I love online shopping and get a delivery of groceries once a week. This week I used a new company and made quite a large mistake when ordering courgettes (zucchini for all my non UK friends!). Instead of ordering 4 courgettes I ordered 4 bags of them and now have 16 courgettes to cook with! So I’m desperately trying to think of ways to use them all up. The Boy loves cucumber but he wasn’t fooled when I tried to pass off a courgette as a cucumber sadly. I then had a thought I could make some kind of savoury muffin using them.

I used a basic muffin recipe and simply added courgettes and some cheese. I then realised my muffin tins were being used elsewhere so used a loaf tin instead and got a yummy savoury loaf. You can also use muffin tins too with this recipe – just alter the timings slightly. This is great for any meal and as they are full of cheese and milk they are dairy rich and a yummy afternoon snack. Little Lady devoured 3 slices while The Boy ate his cucumber. Now what to do with my 15 other courgettes?

1 egg

120ml milk

200g self raising flour

200g grated courgette

150g grated cheese

Mix all the ingredients together well until you get a very thick batter. Spoon batter into a WELL greased / silicone loaf tin or some WELL greased / silicone muffin tins.

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Cook in oven on 180 degrees C for 40 minutes for the loaf and 25-30 minutes for the muffins.

Cool on a wire tray then turn out.

For the loaf I always slice it upside down as I find it is easier to cut this way.

The slices of loaf or muffins can be frozen wrapped individually in clingfilm and either zapped in the microwave to defrost or left out for a couple hours.