By Christie Vanover | Published May 5, 2012 | Last Updated December 28, 2022
Blueberry Zucchini mini muffins made with Greek yogurt.
Recently, a coworker told me that she has never eaten a zucchini. I’ve been trying to introduce her to new vegetables because she’s grown up only appreciating green beans, corn and potatoes.
She’s been able to explore asparagus with my Limoncello Asparagus Spears, and recently she tried spinach for the first time through my Zestuous Spinach Cups.
When I asked her about zucchini, she said she was turned off by it because it started with a Z. What? Great things start with a Z – hint, hint – ZESTUOUS!
So instead of making traditional zucchini bread for her, I added blueberries to the mix, so that the Z disappeared. She can now call it BLUcchini bread.
You can bake this as a loaf, regular muffins or mini muffins, just as you would traditional zucchini bread.
Blucchini Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 stick butter softened
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 6 ozs. Greek yogurt
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 200 grams 1 ½ cups flour
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- ½ tsp. cinnamon
- ¼ tsp. nutmeg
- ¼ tsp. ground cloves
- ¼ tsp. cardamom optional
- ¼ tsp. coriander optional
- 1 cup chopped zucchini about 1 zucchini
- ½ cup blueberries
- ¼ cup white sugar
Instructions
- Cream together the brown sugar and butter. Add the eggs, yogurt and vanilla and mix until smooth. Combine the flour, baking soda and spices and slowly mix into the butter mixture.
- Fold in the zucchini and blueberries.
- Scoop into mini muffin cups and sprinkle with white sugar.
- Bake in a 375-degree oven for 12 minutes.
This estimate was created using an online nutrition calculator
Ann-Marie says
YUM! Just pinned it to Pinterest. I make zucchini bread a couple times a year, but I never think of incorporating it into other baked goods. Thanks!
zestuous says
Thanks Ann-Marie
Kim Hanson says
I’ve been wanting to bake with zucchini for a while, and this seems like a great recipe I can handle….just one question – how thin/small do you chop the zucchini?!?!
Thanks for sharing!
zestuous says
I ran it through the food processor, so it was very fine…but the blueberries are larger, so if you don’t have a food processor, just mince it as best you can.