Healthy Muffins to Have on Hand
No Grain Muffins (Favorite)
Great, easy to make non-gluten, protein snacks for home or for hikes!
Ingredients:
2 ½ cups ground almonds/pecans
½ tsp. Baking soda
¼ cup melted ghee
3 eggs
¼ cup of honey
1/8 tsp. unrefined sea salt
¼ cup unsweetened applesauce/apple butter, grated wet veggies – carrots, zucchini or mashed bananas, blueberries, etc.
Preparation:
** Combine all ingredients to make batter. Grease muffin tin with ghee.
Bake at 375 F for 15-20min. Makes 12.
Spice Muffins
Gluten Free, Sugar Free. Perfect for candida diets.
Ingredients:
1 Egg
1 tbsp Almond Butter
3/4 tsp Stevia (powdered extract)
1/8 cup Butter or oil
1/2 tsp Vanilla (or almond flavour)
1/2 cup Plain Yogurt ( can substitute cream)
1/2 cup Water
3/4 cup Brown Rice Flour ( can substitute any flour)
1/4 cup Rice Bran (can substitute with almond meal or flour)
1/2 cup Almond Meal (whole almonds put through a coffee grinder)
3/4 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Cinnamon
1 tsp All Spice
1/2 cup Favourite Fruit
Preparation:
Whip egg until frothy. Add almond butter, stevia, butter or oil, vanilla, yogurt and water. Mix on med/high for about 1 minute. Add remaining ingredients (except fruit) and mix slightly. Add fruit, gently stir. Pour or spoon into greased muffin tin about 2/3 full. Bake at 375 for 20-25 minutes.
These Muffins actually rise.
Feel free to experiment, as long as the liquid to dry ratio remains some what the same; many different substitutions will work.