Healthy happy you.
Before you reach for a buttery, sugary pastry, check out this recipe for low-fat — but high-flavor — raspberry rhubarb muffins britestcrayon posted in our Healthy Recipe Group. To find out how to make these tasty breakfast treats, keep reading. Read more
Normally, I steer clear of processed baking mixes and their artificial ingredients, but a pal of mine raves about Fiber One Apple Cinnamon Muffin Mix, so I decided to give the product line a try. I opted for the Banana Nut variation; both flavors yield muffins that contain 20 percent (five grams) of your daily fiber requirements. Like other brands of boxed mixes, the Fiber One Muffin Mix calls Read more
With Valentine's Day around the corner, I wanted to get a head start on finding the perfect recipe for my sweetie. Looking through my cookbooks, one caught my eye as the ideal place to start — The Wine Lover's Dessert Cookbook. This book is dedicated to creating delicious desserts that accompany a variety of different wines. While I drooled over many, I decided to experiment with the Read more
I grew up loving Banana Nut Bread, and here's a twist on my mom's famous recipe. Since it includes additional fruit besides bananas I can use less sugar, so not only is it naturally sweet and flavorful but it's also full of fiber. Check out the recipe after the break. Read more
Looking for a healthy way to start your day? This spelt and buckwheat banana nut muffin that reader prepel posted in the Healthy Recipe community group may be just what you need. Keep reading to find out how to make this dish! Read more
Flipping through Women's Health, I saw a recipe for PMS muffins. How could I not be intrigued? If a muffin could help ease my symptoms, I could become a baking maniac instead of the usual PMS maniac I become. I baked these Banana Walnut Yogurt muffins and can't tell about my mood yet, but I liked these muffins, as did my hubbie and 3-year-old. My kindergartner is a little picky and abstained Read more
Berries are finally in season! I picked up a few pints of raspberries and am loving them sprinkled on my cereal, in my salad, and on my frozen yogurt, but I've also been baking with them. I tried a new muffin recipe for my Sunday brunch. It sounded so light and summery, but I thought I could make it even healthier with a few substitutions. I swapped out all-purpose flour for whole-wheat flour to Read more
I have a collection of vintage muffin tins that I adore but rarely get around to actually baking in. Is this the case at your house, too? Maybe it's time to take the muffin tins out of the kitchen and transfer them to another part of your home. Take a look at a few ideas for using them around the house. Use tins for organizing jewelry. Use them for molds for handmade bars of soap. Organize Read more
Enter to win by completing any challenges you may have missed, like FitSugar reader bcn1000, who shared a yummy recipe for strawberry oat muffins for the 11th challenge of our Get Fit For 2011 giveaway. 1 cup rolled oats 1 cup water/milk/buttermilk (water only has the lowest calories, but buttermilk is yummy) 1 cup whole wheat flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1 Read more
As a food enthusiast growing up in Texas, it was blueberry muffins for breakfast and cornbread for dinner. I always wondered what would happen if the two collided — which is why I created this a rich, buttery cornbread muffin oozing with fresh blueberries. It's subtly sweet and surprisingly light on the palate. With a sour pungency from the Greek yogurt and a bright, floral flavor from the Read more
