Zucchini Chocolate Chip Muffins

Fact: I love to bake.  Since I've been getting hyped about fall and all things pumpkin, I was planning on making pumpkin oatmeal chocolate chip muffins (my fave!).  Then my cousin came back from upstate with all this deliciousness from my uncle's garden:

Photo credit to Steph :)

See that big ole zucchini right there?  I snatched that up and decided to switch to Zucchini bread.  Or muffins rather, to make them easier to share!

The end result:

So stinkin good, if I do say so myself.  Of course, to make it a tad bit healthier I tweaked a basic zucchini bread recipe, incorporating whole wheat flour and swapping whole eggs for whites.

You should definitely make these babies yourself and here's the recipe:

Ingredients

1 cup whole wheat flour

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cup light brown sugar

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp salt

2 egg whites

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1 Tbsp vanilla extract

1 Tbsp lemon juice

1 cup zucchini (shredded)

1/2 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

2.  Combine dry ingredients (flour through salt) in a bowl.

3.  In a separate bowl, mix egg whites, vegetable oil, vanilla extract, and lemon juice.

4.  Add wet ingredients to dry until combined.  (Don't worry-the mix will look a little too dry to be bread/muffin mix at this point)

 5.  Add shredded zucchini, chocolate chips and walnuts.

6. Bake for 20-25 minutes.

And last but not least...

ENJOY! :)