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Banana, Carrot & Zucchini Muffins

Vegetarian Breakfast Snacks Dessert

These healthy muffins are the perfect grab and go snack

25 mins
8 ingredients
$0.50 / person
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Banana, Carrot & Zucchini Muffins

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Ingredients

Serves = 6

  • 1 cup wholemeal self-raising flour
  • 1 small banana
  • 1 small carrot
  • 1/2 small zucchini
  • 1 egg
  • ⅓ cup lite milk
  • 2 tablespoons honey or pure maple syrup
  • 1 tsp cinnamon

It’s this easy

  • Preheat the oven to 180ºc and line a muffin tin with 6 paper cases
  • Add flour, egg, milk, honey, and cinnamon together in a bowl and stir until combined
  • Mash the banana and grate the carrot and zucchini, add these to the bowl and stir until combined
  • Spoon the mixture into patty cases and bake for 15 minutes or until golden

Tweaks

  • If you don’t have a muffin tray, you can use a loaf tin instead, cooking for slightly longer, approx. 30 minutes until the loaf springs back when pushed, then cut into 6 pieces

Notes

Nutrition information (per serve):

  • Energy (619kJ)
  • Protein (4.5g)
  • Total fat (1.5g)
  • Saturated fat (0.4g)
  • Carbohydrate (27.4g); Starch (16.0g), Sugars (11.4g), Added sugars (0g), Free sugars (7.8g)
  • Dietary fibre (3.6g)
  • Sodium (180mg)
  • Calcium (47mg)
  • Iron (0.8mg)

Allergies

Contains: Gluten, Dairy, Wheat, Eggs, FODMAPs.

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Eggs contain good quality protein and are a source of healthy fats including omega-3 fats which help in preventing heart disease.

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Eggs are complete source of protein i.e., they have all the essential amino acids (the part of proteins we need from our diets) to help with maintenance and repair of muscles after strenuous exercise to help with a quicker recovery.

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Eggs are filling which means you eat fewer calories overall throughout the day.

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Carrots are high in phytonutrients (especially Vitamin K, potassium beta-carotene, lutein and lycopene) which help in protecting against cancer and Heart disease.

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Carrots are great sources of phytonutrients such as Beta Carotene which can improve healthier skin and overall appearance.

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Zucchinis are a good source of potassium which can aid in reducing blood pressure and lower risk of heart disease and all-cause mortality.

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Support Immune Function

Zucchini is a good source of vitamin C which is important for growth and development and maintenance of your immune system to help with wound healing and fighting infection.

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Bananas are a good source of potassium which can aid in reducing blood pressure and lower risk of heart disease and all-cause mortality.

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Bananas are rich in fibre and resistant starch, which may feed the beneficial gut bacteria.

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