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Hidden Veggie Pizza Muffins

These savory muffins are made with grated zucchini and carrots, packed with pizza flavor, and perfect for sneaky veggie servings. Simple to make, they’re great for lunchboxes and can be served warm or cold. A tasty, toddler-friendly way to get your little one to eat more veggies!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings: 12 toddlers
Course: Appetizer, Dinner, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine: American, Italian
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • ½ cup grated carrots
  • ½ cup grated zucchini
  • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 2 Large Eggs
  • 1 cup whole milk (or milk of choice)
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • ½ cup tomato sauce
  • 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
  • ½ cup shredded parmesan cheese
  • ⅓ cup chopped pepperoni

Method
 

  1. Preheat the oven to 350℉. Spray a 12 cup muffin tin with oil. Be sure to thoroughly coat each cup!
  2. Using a paper towel, squeeze out as much water as possible from the carrots and zucchini.
  3. In a small mixing bowl, whisk to combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
  4. In a large mixing bowl, whisk to combine veggies, eggs, milk, oil and sauce. Stir in the flour mixture, cheese and pepperoni.
  5. Divide batter among the 12 muffin cups, they will be almost full! Top with extra cheese and pepperoni if you wish!
  6. Bake for 19-22 minutes or until they are golden on top and a toothpick comes out clean.

Notes

Note 1: When grating the vegetables, I like to use the smallest size possible on my grater so that they blend in really well with the dough. The larger size is totally fine though if that’s all you have! Also, If you have leftover zucchini or carrots to use, they freeze super well! So pop them in a ziploc in the freezer and save them for another hidden veggie recipe like these hidden veggie blueberry banana muffins!
Note 2: You can make these as mini muffins instead, just bake for about 13-15 minutes!