So the roommates, and all other girlfriends, were all out of town over the weekend. They went up to Aspen to drink, listen to Mumford & Sons, and make bad decisions. What you should do on a holiday weekend. Me, on the other hand, decided it was smarter to stay home and cook until I wanted to cry so I could get caught up with my cookbook. Problem with that is, the house gets creepy quiet and boring after a good 8-10 hours in one room or on the computer, with no other human interaction. I was bored, to say the least.
It wasn’t until Sunday night that I got an invite I couldn’t refuse. My friends Sarah and Brian, who I spent 6 days in Lake Powell with, called me a cab and got me to roam down to one of my favorite bars in Denver. Why is it my favorite bar? Because Sergio and I kill the dance floor every time we are there together. Anywho, when I walked into the bar, I knew it was going to be an interesting night. Mainly because 3 bottles of tequila had just been purchased and no one was making very good eye contact. I had been dreaming of a beer for days. Ok let’s be realistic, a cider beer. But that’s all I really wanted. A beer, and a buzz. So that’s exactly what I got. Along with 6-7 shots of tequila. Those things were being handed out like hot cakes.
I love hot cakes.
The next morning, in my attempt to figure out what had even happened, pictures surfaced. Whenever you half remember a night, it’s always a bit nerve racking when pictures pop up. It’s kind of like Vegas, you sometimes don’t want to know what happened. I wouldn’t know, I’ve never been to Vegas. But I can imagine. I have a small child brain. But I’ve had my fair share of Mexico trips, and I’ve seen some of those pictures. Thankfully one of those trips was before my days on Facebook. Remember back in the day, when Facebook didn’t exist? Yeah, me neither.
Anywho, moral of the story, I LOVED Sunday night. Even when Monday morning rolled around and I thought my stomach was turning inside out, I kept smiling. Mostly because I got to watch my guy friend, who will not be named, lose $100 betting he could do 15 double unders in a row. Oh and then he lost at credit card roulette…twice. Men are so entertaining while intoxicated.
Zucchini Apple Spice Muffins
- Yield: 9 1x
Ingredients
- 1 medium zucchini, shredded (about 1 cup worth)
- 1 apple (I used gala), shredded (less than 1/2 cup worth)
- 1 cup almond butter
- 1/4 cup raw honey
- 2 eggs, whisked
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- So you first need to shred your zucchini. Use the shredding attachment on your food processor or take the long and boring route using a cheese grater. Whichever works.
- Once your zucchini is shredded, you need to remove the excess liquid. What I did was place a couple paper towels down on the counter, throw the zucchini on top, then place another paper towel on top of the zucchini then squeezed. The more you squeeze, the more liquid will come out. Genius.
- Use more paper towels as needed, but be sure to squeeze until the zucchini feels water-less.
- Place zucchini in a bowl.
- Now shred your apple. I left the skin on the apple and zucchini, but you don’t have to if you’re not a fan.
- Toss together your zucchini and apple in your bowl then add the rest of your ingredients and mix well.
- Place muffin mix in a greased muffin tin or with muffin liners or silicone muffin liners like I used!
- Bake for 15-20 minutes of until your toothpick comes out clean after you poke them!
- Top with a bit of coconut butter and you got heaven on your hands.
- Makes 9 muffins
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Making these tomorrow. Just juiced about 4 dozen apples and had a bunch of pulp left over. Love when you can use the whole fruit, with not much left over.
I just made these! They’re delicious! I had to cook them a ton longer – didn’t really keep track to how many times I added 5 minutes but I’m guess it was almost 40 minutes. Maybe I didn’t squeeze enough juice out of the zucchini. Also, they totally stuck to the pan. Will use liners next time (or a lot more grease!)
try coating each muffin cup with a little melted coconut oil, slides right out!!
These were DELISH!!! Still need to work on my zucchini water draining skills. But this muffin was amazing!! tastes like dessert!! I used sun butter. but didnt have all the spices (only had Cinnamon and vanilla ).
Cant wait to make more!! How much of a cheat is this muffin!?? cause i want to eat them everyday!
Juli! These are sooo good! I just started eating Paleo 9/1 with a girlfriend of mine, so this was the first recipe that I tried from your site and I’m excited it came out so well- AND tastes just like autumn!
Like another poster, I had to cook mine longer and they came out spongy in the center but I assume that’s because I wasn’t able to squeeze out enough moisture from the zucchini (went through 8 paper towels!). ^5 to Katie for the tip about using a mesh bag from the paint store; I’ll definitely try that next time 🙂
Just made these… You and the muffins are the bomb. i had a kitchen crisis and ran out of almond butter mid recipe. So i used 1/4 almond butter 1/4 coconut butter and thre in 1/3 flax meal to suck up some of the liquid.
I made these for my box and these were great! Everyone loved them. I required apple butter. YUM.
Delish! Just a suggestion for some people – get the small mini muffin tin and they cook a little faster and all the way through. I like the small ones bc they are easy for a quick bite if you just need something to hold you over. One of my fav treats so far!
These were delicious! !! What a great treat. Thank you a million times. Thank you. I tell everyone I know about your site.
Well, it looks like it’s gonna be a multi-recipe kind of night! DEF making these, too!!!
Made these with and without honey. Definitely pro-honey! Maybe raisins also! The non-honey batch didn’t rise and just tasted like almond butter. nothing wrong with that but just not a muffin.