I love the web site CleanEatingClub.com. I always get so much inspiration there for my eating plan and new lifestyle. Today’s recipe is adapted from a recipe I found there for banana bread.
My little guy LOVED these, and I have to say I thought they were pretty good myself.
I added a small amount of soy milk for extra protein, but you can add regular non-fat milk or almond milk if you don’t do soy. (Almond milk would be a yummy addition!)
I also added some flax seed meal for fiber and cut out the salt completely.
Last but not least, I substituted the sugar for agave and cut out all the white flour, using whole wheat pastry flour instead.
These are quick and easy to make, and you could substitute many different types of fruits if you’re not a kiwi fan. Try apples, bananas, berries or pears. (I’m making myself hungry talking about all this fruit!) These are just what you’d expect from a fiber muffin, only better!
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(Makes 16 Muffins)
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 cup flax seed meal
2 egg whites
1/2 cup agave or honey
1/4 cup canola oil
1/4 cup soy milk
1 cup kiwi – chopped (although, you could use almost any fruit)
Olive oil to spray over tops of muffin pans
Directions
Step 1 – Prepare your muffin tins by spraying the top surface with a light coat of olive oil and placing muffin paper in the tins.
Step 2 – In a large bowl, combine all dry ingredients.
Step 3 – In a separate bowl, combine all wet ingredients except for kiwi.
Step 4 – Mix both bowls separately, and then combine.
Step 5 – Lastly, fold in your fruit and scoop into lined muffin tins.
Step 6 – Bake at 350 for approximately 20 minutes. Muffins are done when you poke them with a knife or toothpick and it comes out clean.
Eat and Enjoy!
Nutritional Content
1 serving = 1 muffin
Calories: 125
Total Fat: 5 gm
Saturated Fats: 0 gm
Trans Fats: 0 gm
Cholesterol: 0 gm
Sodium: 91 mg
Carbohydrates: 48 gm
Dietary fiber: 3 gm
Sugars: 9 gm
Protein: 3 gm
Estimated Glycemic Load: 10
Nutritional Information estimated at Nutritiondata.com. Data may not be accurate.
Munchkin Helpers:
If you have little ones, here’s how they can help (With close supervision, of course).
My son loved helping me with these this morning. He got to put the muffin paper (I can never remember the proper name for those!) in the tins after I sprayed them, he got to add the measured ingredients to the bowls and he got to stir the ingredients in the bowls. The only thing I had to do was spray the pans, supervise, and put the batter in the tins for baking. Not to bad for 15 minutes of work, and he had a blast!
Caution: Any time a child is in the kitchen, they will require close supervision. Munchkin Helpers suggestions should be applied with common sense to your own child, taking their own capabilities into account. Do not assume that because it says here that your child can do something, that they can, in fact do it. Please use common sense when in the kitchen with your child(ren).
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