (arg)…so I do better with the bento style lunch for him. Thank goodness for Yogurt! Can’t wait to try your recipe.