Carrot and Zucchini Mini-Muffins

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I was extremely happy with this recipe. My mom has low blood sugar, food alergies and can't have gluten in her diet. I made these for her for Valentine's day and she really enjoyed them. I was so happy to be able to bake a treat just for her!! (My Pop loved them too! I didn't make the frosting as she can't eat it and I used whole almonds and grinded them up in the food processer along with the brown rice flour.
Thank you Giada for enabeling me to suprise my mom with this recipe!

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Just delicious. I'm on Weight Watchers so I tweaked the recipe. Used 1 and a quarter cup whole wheat flour, veg oil instead of grapeseed oil and only 1/4 cup, used only carrots b/c that's what I had on hand, and did add some nutmeg and some splenda to the dry mix as some had said they're not quite sweet enough and I didn't want to do the icing to add on points. Love them.

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Yum-O!!! Loved this recipe since it's gluten free and substituted fresh blueberries, raspberries and chopped raw almonds for the carrots and zucchini and did without the frosting. These were plenty sweet. Also added a touch of freshly grated nutmeg. Do cut down on the oil...I did after reading another review and mine still had oily bottoms (just a little. I also filled mine to the top and cooked them for about 18-19 minutes. I'll try cut apples and walnuts next time.

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I must say I always love watching her show and how easy she makes cooking! I also wonder how she remains so thin and then I see recipes like this one. She does attempt to make food with better substitutions then full fledge fattening products. And I'm sure she has portion control...unlike me.
I tried these last night and either didn't bake it long enough or my zucchini was a bit too watery because my muffins came out with little form for spreading the frosting (I used confectioner's sugar instead of honey, my son is 17 months and can't have honey yet. I'm going to try and squeeze the excess water out next time.

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These are terrible. I triple checked that I followed the recipe exactly. They are bland and not nearly sweet enough. I baked a few muffins off first, and tried to fix the rest of the batter. After adding 1/4 cup of brown sugar and some Splenda, they still didn't taste good. I love a lot of Giada's recipes, but this one is terrible.

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I am giving this 4 rather than 5 stars, but I am blaming my complaints on my own substitutions. I am not GFCF and I had a ton of zucchini on hand (and I was getting tired of making scrambled eggs with pancetta and zucchini, which is delicious I might add, so I decided to make muffins and I winged it with what I had on hand.

Whole wheat flour instead of almond flour, half oat bran and half milled flax seed instead of the rice flour, all zucchini rather than the carrots and I added extra zucchini. Agave rather than maple syrup. I made regular sized muffins, so I baked them 20 mins.

The muffins were moist with a good flavor, but slightly odd texture. They are not very sweet, so to get picky children to eat them, I would make them a tad sweeter (maybe 1/2 c rather than 1/3 c. agave or I would load them up with the frosting.

I haven't made the frosting yet, but if I do I will use mascarpone instead of cream cheese.

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i loved this recipe. it was perfectly moist, and a great way to eat your veggies. i would recommend this recipe for a non veggie lover. i thought it was a great idea to make them mini so you can pop them into your mouth. it was very tasty!!!

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These muffins were so delicious and moist...worth doubling this recipe since one tin disappears quickly! Love all the healthy subs in here!
Love the almond flour and would also like to see an almond flour or gluten free pumpkin bread from Giada....Please!

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very good. can not afford grapeseed oil. used regular oil.. would like to know the measurements for regular flour

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So good! I'm not a fan of grapeseed oil so I used ghee gave it wonderful taste! I used raw honey for the sweetner. They're so good my family couldn't stop eating them. I made a few with the frosting but I must say I like them better without frosting :