Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins

This recipe is perfect for those super ripe bananas on your counter. The bananas provide enough sweetness, so you don't need to add much sweetener. These are probably the most moist muffins I've ever made. It's hard not to eat the whole batch!

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Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins

Ingredients:

3 small very ripe bananas (or two medium)
2 eggs
2 teaspoons coconut oil 

1/2 cup unsweetened cashew or almond milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup almond flour
1/4 cup coconut flour
1/4 cup stevia
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup chocolate chips (more if desired)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 F. In a food processor, combine the banana, eggs, coconut oil, milk, and vanilla. Blend until smooth.
2. In a large bowl, combine the flours, stevia, baking powder and cinnamon.
3. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in the food processor. Blend until smooth. Fold in the chocolate chips.
4. Add batter to a muffin tin coated with cooking spray. Bake 25 minutes or until knife comes out clean. Allow to cool.

Chocolate Chip Zucchini Muffins

Packed with fiber, whole grains, and yes, zucchini. Zucchini keeps the muffins moist and makes them super nutritious. Perfect back to school recipe for the kiddies...Yes, it's about that time.

Chocolate Chip Zucchini Muffins

Ingredients:

1 cup millet flour (or other whole grain)
1/2 cup oat bran
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup zucchini, grated (I use my food processor)*
1 egg
1/2 cup almond milk
1/4 cup chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350F.
2. Mix the dry ingredients in one bowl, and the wet ingredients in another bowl.
3. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix through. Fold in the chocolate chips.
4. Pour the batter into a muffin tin sprayed with cooking spray. Cook 25-30 minutes, or until knife comes out clean.

*Try peeling the zucchini before grating it if you think your kids will be turned off from seeing green pieces in the muffin

Chocolate Pumpkin Protein Muffins

After receiving my order of CocoCardio in the mail from iherb.com, I wanted to test it out in a recipe. CocoCardio is a powder made from organic cocoa, beet juice powders, and hibiscus extract. It turns a pretty reddish color when its mixed with liquid ingredients. The ingredients in this powder contain many antioxidants and phytonutrients (phytonutrients are organic components of plants that are thought to promote health. "Phyto" originated from a Greek word meaning plant). So not only are these muffins delicious, but they are super healthy! If you don't have CocoCardio, you can use cocoa powder. I ordered mine from iherb.com. You can use my discount code ZSG766 for money off your first order :)

Chocolate Pumpkin Muffins

Ingredients:

1 cup oatmeal, ground into flour
1/2 cup chocolate whey protein (I used Cellucor)
1 scoop (7.5 grams) CocoCardio (or about 1 tablespoon cocoa powder)
1 teaspoon baking powder
3 packets stevia
1 cup pumpkin
4 egg whites
1/4 cup almond milk (or any)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Spray a muffin tin with cooking spray.
2. Grind oatmeal into flour (I used my Ninja food processor). Add the protein powder, CocoCardio, stevia, and baking powder. Blend to combine. Place into a medium size bowl.
3. Blend together wet ingredients (pumpkin, egg whites, milk). Gradually add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients until mixed well. Do not over mix!
4. Place batter evenly into the muffin tin. Bake about 20 minutes, or until knife comes out clean. Cool and eat!

Makes 6 muffins

The nutrition information may vary depending up on the brand of ingredients used:

Nutrition Information: 112 calories, 1.5 g Fat, 15 g CHO, (4 g Fiber), 11 g Protein

Egg White Muffins

Here's another recipe that is perfect for making ahead, and grabbing on-the-go for busy mornings. I made them for my mom a few weeks ago and now all her friends have been asking for the recipe! They are so easy. This is my basic recipe, but feel free to try different kinds of vegetables, spices, and cheese. You can also add roasted or steamed potatoes, turkey bacon, turkey or chicken sausage, smoked salmon, ground turkey, etc. Perfect for using up leftovers!

Egg White Muffins

Ingredients:

1 egg
1/2 cup egg whites
1 Light Laughing Cow wedge
1/2 cup steamed broccoli, chopped
Salt and pepper to taste

Directions: 

1. Heat your oven to 350 F. Coat a muffin pan with cooking spray.
2. Whisk together the egg, egg whites, and salt and pepper.
3. Divide the chopped broccoli amongst three muffin tin slots. Pour the egg white mixture over the the chopped broccoli.
4. Break up your Laughing Cow wedge and drop in the center of each of your three muffins.
5. Bake for about 15-20 minutes, or until cooked through.

Makes 3 muffins

Vanilla Raspberry Protein Muffins

These are magical. For real. These came out dense and cake-like, and were the perfect topping for my protein fro-yo tonight :). Also great as a snack with some nut butter!

Crumbled on top of my protein fro-yo! Protein fro-yo recipe here

Vanilla Raspberry Protein Muffins

Ingredients:

2 scoops Vanilla Sunwarrior Protein Powder (can probably substitute vanilla whey, but you'll need to use less milk)
1/3 cup oatmeal
1/4 cup coconut flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 cup fat-free, plain Greek yogurt
1/4 cup egg whites
1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
20-25 vanilla liquid stevia drops (or original)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract 
1/2 cup raspberries

Directions:

1. Preheat your oven to 350.
2. Grind oatmeal into oat flour (I use my Ninja Food Processor). Put aside in a small bowl. Add the protein powder, coconut flour, and baking powder to the bowl and stir until combined.
3. Blend together the Greek yogurt, egg whites, milk, stevia, and vanilla extract (I used my Ninja for this too).
4. Gradually pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Stir until combined.  Fold in the raspberries.
5. Spray a muffin tin with non-stick spray. Add batter (a little more than 1/4 cup for each muffin).
6. Bake for about 15 minutes, or until your knife comes out clean.

Makes 6 muffins

Macros per muffin: 1.9 g Fat, 9.7 CHO, 4.2 g Fiber, 9.4 g Protein

Since many people ask, I linked some of my ingredients to the website where I buy them (iherb.com). Use the link or use the discount code ZSG766 to get money off your first order!