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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Yum, these were great! Can’t wait to make your blueberry muffins next. I love reading your posts, you are funny and I appreciate it!
Yummy muffins! I subbed cashew butter for the almond butter and used baking soda instead of powder since I follow the SCD diet. Thanks so much for the recipe!
These were soooo yummy! Thank you 🙂
Awesome!!! was a little worried because no flour but turned out great. Had to cook longer, but thats OK.. Love Zuchinni, used my own, grew in a pot from organic seeds. It’s on my diet every day since I have gone Paleo. Been 2 months now, lost 20 lbs, and love cooking again. The muffin receipes have gotten me thru humps of not eating bread, When I needed something to breakfast on or just when I craved something!! Thanks for all your help and insperation.
I have these in the oven right now and they smell AMAZING! My house smells like Fall! LOL!
I made minis–about 36 of them. Baked at 350 degrees for about 10-12 minutes. They came out great.
So last week a friend gave me the biggest zucchini EVER and I went looking for a recipe in which to use it. I printed this one out and pinned it to my fridge, and then in typical Kate fashion I totally forgot about it.
Opened my fridge this week and the zucchini had gone totally bad, but I still really wanted the muffins. Solution? Sub shredded carrots fir the zucchini and add some raisins.
THIS IS LIKE CARROT CAKE, ONLY PALEO AND BETTER.
Thanks, Juli!
So I thought I followed the recipe exactly, with the exception of not having a full cup of almond butter because that was the last of the jar. I used a bunch of paper towels to drain the zucchini, but I think it took almost an hour in the oven and they were still too wet/moist in the middle. I’m 0 for 3 in the paleo muffin recipe department. Should I have drained the apples too? Other receipes for zucchini pancakes say to let the zucchini sit for 30 minutes so the water separates. Maybe I should try that or add coconut flour like you suggested to someone else? My house did smell amazing while it was in the oven though 🙂
I’m really not sure why they would come out like that!! I just drained the zucchini but didn’t let it sit for that long. all zucchinis are going to come out differently with a different water content, so that could have been the problem.
i think i made a fatal flaw with these by using sunbutter instead of almond butter. the sunbutter is very overpowering so i don’t get any of the delicious apple-spice taste :-(. (still pretty good, just taste like sun butter zucchini muffins)
OMG!! I just made a double batch of these and they are almost gone already. My kiddos ate 3 each right from the oven! DELISH! Taking the rest backpacking tomorrow, gonna have to hide them so they make it through the night! Thanks!