A recipe. Great for kids on the spectrum...and those not too! lol.

Straight from an email because I'm a lazy bum...

A girlfriend of mine sent me the following recipe which works AMAZING and gets approximately 2 tablespoon of veggies into each muffin if you make 12 muffins. AND they are really simple. I'm considering tweaking it out just a little bit more to add in ground flax seeds. And I used organic whole wheat flour instead of the standard flour.

They actually taste pretty good and the veggies almost completely disappear (and if you grated them finer than a food processor I'm sure they would entirely disappear) but Liam took to them easily and I figured it might be something to pass on and consider for other kiddos who might have veggie issues because it's SO easy to make and not bad for them at all (even pretty low sugar about 1 tablespoon per muffin which isn't THAT bad). We did leave out the nuts this time around since I didn't want to freak Liam with textures. And I added half a teaspoon of vanilla because I add vanilla to everything (and would probably add even a bit more next time.)I also used a gala instead of a granny smith apple and did not peel any of the veggies so extra fiber and stuff are in there!

Thought it might be something you guys might want to have hanging around or pass onto those you know with issues. These really end up like super moist cupcakes more than muffins. I wouldn't consider doing it without cupcake liners though. And seriously? If *I* can make these you know they are easy as I suck at baking. And then some.

p.s. Liam also? Put a chocolate covered marshmallow egg to his mouth and attempted a few bites today too! He's getting SUPER brave!!!!









melissa's "bunny cake" muffins

I got this recipe out of my Cooking Light magazine. It was DELICIOUS! It's a quick bread loaf recipe but mine stuck to the pan (it's SO moist!) so I have decided to make muffins instead (which will need less cooking time!). I'm also going to try to substitute whole wheat flour because I don't think you'd be able to taste the difference. And the grate attachment on a food processor makes very quick work of grating the apple and veggies.

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup flour
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup grated and peeled Granny Smith apple (about 1 medium)
1/2 cup grated and peeled carrot (about 1 medium)
1/2 cup shredded zucchini (about 1 small to medium)
1/4 chopped walnuts
1/4 cup canola oil
1/4 cup nonfat or lowfat buttermilk
2 large eggs
Cooking spray

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 350. Prepare 8x4 loaf pan with spray or line muffin cups with paper liners.
2. Sift together flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt.
3. Add apple, carrot, zucchini, and walnuts. Toss well.
4. Combine oil, buttermilk, and eggs in small bowl. Whisk to combine.
5. Stir wet oil mixture into flour/veggie fold mixture until just combined.
6. Pour into your pan. Bake at 350 for 50 minutes for loaf pan or 20 minutes for cupcakes or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool completely.




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Thanks,
Michelle
"Autism isn't contagious-but my son's smile is!"