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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This was my first muffin in a year since going paleo and they were amazing!!! Made them for breakfast since the husband and I had to get up at 3am to make our thanksgiving flights. We ate all 9 and it was perfection!
Made these for the 3rd time, this time added 3 servings of protein powder (offset with a large spoonful of coconut oil to keep it from drying up) to pump up the calorie content. They turned out fantastic!!!
Made this- LOVE THEM!!
I was missing nutmeg, ginger and allspice but they still turned out amazing! 🙂 I’m one of those types of bakers/cookers.. haha. When I make again, because I definitely will, I need to dry the zucchini more! That was the hardest part of this whole recipe haha.
Thanks so much for sharing! I gave each of my puppies 1/2 of one, and they loved the crap outta them! 🙂
Do you think raw vs. regular honey will make much of a difference in the consistency?
no i don’t think so!
I just made these – they turned out great! I used macadamia nut butter instead; I also used 1/2 cup of raisins (we love raisins). Then I sunk a pecan in the top of each one – super pretty and yummy! Sliced apples coated in cinnamin would have been a nice topper as well! 🙂
any chance you have the nutritional info on these babies? made them yesterday but am food journaling so would like to log 🙂 thanks! they are delish
no ma’am. i don’t tend to look at nutritional info, but you could input the ingredients into spark people’s nutritional calculator!
Hi Juli, i am just getting into Paleo and I thought the most difficult part was finding what to eat for breakfast, until I found your blog! I just made these muffins for my bkfst and they taste great!
I just can’t wait to try some more of your recipes.
Awesome. Perfect for someone slowly getting into the paleo world.
-a new paleo fan
I wasn’t sure how these would turn out because the batter was still quite liquidy even after I got all of the water out of the zucchini. Wow… So good!!!!! I didn’t think that kind of texture could be achieved without some kind of flour. Thank you!
These are great! My friends who eat the typical American diet loved these! We didn’t much care for them warm out of the oven but the next day they are perfect! I have to cook mine about 35 minutes. I make them fairly often!
Just made these today and they are DE-Lish! Even my 3 & 4 year old girls LOVE them! I might try adding raisins & walnuts to the mixture next time I make them! Thank you for this fabulous recipe! 🙂