Post by: KarenH on January 23, 2011, 12:08:50 pm
Number of People:18 medium muffins
Ingredients:
1 medium zucchini - washed and cut into chunks
1 large carrot - washed and cut into chunks
1 onion - peeled and halved
1 small to medium red or green capsucim - in chunks
1/2 cup corn kernels
3 rashers bacon, or an equivalent amount of ham
1 cup grated cheese (can grate in TMX first)
1 cup SR flour (I used wholemeal)
1/4 cup olive oil
4 eggs
breadcrumbs or cornflake crumbs - about 1/4 cup
Optional: sliced tomato
Preparation:
Grate the cheese first if using the TMX to grate. Set aside.
Put the carrot, capsicum and zucchini in the TMX bowl. Chop 3-4 seconds speed 5. Set aside.
Dont bother washing the bowl.
Put bacon/ham and onion into TMX bowl. Chop 3-4 seconds speed 5.
I lightly fried the ham and onion in a frypan - but you could saute them in the TMX at this point if you like.
Add the chopped vegetables, corn kernels, eggs and oil to the bacon and onion mix.
Stir on reverse, speed 2-3 for 5 seconds.
Add flour and cheese and season with salt and pepper if required.
Mix on reverse, speed 3-4 for 5 seconds, or until well combined.
Put into individual muffin tins. You can place a slice of tomato on top of each muffin if you like at this point.
Sprinkle with breadcrumbs or cornflake crumbs and optional extra grated cheese.
Bake in a moderate oven 30-40 minutes or until browned.
Tips/Hints:
My mother always used to make a zucchini/vegetable/cheese slice that we got sooooo sick of as kids - especially in zucchini season! But these little muffins are cute and delicious looking - better than the slice - and really tasty.
They would be a great addition for a lunchbox.
Vegetarians could omit the ham/bacon.
If you wanted to add a little boost - you could add some sweet chilli sauce into the batter. My kids just dip the muffins into sweet chilli sauce and suck the sauce off them >:(
You could also "hide" other types of vegies in these too.
members' comments
Snoozie - I had no capsicum so put another zucchini in. I like them. Didn't bother with breadcrumbs or extra cheese.
bigTcup - didn't have any zucchini so put a tomato & some broccoli in - yummy. I over cooked them slightly (I blame DD2 & DS3) but were still edible. Will make again.
astarra - Just got these out of the oven - they smell divine!! Couldn't resist - delicious! Also didn't put capsicum in - extra zucchini as one of the previous posts said and also didn't put the breadcrumbs and extra cheese on. Oh just realised I didn't put the salt & pepper in either ... wow! Still turned out beautiful and I thank you. These even got a thumbs up from DH!!!!!!!!!!
MJ - These were delicious! I only used 1/4 cup grated cheese and added half a block of crumbled fetta. Yum!
Post by: judydawn on January 23, 2011, 01:57:55 pm
Post by: cookie1 on February 13, 2011, 03:08:33 am
Post by: Snoozie on May 28, 2011, 08:20:32 am
Post by: bigTcup on August 03, 2011, 09:33:10 am
Post by: astarra on November 07, 2011, 03:26:19 am
Post by: LouLouB on August 20, 2013, 02:41:31 am
Post by: KarenH on August 20, 2013, 03:00:24 am
The recipe is very versatile, and you can chuck in pretty much any vegetables you like.
My kids like olives, so sometimes I even chuck them in too.
Post by: meganjane on October 11, 2013, 04:24:29 am
Post by: KarenH on October 11, 2013, 04:46:17 am
Post by: BeezeeBee on May 05, 2015, 10:48:51 am
Made it without bacon. Flavours came from carrots, onions, sweet corn and broccoli. Had a sliver of sausage on top of each muffin, just to tantalise fussy DS10
Thanks Karen
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The new design of the forum is rather flash. Nice :) 8)
Post by: thermilover on May 05, 2015, 11:20:43 pm
Post by: thermilover on May 06, 2015, 10:42:01 pm
Thats a huge hit, will be making more of these to freeze.. Its quick, healthy and tasty !!
Thanks Karen for the recipe...
Just one question, any ideas on a homemade sauce I can serve it with, she had it plain but would like to make it more appealing for her..
Post by: KarenH on May 09, 2015, 10:13:28 am
Thermilover, there are plenty of homemade sauce recipes on this forum that you could try. My favourite tomato sauce comes from Quirky Jo's blog Quirky Cooking. Sometimes I put a couple of tablespoons of the homemade sweet chilli sauce (from this forum) into the batter as well to add a wee bit of a kick.