Vegetable muffins are a great option for low-calorie diets. They perfectly complement lunch, dinner and, of course, a festive table. And if you eat muffin for breakfast, you will not get hungry for a very long time. Children are especially fond of muffins for their beautiful design, delicious aroma and excellent taste. I present to you an easy recipe for vegetable muffins, which everyone can easily prepare.
Vegetable Muffins: Essential Ingredients
- Zucchini - 1 pcs.
- Carrots - 300 g
- Hard cheese - about 50 g.
- Cream - 200 ml.
- Eggs - 3 pcs.
- Celery - 1 bunch.
- Salt with pepper to taste.
These ingredients are enough to prepare 9 vegetable muffins.
Cooking method
Grate the vegetables on a fine grater, beat the eggs, add salt and pepper to the resulting mass, cream, pour into vegetables, mix thoroughly. Grind cheese with a grater and sprinkle half with vegetables. Use the remaining cheese for serving.
Rinse the celery thoroughly, cut the branches and finely chop the leaves, add to the vegetable mixture. Lubricate the special muffin tins with butter and fill them with grated vegetables. Sprinkle the remaining grated cheese on top. Preheat the oven to about 200 degrees, put muffins in it and bake for about half an hour.
Ham Muffins
If you don’t like diet food, you can cook vegetable muffins with ham. Vegetable muffins, the recipe with a photo of which is presented below, will turn out to be high-calorie and very tasty.
List of ingredients:
- Carrots, pre-boiled (50 g).
- Frozen cauliflower and Brussels sprouts (50 g each).
- Ham (50 g).
- Hard cheese (50 g).
- Eggs (2 pcs.).
- Sour cream 25% fat (5 tsp).
- Flour (1 standard glass).
- Baking powder or slaked soda (1 tsp).
- Dry yeast.
Step-by-step instruction
- Boil vegetables for 7 minutes, knock over in a colander, cool. At this time, set the oven to heat up to 200 degrees.
- Cook the dough. To do this, mix the eggs, sour cream, salt, yeast with a mixer. Add flour to the resulting mass, then baking powder. If it is not at hand, soda, slaked with lemon juice or vinegar, is suitable. Grate the cheese, add to the resulting mass.
- Dice vegetables and ham. Lubricate the muffin molds with oil, fill with vegetable mass and ham. Put in a preheated oven and bake for 20-30 minutes.
Ideal vegetable muffins served with different sauces. Instead of these vegetables, you can use your favorite: cabbage, tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant, zucchini. Instead of ham, you can add sausage, sausages, chicken, meat and even mushrooms. Cheese can not be added at all. Fresh greens will perfectly complement the dish.
This appetizer is suitable for pregnant, lactating mothers and even children, especially if they do not eat vegetables. On muffins, you can draw a funny face or beautifully decorate them with greens. Vegetable muffins, the recipe of which you already know, will perfectly complement any side dish, fish, meat and even first courses.
A nutritious and tasty dish will provide you with a good mood and the right energy for the whole day. This is an excellent food for those who need healthy food and lead an active lifestyle. Please your family and friends with fragrant and healthy vegetable muffins.