Trying to get kids to eat healthy vegetables can be a difficult task for most parents and grandparents. Luckily for me, my great granddaughter enjoys eating most veggies, but one veggie that she doesn’t like is zucchini. Since my daughter Shelly grows a lot of zucchini in her backyard garden, I’m always looking for recipes that I can utilize to sneak the veggies into her diet.
Today’s guest post recipe utilizes fresh zucchini that is hidden in a muffin and it’s courtesy of Pasta Fits. You can find additional delicious recipes by visiting their site online.
Veggie and Cheddar Egg Muffins Recipe
3 oz. tubetti
1 ½ cups/6 oz. zucchini, small dice
1 ½ cups/6 oz. red pepper, small dice
12 eggs, lightly beaten
¾ cup/¾ oz. shredded basil
1 ½ cups/6 oz. shredded cheddar
Preheat oven to 350ºF. Bring a medium pot of salted water to the boil. Cook the tubetti according to package directions. Drain and reserve. Distribute the zucchini, red pepper and tubetti evenly between the cups of a non-stick muffin pan. Season the eggs with salt and pepper. Pour the eggs over the vegetables then sprinkle with basil and cheddar. Bake for 10 minutes or until cooked through. Cool then wrap for lunch!
How many of you enjoy eating zucchini? For those of you who do, what’s your favorite way to prepare it and enjoy it? How often do you eat it?
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This seems like a great make-ahead lunch or breakfast, and a way to “sneak” veggies into my own meals–LOL. Actually, zucchini is one of my favorite veggies. I usually slice it and saute it in olive oil, sometimes with a little onion or fresh herbs, but since I’ve gotten a spiralizer, I sometimes make noodles and saute them.
I like zucchini with pasta and tomatoes and of course zucchini bread. This would be a good way to prepare it and often when I make these egg muffins, I freeze some for a quick breakfast.
This looks quite good. I like how it uses zucchini. I mean they grow like weeds and you feel bad not using them! It is nice to see they are being used than for something other than in bread. I also like how these look and the portion size is perfect. I bet they even would freeze well.
(Veggie and Cheddar Egg Muffins Recipe) These sound easy enough to make, they sound so good too. I am going to make them for my family real soon-
I eat zucchini in many ways. Lately I have spiralized them. Thks is an ineresting recipe since it uses small pasta pieces in the muffins and no flour.
It looks yummy. Does it come out like quiche?
I’m not a fan of zucchini, but it would be easy to substitute something for that. I’m going to have to google tubetti, lol. I’ve never heard of that!
These look great. Easy make ahead breakfast for the next morning. I love zucchini. I like it grilled
This looks like a delicious and healthy way to start off my morning. What a yummy recipe! Thanks for sharing!
That recipe looks very good. My favorite way to fix zucchini is to slice it thin on my mandolin and then saute it with fresh minced garlic.
Zucchini, that’s a brilliant addition. I had never thought of that. We love our vegetables in this house!
What a Delicious and Healthful Recipe! Yummy!! Yes I Love zucchini . My absolute favorite way of eating it is to bread it! Love it can dip it into any sauce you want. I love it dipped in Spaghetti Sauce. I have it about 4 times a year. But I love it!i