As a parent, sometimes getting your child to eat anything let alone eat healthy can be very stressful! While I am a big proponent of teaching your children to love healthy food, especially fruits and vegetables, sometimes you have to have a back up plan. Today our back up plan are these fruit and veggie muffins. They are packed to the max with fruits and vegetables, protein and whole grains. A lot of times, the way a food is presented or ‘packaged’ can influence if your child wants to eat it or not.
Ingredients
1 cup – flour, whole wheat
1 cup – flour, all-purpose
3/4 teaspoon – baking soda
1/2 teaspoon – salt
1/4 teaspoon – nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon – cinnamon
1/2 cup – sugar
4 tablespoon – butter, unsalted
2 large – egg
1 teaspoon – vanilla extract
1/2 cup – broccoli, florets
1 medium – zucchini
1 1/2 medium – carrot
1/2 medium – apple
1 medium – banana
1/8 cup – apple juice
1/4 cup – applesauce, unsweetened
1/4 cup – yogurt, plain
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a medium size bowl, mix together flours, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Set aside.
Soften butter.
In a mixer or another bowl, mix the sugar, butter, eggs and vanilla. Beat well.
In a food processor, combine steamed broccoli, zucchini, apple, banana, apple juice, and applesauce. Pulse until thoroughly mixed.
Shred carrots. If you don’t want the shreds in your muffin, combine your carrots with the rest of the fruits and veggies in the food processor.
Combine the fruit and veggie puree, carrots (unless you already added them with the puree), and yogurt, into the wet ingredient mixture (sugar/butter/eggs) and beat until mixed.
Finally, add the dry ingredients and mix just until combined and wet.
In a muffin tin, place muffin papers or spray with cooking spray.
Scoop the mixture into a prepared muffin pan. Fill each spot about 3/4 of the way full.
For mini muffins: Bake in a 350 oven for 15-20 minutes for mini-muffins
For regular size muffins: Bake in a 375 degree oven for about 20-25 minutes.
Bake until the tops are slightly brown and a toothpick comes out clean or they bounce back when you touch them with your finger.
As a parent, sometimes getting your child to eat anything let alone eat healthy can be very stressful! While I am a big proponent of teaching your children to love healthy food, especially fruits and vegetables, sometimes you have to have a back up plan. Today our back up plan are these fruit and veggie muffins. They are packed to the max with fruits and vegetables, protein and whole grains. A lot of times, the way a food is presented or ‘packaged’ can influence if your child wants to eat it or not.
