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Chocolate Zucchini Protein Muffins

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If you follow me on Instagram, you know that I’ve recently decided to compete in my first ever fitness competition!!! Originally I was going to wait until November. But after talking to a friend who has done a few competitions already, it seemed like the right decision to do the INBF show in July with her!! Wooooo I’m absolutely STOKED!! So I’m sure you’ll be hearing a lot more about my training and all the different foods I’ll be eating during contest prep! Right now I’m “bulking” lol and doing a reverse diet – slowly increasing my calories and carbs every week in order to build muscle!! So I actually get to eat a LOT! More food than I’m used to eating forsure with a tonne of carbs! My dream come true <3

I had an itch to do some baking on Saturday after I finished my sweaty spin class and just happened to have some zucchinis in my fridge. Very convenient ;) And these turned out fantastic!! If you don’t like zucchini, then I wouldn’t recommend them. BUT, if you grate the zucchini small enough then you’ll barely know it’s there. Plus…think of all the nutrients you’ll be gaining from these CHOCOLATE muffins! Whaaaaaaaaat…thats pretty cool if I do say so myself ;) And not to mention the macros are fantastic so you can enjoy these little treats without feeling the least bit guilty. Maybe even have a few of them ;)

Makes 10-12 muffins     Prep Time – 10 min      Baking Time – 20 min

Ingredients

  1. 3/4 cup brown rice flour
  2. 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  3. 1/2 cup chocolate protein powder (I used Dymatize Iso-100)
  4. 1/8 tsp baking powder
  5. 1/2 tsp baking soda
  6. 1 tbsp cinnamon
  7. pinch of salt
  8. 3/4 cup egg whites
  9. 1/2 cup unsweetened apple sauce
  10. 1 tbsp stevia
  11. 1/2 tbsp vanilla extract
  12. 1 cup zucchini, grated in small pieces

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In a large bowl, combine the first 7 ingredients together and give it a good mix.
  3. In a smaller bowl, whisk together the egg whites, apple sauce, stevia and vanilla extract.
  4. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and mix until well combined. Add in the zucchini and stir.
  5. Next, scoop batter into a greased muffin tin (about 1/4 cup into each muffin). Mine filled 11 muffins. Bake for 20 minutes :)

Macros per muffin (if you made 11) : 86 cals, 11g carbs, 10g protein, 0g fat