Yes it’s January, and everyone is back to “dieting”. I hate that word. It’s an evil word in my household particularly because I gained all my weight dieting!!
So these days, I take a much more level headed approach to what I eat. I’m not perfect and I still have a long way to go in the weight department, but I have a much more sane approach to food and it’s a very freeing thing. I love that about clean eating!!
Case in point: This muffins. Most people would scoff at the idea of eating a muffin in January. But I say, if it’s clean…. be brave and eat the muffin! (Notice, I didn’t say all 16 of them….)
The truth is, I just need something other than hard boiled eggs and oranges that I can take with me on the go. So mixing things up with the occasional muffin is a great way to keep things tasty.
And don’t worry about there being 16 of them. They freeze really well!
YOU MIGHT ALSO ENJOY:
- Clean Eating Cranberry Oat Bran Muffins
- Clean Eating Banana Muffins (Nuts Optional!)
- Clean Eating Coconut Pineapple Muffins
- 2 cups spelt flour
- ¼ tsp. ground cloves
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp. allspice
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup Sucanat (unrefined sugar)
- 1 cup diced butternut, dice at ¼ inch (needs to be small so it will cook through)
- ½ cup diced apples
- 1 egg
- 1½ cup coconut milk
- ¼ cup light-flavored oil
- ½ cup unsweetened apple sauce
- 1 tbsp. freshly grated lemon zest
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Line your muffin tin with cupcake papers, foil papers work best.
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together your flour, spices, baking soda and Sucanat.
- Stir in the butternut and apples to coat them well with the flour mixture.
- Make a well in the middle and add the rest of the ingredients. Stir well. This should be a thick batter, but you should also be able to stir it.
- Fill your muffin papers about ¾ of the way.
- Bake for 30 minutes or until a knife poked in the middle of a muffin comes out clean.
Would you be able to use coconut flour or almond meal instead?
Karen – You could possibly try a combo of both. They are often used together. But I haven’t tried it, so I’m not sure how it would turn out. I may do a paleo version in the near future though.