Healthy zucchini date chocolate chip muffins

Ingredients:

1 tbsp clarified butter (ghee)

1 large brown organic egg

8 to 10 dates (paste) pitted

1 ½ cups whole wheat flour

1 ½ cup tightly packed shredded zucchini

½ cup semi sweet chocolate chips

1 1.4 cups organic 2% milk

½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder

Pinch of salt

2 teaspoons baking powder

½ teaspoon baking soda

Preheat the oven to 400 F. Lightly grease a 12 cup muffin pan with oil spray. Set aside.

In a large bowl, whisk the clarified butter, egg, milk, and dates until smooth. In a separate bowl, mix the cocoa, whole wheat flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda. Now, fold the flour mixture in the bowl with the butter and egg mixture. Lastly add the chocolate chips.

Pour the batter in the greased muffin pan and bake for about 15 minutes at 375 F.

Cool the muffins on a wire rack.

 Avocado Spinach mango salad

Since mangoes are very much the talk of the town, here is one wonderful and fresh spinach mango salad.

Ingredients:

1 bunch fresh baby spinach organic roughly chopped

½ red onion chopped in thin slices

1 ripe avocado chopped in cubes

½ lemon juice

Salt and pepper to taste

1 tbsp white wine vinegar

2 mangoes chopped in cubes (peeled and seeded)

2 tbsp orange juice

In a serving bowl, mix all the ingredients and serve. You can add any toasted nuts or sunflower seeds for the crunch.