Chocolate Zucchini Muffins
How do you shred zucchini for muffins?
I like to shred zucchini in my food processor. This is the fastest way, but you can also use a box grater (use the large holes) instead.
There’s no need to peel the zucchini first, but quarter it and scrape out the seeds with a spoon if your zucchini are large.
How do you get the water out of zucchini?
Zucchini needs to be drained after shredding it to use it in baked goods like these chocolate zucchini muffins. Place the shredded zucchini in a fine mesh strainer and let the liquid drain out of it, pressing it with a spoon to get most of the liquid out.
You can wring out even more liquid in a clean kitchen towel if you like – just place the shredded zucchini on the towel, fold it over, twist the ends to seal it and the wring out as much liquid as you can.
But for muffins I usually just press out as much as I can in the strainer and that’s good enough.
Moist, chocolatey, delicious muffins that everyone will love!
You can adjust the recipe to suit your family's tastes, or create your own variations.
Zucchini Banana Bread
I’ve made this zucchini banana bread for as long as I can remember, ever since I learned how to bake. I used oat flour in this recipe.
Children love it for a snack, and it's good to serve at any meal. It's another delicious way to use zucchini, which is so abundant in late summer.
Zucchini & Kale Breakfast Bake
Eggs have a way of hiding veggies...and this is one of those recipes that is FULL of veggies, but you don't really notice because you're so distracted by the delicious flavor.
You could make this zucchini & kale bake recipe as a delicious brunch option, but my favorite way to enjoy it is as a meal prep breakfast.
I love that by cooking this ahead, breakfast is so easy to pop in the microwave and re-heat. Plus I get some greens in for breakfast and the eggs are so filling, they really do fuel me through the morning!
Baked Salmon with Zoodles & Quinoa
Note: For this dish, you will need a spiral slicer to slice the zucchini into long noodle-like strips
A great substitute for pasta, enjoy this high dish!
* If you don't have a spiralizer, a potato peeler can work. Make wide noodles by running the potato peeler along the side of the zucchini over and over until it's gone.
*Fish is traditional breakfast in other parts of the world - you can make this an adrenal supporting breakfast by leaving out the quinoa and enjoying Salmon and Zoodles within 1 hour of waking... I eat dinner leftovers all the time for breakfast! 🤷♀️😍
Miso Salmon with Zucchini Noodles
Yum, yum, yum. Talk about an easy, super impressive, absolutely delicious weeknight dinner. Throw the salmon in a ziplock bag to marinate in the morning and come home and throw it in the oven. BAM!
This Miso-Glazed Salmon over Stir-Fried Zucchini is pretty much done and delicious and ready to be served.
The miso gives this salmon such an elevated flavor that will make you feel like you are eating out in a restaurant.
You can served it over stir-fried zucchini or zoodles !
Sesame & Ginger Beef Zucchini Noodles
New Recipe Alert!!!
Sesame ginger beef zucchini noodles is a delicious lower carb lunch option that is perfect for meal prep!
Not only is it fast to make, but tastes delicious and only 4g net carbs.
Zucchini Fries
Have you ever made low carb crispy baked zucchini fries? If you haven’t… oh my gosh, you need to.
They are a much healthier alternative when you’re craving French fries.
These low carb zucchini fries are super simple, using common pantry ingredients.
WHAT ARE ZUCCHINI FRIES?
Oven baked zucchini fries are sticks of zucchini that are breaded and baked.
HOW TO SLICE ZUCCHINI FRIES
Slicing zucchini fries is super easy:
* Cut your zucchini in half lengthwise, then cut each half lengthwise again.
* Keep repeating cutting lengthwise until you get thin enough pieces.
* Once the pieces are narrow enough, just stack them and cut them across to get the length you want your baked zucchini fries to end up.
HOW TO MAKE ZUCCHINI FRIES CRISPY
Here are a few extra tips to ensure that happens:
WATCH FOR WATERY ZUCCHINI.
If yours is “wet”, it will have a harder time crisping up. Pat dry with paper towels if needed.
USE SMALLER ZUCCHINI IF POSSIBLE.
The larger the zucchini, the higher the moisture content.