Are you eating enough servings of vegetables each day? Don’t stress if you aren’t. Luckily, carrots, beets, zucchini and pumpkin are all easy to incorporate into baked goods (some might even say it’s the best way to eat them!). And, to make it even easier to get your five a day, you can use McCain’s frozen vegetable range to speed up the process.
Encourage your kids or the meat lovers in your life to try these baked goods made with hidden vegetables that make for the healthiest homemade treats and snacks. We promise your family won’t even notice!
Brownies
Gluten-free chocolate chickpea brownies
Zucchini brownies with avocado frosting
Carrot cake roulade with a cream cheese and caramel icing
Vegan carrot, coconut and orange cake
Cinnamon and pumpkin Bundt cake
Carrot cake cookies with a cream cheese icing
Muffins
Sweet potato chocolate chunk muffins
Cinnamon-spiced pumpkin muffins with a walnut crumble
Pumpkin madeleines with a caramel drizzle
Mini pumpkin fritter doughnuts with a maple glaze and cinnamon nuts