Healthy Chocolate And Vegetable Mini Muffins - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2/3 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup oat bran
1 cup rolled oats
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 - 1/2 cup sugar (depending on how mean a mummy you are)
1 egg
1 cup yoghurt (I use lightly sweetened vanilla yoghurt)
2 tablespoons canola oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup cooked and mashed butternut squash or 3/4 cup sweet potato
1 medium zucchini, finely grated (about 1 1/2 cups)
100 g bittersweet dark chocolate, chopped (about 4 oz) or 100 g chocolate chips (about 4 oz)

Preparation

Spray mini muffin pan with cooking spray.
Combine dry ingredients in large bowl and mix well.
In separate bowl, beat egg slightly, and add all remaining ingredients except choc chips and veggies. Stir well.
Add liquid mixture, mix until ingredients are moistened. Gently fold in veggies and choc chips.
Divide among mini muffin cups, filling completely. Smooth top slightly.
Bake at 175 c for 15 min, or until center comes clean on toothpick/knife.
Cool on rack.