Veggie Muffins!

After trying a few different recipes, I decided to make up my own veggie muffin, since I knew my 2 year old would sometimes eat them.  I also decided that it would be a good idea to let him help with the baking process.  Maybe he would take an interest in the food and be more likely to eat it.  

And so, I present to you the making of the veggie muffins by a 2 year old: 

We started with some carrots, a beet and a zucchini then blended it in a food processor

Then mixed equal parts whole wheat flour and white

Vanilla, apple sauce, eggs, yogurt, raw sugar and pumpkin pie seasoning

Gabe helped measure everything out and in true toddler fashion, played in the dry ingredients

Then we added the wet ingredients to the veggie mix in the processor

This is what you get when you mix the wet ingredients with the dry

Liam decided to join the fun

We then put the mix into a mini muffin tin for easier freezing later

This part called for coffee

We baked the muffins then had to taste test

Gabe decided he liked this recipe the best, and ate 7 muffins! 

Here is the full recipe with directions.  Let me know what veggies you try and how they go with your little ones!

Dry Ingredients: 

1 cup white flour

1 cup whole wheat flour

1 cup oats

1 tsp pumpkin pie spice

3/4 tsp baking soda

Wet Ingredients:

1/3 cup sugar

4 Tbsp coconut oil

2 Lg eggs

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/8 cup fruit/veggie juice

1/4 cup applesauce 

1/4 cup plain yogurt

2 1/2 cups veggie puree

Directions:

Puree veggies

Preheat oven to 375

Mix dry ingredients in a bowl and set aside

Mix sugar, oil and eggs well

Combine veggie puree, yogurt, applesauce and juice in processor. 

Add in sugar mixture

Mix veggie mixture with dry ingredients in large bowl

Spoon batter into greased/papered muffin tin

Bake at 375 for aprox 20 minutes

Yeild: 48 mini muffins

I like to freeze the muffins in bags of 6, then just throw them into the fridge to thaw when we are running out.  I also suggest keeping them in the fridge for storage.  

Hope everyone enjoys!