Flourless Breakfast Muffins with Zucchini and Feta (Video) – Kalyn’s Kitchen

Flourless Breakfast Muffins with Zucchini and Feta are a tasty breakfast concept that’s nice to make on the weekend! And it is a excellent answer if you happen to want a low-carb breakfast to eat on the go!

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You solely want one small zucchini so as to add moistness, taste, and texture to those Flourless Breakfast Muffins with Zucchini and Feta, and so they’re so tasty for a low-carb grab-and-go breakfast. And these tasty zucchini breakfast muffins freeze properly, so that they’re excellent to make on the weekend and freeze, then simply seize one and microwave whenever you want some breakfast in a rush.

I prefer to eat the zucchini muffins reduce in half, with a pat of butter such as you see within the photograph, however even if you happen to skip the butter it is a wealthy and scrumptious muffin that’s made with zucchini, cottage cheese, Parmesan cheese, almond flour, flax seed meal, eggs, Feta and a few optionally available inexperienced onions.

The feel for these flourless muffins with zucchini is just like the Low-Carb Excessive-Fiber Savory Muffins I made earlier this yr, however the addition of cottage cheese, zucchini, and Feta makes this a moister muffin. In case you like the thought of creating a batch of muffins and having breakfast dealt with for some time, I hope you’ll attempt these tasty muffins.

What elements do you want for this recipe?

• zucchini
• Olive Oil (affiliate hyperlink)
• Spike Seasoning (affiliate hyperlink), or different all-purpose seasoning mix
• cottage cheese
• coarsely grated Parmesan cheese
• eggs
• crumbled feta
• inexperienced onions (optionally available however good)
• Almond Flour (affiliate hyperlink)
• Flaxseed Meal (affiliate hyperlink)
• baking powder

Why are they referred to as Flourless Muffins?

The phrase flourless within the title means the recipe doesn’t include wheat flour. These flourless breakfast muffins use almond flour which is made out of finely floor almonds.

What was the inspiration for these Zucchini Breakfast Muffins?

This zucchini muffin recipe is a new-and-improved alternative model of a muffin that had zucchini, Feta, and quinoa flakes. Via the years folks saved asking what to make use of as an alternative of quinoa flakes, so after I up to date the pictures I experimented to get a model that didn’t want that ingredient! (Use that hyperlink if you happen to choose to make the unique recipe.)

What dimension Silicone Baking Cups did I exploit?

I used these Jumbo silicone muffin cups which are 3.5 inches throughout for this recipe. (affiliate hyperlink) If the baking cups you’ve gotten are smaller than this, simply watch them fastidiously and also you most likely received’t must prepare dinner fairly so lengthy.

What if you happen to don’t like Feta Cheese?

In case you’re not a fan of Feta I’d make the muffins with any grated white cheese like Mozzarella or Monterey Jack.

What different greens may you employ?

I haven’t tried it however I’m guessing if you happen to’re not such a zucchini fan you may substitute one other kind of partially-cooked vegetable in these muffins, perhaps chopped broccoli, brief items of barely cooked greens, or bell peppers.

Need extra choices for low-carb muffins?

Try Low-Carb Muffins and Breakfast Muffins to see extra of my favourite muffin recipes.

Tips on how to Make Flourless Breakfast Muffins with Zucchini and Feta:

(That is only a abstract of the steps proven within the pictures; scroll down for the entire printable recipe with dietary info.)

1. Preheat oven to 375F/190C and spray silicone muffin cups with non-stick spray. 
2. I reduce the zucchini lengthwise in half, then fourths, and reduce off many of the white half.
3. Then I reduce zucchini items into strips, after which into small cubes. You need about 1 1/2 cups of diced zucchini, or barely much less is okay.
4. Warmth olive oil in a 12″ frying pan and prepare dinner zucchini a couple of minutes.
5. Then add the Spike Seasoning (affiliate hyperlink) or one other all-purpose seasoning and prepare dinner a bit extra.
6. Put cottage cheese in a high-quality strainer and rinse with chilly water, then let it drain properly.
7. Beat the eggs till yolks and whites are well-combined.
8. In a plastic bowl mix cooked zucchini, cottage cheese, Parmesan cheese, overwhelmed eggs, crumbled Feta, and sliced inexperienced onions (if utilizing).
9. In a smaller bowl combine Almond Flour (affiliate hyperlink), Flaxseed Meal (affiliate hyperlink), baking powder, and the second teaspoon of Spike Seasoning.
10. Combine the dry elements into the moist elements.
11. Fill muffin cups, dividing the combination evenly among the many 12 muffins cups.
12. Bake about 27 minutes, or till muffins are agency and barely browned.
13. Serve sizzling or reheat. I really like these with slightly butter, however the butter is 100% optionally available.

Extra Low-Carb Muffins to Get pleasure from:

Flourless Savory Breakfast Muffins

Keto Egg Muffins (Grasp Recipe)

Donna’s Low-Carb Excessive-Fiber Grain-Free Breakfast Muffins

Almond Flour Pumpkin Muffins

Low-Carb Excessive-Fiber Savory Muffins

Weekend Meals Prep:

This recipe has been added to a class referred to as Weekend Meals Prep  that can assist you discover recipes you’ll be able to prep or prepare dinner on the weekend and eat in the course of the week!

Low-Carb Weight loss plan / Low-Glycemic Weight loss plan / South Seaside Weight loss plan Solutions:
Flourless Breakfast Muffins with Zucchini and Feta have some elements which have a couple of carbs however they’re excessive in fiber, so these are low in web carbs and likewise low-glycemic. The muffins are comparatively excessive in fats and would most likely be a bit excessive in fats for the unique South Seaside Weight loss plan if you happen to’re strictly following the fats pointers and almond flour isn’t accredited for the South Seaside Weight loss plan Section One.

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Historic Notes for this Recipe:
These breakfast muffins with zucchini have been first posted in 2008 as a zucchini muffin made with quinoa flakes. The recipe was up to date in 2019 to eradicate that ingredient which lots of people didn’t appear to have, and the pictures have been enormously improved! The recipe was final up to date with extra info in 2022.

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