Banana Flaxseed Muffins

[goes4ever]

I saw this on another board, and it sounds great...

Banana Flaxseed Muffins

Ingredients:
1/2 cup flax seed - groun it via coffee bean grinder or buy it from Walmart this way.
3 bananas, mashed
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup splenda
2 egg whites
1-1/2 cups protein powder vanilla or unflavored is fine.
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup whole flax seeds

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350-degrees and lightly grease your muffin pan (I used Pam and it worked very well).

In a large mixing bowl, beat together bananas, oil, Splenda and egg whites.

In a separate bowl, mix together the remaining ingredients. Spoon batter into prepared muffin pan. Bake in preheated oven for about 12-15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into a muffin comes out clean (this might vary b/c my oven runs hot).

Recipe makes 12 muffins.

Each muffin contains ~ 3.5g fat/10 carbs (2.5g fiber)/10g protein = 105 cals

 

[KC Lifter]

Sounds good I love bananas.

 

[goes4ever]

ok I just made these and they rock!.........however I made some adjustments to the recipe, to make them better for you in my opinion.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup flax seed - ground it via coffee bean grinder or buy it from Walmart this way.
3 bananas, mashed
1/4 cup vegetable oil I replaced this with 1/4 cup applesauce.
1/2 cup splenda
2 egg whites
1-1/2 cups protein powder vanilla or unflavored is fine.
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup whole flax seeds I eliminated this altogether because whole flax seeds are very hard to digest.

so the new macro breakdown is as follows:

each muffin is
88 cal
2 fat
9 carb 1.5 of it being fiber
9 protein

so these are a great healthy muffin, that is good for you, and taste great!.........and they are awesome when they are still warm.......mmmmmmmm

in case you did not know it, anytime a recipe calls for oil, it can be replaced 1:1 with applesauce to lower calories and fat

 

[goes4ever]

mmmmmmm, just made another batch of these babies today. Good eating!

 

[sarge]

Yeah, that does sound good! I just have one suggestion: try xylitol instead of splenda for the sweetener. It's all natural, and it tastes just like regular sugar (no aftertaste like saccarine). It doesn't affect your insulin level, and it's good for your teeth. It's the only sweetener my wife and I use except for raw honey now and then.