Cheese and courgette muffins
Healthy cheese and courgette muffins are a delicious snack. Enjoy these easy, cheesy, savoury courgette muffins as an accompaniment to soup, or in lunchboxes and picnics. They are naturally gluten free, with healthy wholegrain oats and plenty of protein.
Ingredients
- 200 g oats
- 150 g courgette (1 medium) washed and roughly chopped
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoon milk any kind of milk is suitable
- 1.5 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon dried mustard powder
- salt and pepper
- 100 g grated mature cheese or other strong flavoured cheese
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees, and line a muffin tin with 6 paper cases.
- Add the oats to a food processor and blitz until they look like coarse flour. Add the chunks of courgette and blitz until finely chopped.200 g oats, 150 g courgette (1 medium)
- Add the eggs, olive oil, milk, seasoning, mustard and baking powder and blitz until well mixed.2 tablespoon olive oil, 2 eggs, 2 tablespoon milk, ¼ teaspoon dried mustard powder, salt and pepper, 1.5 teaspoon baking powder
- Put aside 2 tablespoon of the cheese and stir the remainder into the mixture by hand. Spoon into paper cases and sprinkle over the remaining cheese.100 g grated mature cheese
- Bake for 20 minutes until golden. Remove from the tin and cool on a wire rack.
Notes
- If you are not using a food processor or blender, use oat flour rather than oats, and grate the courgette before adding it to the mixture. Stir the ingredients together as per the recipe.
- Chopped rosemary or thyme can also be added to these muffins, and complement the flavour of cheese and courgette really well.
- In order to get the best cheesy flavour, stir in the cheese by hand so that it is not processed into tiny pieces.
- These savoury courgette muffins freeze really well. They'll also keep for a couple of days in an airtight container at room temperature.
- If you want to make mini muffins, reduce the cooking time to 12-13 minutes.
Nutrition
Calories: 260kcalCarbohydrates: 24.4gProtein: 10.8gFat: 13.9gSaturated Fat: 5gFiber: 3.7gSugar: 1.1g
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