Zucchini Muffins with Extras

Muffins for people with ADHD (and the people who love them—the people, and the muffins)

Today I am sharing a recipe for a basic zucchini muffin with some additional ingredients to boost protein, fiber, and omega-3s, all things good for ADHD brains.  

Now, anyone–ADHD or not–can enjoy these muffins. However, not all people with ADHD can sustain the investment involved in baking: it takes a lot of time (requires ability to delay gratification); there are lots of steps to follow (hard for those who struggle with demand avoidance); and there are a billion things to clean up after (booooring). 

I have gotten huffy in the middle of many a baking project because I felt myself running out of steam.

So, this time around, I anticipated my loss of interest (visualize the counters dusted with flour and covered with drippings of batter and rogue egg white globs, and me in a puddle on the floor sad, sweaty and without any muffins to eat), and intentionally didn’t preheat the oven. I just pulled up a recipe and started mixing the ingredients, knowing I could switch tasks at any point. 

I basically told my oven, I’m breaking up with you before you break up with me. 

You’d think that someone with low dopamine would want to get to the end result faster. But for some projects that inherently take a long time, I’ve found it easier to “pause while I’m ahead.”  

These muffins will be delicious no matter how quickly or slowly you prepare them. You can make them in one sitting, or prepare the dry and wet ingredients as you’re able and come back later when you’re ready to preheat the oven and be held hostage for 18-25 minutes bake.

I originally wanted to title this post “ADHD muffins” but I’m not ready to go viral yet. But, you can call them ADHD muffins–like I do in the privacy of my own head–because they have extra protein and omega-3s in them, or because they have extra distractions mixed into them. 

It’s totally up to you.