I have another winner to share in the lunchbox stakes…
A winner all round as everyone loves it but most importantly – it freezes well, just like the last lunchbox winner, which helps enormously with the need for variety and for a time poor Mum.
1/2 cup grated zucchini2/3 cup ricotta cheese1 & 1/2 cups plain flour3 tsp baking powderpinch of salt2 tbsp sugar1 tspn chopped parsley1/4 cup milk1/2 cup melted butter2 eggs1. Mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and parsley together in a bowl.2. In another bowl combine together the milk, butter & eggs. To this second bowl, add the zucchini & ricotta cheese and then beat well.3. Add this second bowl to the dry ingredients, stirring together until just moistened. Batter may look a little more stiff than your usual muffin mix.4. Fill each muffin cup to about 2/3 full. Bake at 200 degrees celcius for 20-25 min or until golden brown.Use baking paper as muffin liners (just like this) and it won’t stick to the patty pans like it did with mine. I used baking paper the other day when I made zucchini slice in muffin form (another lunchbox winner & pictured below) and it worked beautifully, so I’ll be using that next time I make these muffins!If you have any healthy-ish recipes whether sweet or savoury, that would work for a lunchbox, please link them up to this post. I’m trying to get a bit of a collection together as I need all the help I can get and I’m sure it’ll be helpful for others too – thanks!
YUM. You've sold me (especially that I now have a spacious sort of freezer scenario). <br /><br />Just one question. Three kids I know, whom shall remain nameless, object wildly to the TEXTURE (for heaven's sake!) of ricotta. So do you reckon these little numbers would be a winner? Are they kosher-ly textured?!?
Delish! My next project (or should that be, ONE of my next projects) is DIY ricotta. Supposed to be dead easy, tasty (and conveniently about a zillion times cheaper than the bought stuff) – I'll keep you posted x
Ooo lovely, thanks for sharing. I love recipes with zucchini in them, my eldest boy is a big fan of zucchini, so I'm only too happy to whip up recipes that include it :o) These look YUMMO!
I've never seen any of my children eat zucchini, but I guess it is worth a shot, especially seeing as they freeze, if the kids won't eat them, then I can send them along to work with the man of the house. I am so sick of school lunches, that we are in nsw for most of this week so that I can have some time off from doing them. Well, that might be an exaggeration, mostly visiting my mum,
I am so going to make these…M has sworn of ALL sandwiches and I am at my wits end as to what to do for school lunches…we have finally decided that zucchini slice is nice (yeah!!!) and this should be a bit similar, total bonus is that these babies freeze – yes I can at last seem like an organised, thoughtful, caring mummy etc etcwho feed her child intersting wholesome lunches!!! TK xx
Ah! You're getting ahead of me. Love it! Will definitely try these. I've been sending cold quiche to school and Child 2 has declared it the Best Lunch Ever. Much better than sandwiches apparently. Please excuse me while I bask in my own motherly glory.
I like the sound of these:) They'd be nice to have with a soup too instead of bread. Thanks for the recipe, simple and yummy as always. xo