Healthy Designer Muffins

Create your own muffin

If you want a delicious and nutritious snack for the whole family why not try creating your own muffins for a healthy yet interesting snack alternative? Once you are familiar with this basic recipe you can adapt it to suit your tastes at any time.



Preparation Time: Up to 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 25 minutes
Makes: 12 servings

Ingredients
2 ½ cups self-raising flour (wholemeal or white flour)
¼ tsp bi-carb soda
pinch salt
1 ¼ cups low-fat milk
2 eggs
¼ cup olive oil

These are your basic ingredients for any muffin recipe. You can personalise this recipe by adding your favourite flavours. Be creative and have fun by using your preferred fruits, vegetables, meats, cheeses, nuts, seeds, herbs and spices. However, here are a few combinations that I like to start you off.



Bacon, Corn and Spring Onion Muffins

100 gm lean bacon, diced
160 gm corn kernels (fresh or tinned)
60 gm spring onions, sliced

Zucchini Muffins

250 gm zucchini, grated
1 tbsp. ground sage

Spiced Banana Muffins

300 gm banana, mashed (approx. 3 average sized bananas)
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. ground ginger

Blueberry Muffins

1 ½ cups blueberries, fresh or frozen

I never add sugar to any of my muffin recipes. Fruit muffins contain enough natural sugars to satisfy sweet cravings. However, feel free to add as much or as little sugar as you like to the recipe. Remember, you can always spread your muffin with some jam or honey before serving.

Making these muffins is really quite simple. Once you are familiar with the basic method, it will be a breeze every time.

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These muffins are delicious straight out of the oven. However, they also freeze really well. Therefore, anytime you feel like a delicious, guilt-free snack just take one out of the freezer and pop it into the microwave for a minute or so.

Categories
#snacks
#healthy
#easy


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