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Reader Recipe: Low-Fat Raspberry Rhubarb Muffins

Fit Community — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:00:52 PDT

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.

Food Review: Fiber One Banana Nut Muffin Mix

FitSugar — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:00:00 PDT

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 for water, vegetable oil, and eggs. While the nutritional information for the packaged mix is appealing, the added ingredients double the fat content from three grams to six grams per muffin and increase the calories from 130 to 160. Find out my opinion of this product and learn how I altered my batch to make it healthier when you

read more. The box suggests replacing the oil with applesauce and the eggs with egg whites or fat-free egg product. With the recommended substitutions, the box indicates each prepared muffin contains 140 calories and three grams of fat. Since I happened to have a ripe banana on hand, I used pureed banana instead of applesauce. My batch turned out beautifully: very moist on the inside with a delicious muffin-top crust and an unmistakable banana flavor, with bits of walnut in each muffin. For sake of unprocessed eating, I'll still make my own reduced-fat muffins, but these are a tasty alternative in a pinch.

Treat Your Valentine to Triple-Chocolate Bread Bites

YumSugar — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:15:33 PST

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 triple-chocolate buttermilk loaf cake. After seeing the Bites of Love series on lilsugar, instead of baking a loaf, I divided the batter into mini muffin tins to create a dainty two-bite dessert. Chocoholics will be in heaven with the complex and rich flavor of three different types of chocolate: dark chocolate, semisweet chips, and cocoa powder. These moist bread bites would be superb with a bold red wine or ruby port. If you and your honey don't drink wine, these minicakes would be romantic at breakfast with a cup of coffee. To get started on these irresistible triple-chocolate bread bites,

Healthy Recipe: Banana Apple Cranberry Muffins

FitSugar — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 04:00:00 PDT

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.

A Reader Recipe: Spelt and Buckwheat Banana Nut Muffin

Fit Community — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 01:40:00 PDT

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!

A Reader Recipe: Rosemary Chickpea Muffins

Fit Community — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:49:14 PST

FitSugar reader prepel came up with this inventive twist on socca, by turning the thin chickpea flour pancakes into muffins! She posted the recipe in our Healthy Recipe group.

Socca in muffin form!

Learn how to make this recipe after the break!

Low-Sugar High-Protein Lemon Raspberry Muffins

Jenny Sugar — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 13:42:01 PDT

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 up the fiber content and replaced buttermilk with Greek yogurt. Not only were these muffins a cinch to whip up, they were a hit, too! I'll definitely be adding this to my recipe book.

Keep reading to check out the recipe and learn the nutritional stats on these muffins.

Recipe Review: Banana PMS Muffins from Women's Health

FitSugar — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 03:30:00 PDT

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 from her muffin at breakfast. For a mainstream magazine, I was surprised by some of the ingredients and had to make a special stop to find rice flour and flax meal, because these ingredients were not available at my local grocery.

To see what other ingredients make these muffins PMS fighters,

read more. These banana muffins provide "cramp-busting potassium" along with calcium and vitamin D, which together can decrease PMS symptoms upwards of 40 percent.

Banana Yogurt Walnut Muffins
Women's Health Magazine

Who wouldn't want to cure her PMS, or at least alleviate some of the symptoms, with a banana muffin. I had to try this recipe and see.

Ingredients

1 1/4 cup oatmeal 1/2 cup rice flour 1/4 cup ground flaxseed 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda 2 eggs, beaten 1/4 cup plain yogurt 3 medium, ripe bananas, mashed 1/2 cup agave syrup 1/3 cup grapeseed oil 1/4 cup walnut pieces

Directions

Preheat oven to 375°F.
In a large bowl, whisk together oatmeal, flour, flaxseed, baking powder, and baking soda.
In a separate bowl, combine eggs, yogurt, bananas, syrup, and oil. Add flour mixture and fold in walnuts.
Divide batter into paper-lined muffin cups. Bake for 20 to 22 minutes or until tops spring back when lightly touched. Cool on a wire rack.

Makes 18. Per muffin: 147 cal, 7 g fat (1 g sat), 103 mg sodium, 20 g carbs, 2 g fiber, 3 g protein

Print recipe with images | without images My muffins look nothing like the lovely muffins photographed in the magazine recipe. I had to seriously stretch the batter to make 17 muffins and none of the muffins rose over the edge of the muffin tray. Although they looked short and flat, they were fluffy and light on the inside. I must add that they didn't taste "healthy" but they could use a little more flavor, maybe cinnamon or some lemon zest. I will make these muffins again. Let me know if you do. Do you have a healthy snack or recipe to share? Then share it in the Lite'n it Up - Healthy Recipe Group and I might just post it on FitSugar.

8 Out-of-the-Kitchen Uses For Muffin Tins

Elka Karl — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 05:00:00 PST

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 sewing pins and other supplies with a tin.
Try a muffin tin for organizing bits and bobs in your junk drawer.
Use it inside an office desk drawer for holding paper clips and other supplies.
Use it to make round crayons out of old ends of crayons for your art projects.
If you don't have a toolbox, store screws, nails, and picture hanging hardware in a muffin tin.
Use a tin for organizing garden seeds or bulbs when you're ready for planting.

Have another idea for using muffin tins? Share it in the comments!

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Get Fit For 2011 Reader Recipe: Strawberry Oat Muffins

Fit Community — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:50:34 PDT

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 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1/4 cup unsweetened apple sauce
1/4 c sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 tsp cinnamon
1 cup chopped fresh/frozen strawberries (or blueberries, if you use blueberries, omit cinnamon and add 1 tsp lemon zest instead)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
Grease and flour a muffin pan, or use paper liners.
In a small bowl, combine oats and water/milk, and let stand 5 minutes.
In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside.
In a large bowl, beat together the egg, applesauce, sugar and vanilla.
Blend in the oat mixture, let stand a couple minutes to absorb moisture. Stir in the flour mixture, just until moistened.
Fold in berries. Fill muffin cups - I use about 1/4 c batter for each.
Bake in the preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

Serves 12

You, too, can enter to win our weekly prize of a $100 New Balance gift card and our fabulous grand prize - a four-day fitness boot camp in LA. Complete any of the previous challenges in our Get Fit For 2011 community group. The more you participate, the greater your chances of winning!