Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread Muffins DF
These Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread Muffins are soft, sweet, and secretly packed with veggies; your new favorite way to use up summer zucchini! Made dairy-free with creamy coconut yogurt and naturally sweetened with maple syrup, they’re the perfect balance of wholesome and indulgent. Bonus: they're gluten-free and loaded with melty dark chocolate chips in every bite. Great for breakfast, snack time, or a lunchbox treat!

Ingredients:
  • 1/3 cup Avocado Oil
  • 1/2 cup Maple Syrup
  • 1/3 cup Unsweetened Coconut Yogurt
  • 2 Eggs
  • 2 tsps Vanilla Extract
  • 1 Zucchini (medium, grated)
  • 1 3/4 cups All Purpose Gluten-Free Flour
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1/2 tsp Sea Salt
  • 3/4 cup Dark Chocolate Chips
Instructions:
  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Line a muffin tray with liners or use a silicone muffin tray.
  2. In a large bowl mix together the oil, maple syrup, yogurt, eggs, and vanilla. Add the zucchini and stir to combine.
  3. Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix until just combined and then fold in the chocolate chips.
  4. Divide the batter evenly between muffin cups. Bake for 22 to 25 minutes, or until firm to the touch and a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let the muffins cool in the tray for 10 to 15 minutes before removing and transferring to a cooling rack to cool completely. Enjoy!
12 servings


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Meet Leah Negrin

 
I am a bold, beautiful, sometimes timid, usually happy, essential oil, nutrition junkie. Although at 39 I feel as if I've had several careers over a lifetime (or at least sometimes when I look back at my resume that is what shines through). I've been a paralegal, an office manager, an administrative assistant, worked in commercial lending and have finally landed on nutrition.

My journey to nutrition started many years ago when my sister was diagnosed with celiac disease and food had to change for the family. From there, along my own health journey I’ve helped people not only figure out what to eat but how to do it so that it can work for them sustainably. For almost seven years I’ve been counseling people on their nutrition and weight loss journeys. 

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I am knowledgeable about what purpose food serves your body and I focus on finding sustainable options when it comes to food; this also led to my love of essential oils. I had the opportunity to attend a workshop where a registered dietitian spoke about using essential oils in her practice to help her patients. I was floored. I knew that #plantsheal but I didn't realize that others in the 'conventional' medical community thought that as well!! Learning that it was possible to incorporate these magical little bottles gave me a huge sense of hope.


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As I learned more about these oils I was diagnosed with increased intestinal permeability or as many of us know it, leaky gut. Leaky gut has been around for quite awhile but many of us are just learning what this is or why this is even more common these days than ever before. Many issues can be related to leaky gut including autoimmune diseases. Receiving this diagnosis just led me down a path further to learn about nutrition and how to best serve my body and take care of myself.


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Since birthing our sweet baby boy at home earlier this year I’ve been incredibly passionate about helping other women too who are pregnant and new mothers with their nutrition. Eating healthy for your pregnant body and your postpartum self is a game changer for both mother and baby.

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