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Zucchini pancake donuts [nut free, refined sugar free]

March 6, 2020 / 40 Comments

What’s in these zucchini pancake donuts?

Well, all good things, obviously. As you know from my other zucchini posts, we’ve been blessed with a wonderful zucchini crop this summer and we’ve been using zucchini in everything. It’s at a point at the moment where the kids ask: “Mum, why do we eat zucchini at every meal?” Because it’s organic, delicious and nutritious, obviously.

Other than a cup of shredded zucchini, you will need:

wholemeal flour or wholemeal spelt flour
seed meal (I just blitz together about equal amounts of pepitas and sunflower seeds)
tapioca powder
baking powder
speculaas spices or cinnamon
salt
eggs
macadamia oil (or substitute MCT oil or sunflower oil)
vanilla extract
milk (non-dairy can be substituted)
maple syrup
cherries, berries or other fruit

Life lately (not zucchini related)

But enough about zucchini. What have you been up to? What are you watching, reading, listening to? What activities have you done with your kids that have been great experiences?

Lately, I’ve been listening to the Happier with Gretchen Rubin podcast. It’s a recent discovery for me but one that I’ve enjoyed a lot (I even have a brand spanking new shortcut on my iPhone which starts playing the podcast as soon as I get into my car in the morning!). If you follow me on Instagram, you may know that I’ve already put together my “20 for 2020” list, a list of 20 concrete goals for 2020 (rather than New Year resolutions, which I think is a great idea as I can absolutely see how being specific about what you want to achieve this year makes it easier to reach). If you’re interested, I’ve included things like:

read 20 books (on track – the last one I read was a cracker and I really couldn’t put it down. I think I read it in about three days which is really fast for a mumma who works full time, has two little ones and a blog. Check it out for yourself here.)
start learning a new language (I love languages. My kids have just started learning Italian in kindergarten so I’m thinking this is a great opportunity to learn it with them. I am a big fan of the Pimsleur language method and have already learnt Japanese and French with this course. So intuitive and it works well for me.)
take a photography course (this is still outstanding. I am always keen to learn new photo techniques but just cannot find enough time in a day. Can anyone recommend a good one?)
plan at least 6 adventures with kids (I have only planned our long holiday so far, for September/October this year, which allowed me to check off another item on my list. When I wrote this down, I was thinking about a number of different things like a spontaneous road trip, a zoo visit, maybe a weekend at the coast. Since then, we’ve had bushfires, floods and now Coronavirus so it’s not looking great for travelling with kids. I’ll have to keep thinking about this one.)
catch up at least three times with at least five friends (definitely on track with this one. I love seeing my friends but, like everyone, our lives sometimes get busy, or you just feel exhausted at the end of a long week, so cancelling becomes a very tempting option. I love that this goal motivates me to stay in touch and doesn’t bind me to any particular way of catching up – lunches, dinner, movie dates, it all counts.)

Have you made a list like this, or do you have any New Year’s resolutions? How are you going with it/them?

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