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Great for breakfast or a power snack, these yummy vegan, protein-packed, carrot zucchini muffins pack a good amount of nutrients and are one of my favourite ways to start off the day.

I came up with this recipe recently, after an illness took out my son’s appetite completely for several weeks. They are more or less an “everything but the kitchen sink” kind of muffin and are the result of my adapting my mother’s zucchini bread recipe in an attempt to cram in as much nutrition as possible into the one food my son consistently agreed to eat for 2 weeks.

So, what makes these muffins to pack as much nutrition as possible? My “go-to” health boosts are – raw shelled hemp seeds, freshly ground flax seed, almond butter (I’ll be posting soon on how you can easily make this yourself), and unflavoured pea protein.

I cannot put words to how happy it makes my son that there are peas and carrots and zucchini hiding in his muffin!

I’m still trying to work out the proportions to be able to share a 12-muffin recipe, but I figured I’d go ahead and share the 14-16 muffin version while I work on that, so be sure to have a second pan (or a small half loaf pan) available to use up the extra batter.

This is a two bowl recipe (mix the wet and dry ingredients separately, and then fold dry into wet), but the last couple of times I’ve been pressed for time and made it a one bowl recipe and it turned out more than fine.

It was perfect. If you’re going to go this route, I suggest you first mix all your wet ingredients and health boost ingredients, per the instructions. Then add your flour and use a spoon to make a small indent in the middle of the flour. Add your baking soda and baking powder here (simulating a second bowl), and then mix your dry ingredients gently at the top of the bowl before mixing them down into the wet mixture waiting at the bottom, and continue as usual.

I’ve had no problem baking these split over two racks in my oven, though you’ll want to see how your oven handles this and adjust the bake times accordingly.

Hope you enjoy this recipe. Would love to hear what kinds of adaptations you come up with to make them your own!

