Sunday, August 30, 2009

Healthy Fruit Muffins (allergy friendly and vegan!)

Caden typically eats cheerios for breakfast, but has been cheerioed out for a while. He loves to eat bagels but I hate all the white flour that is in them. Today I decided to try my hand at fruit muffins made with whole grains and healthy oils. I planned on making blueberry but realized I didn't have any. Fortunately, we always have fresh fruit in the house and I was able to modify.

Healthy Fruit Muffins
1 cup oats
1/2 wheat germ
1/2 white flour
2 tbsps whole wheat flour
1/3-1/2 cup brown sugar (or other sweetener)
2 bananas
1/4 cup coconut oil
2 small apples, grated or apple sauce
1 tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup So Delicious Coconut Milk (or milk of your choice)

Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl. Mix coconut oil, coconut milk, bananas, grated apples in a separate dish and add to dry ingredients. Stir to combine. Place in oiled muffin tin and bake according to size. I made the super small ones and they cooked for 15 minutes. I modified this from another recipe so I hope it tastes good. They just came out of the oven *biting nails* They smell good at least :)

I think it would be easy to substitute any fruit in this. 1 cup of blueberries or chopped cherries would be super good as well. If you're making this without eggs, you could sub the bananas for apple sauce, flax meal with warm water, etc.