Banana Muffins Under Glass
My daughter made the most delicious banana muffins using the unclogged recipe below. Look how gorgeous they are! Good job, girl-o!  |
| Banana Muffins-UnClogged |
Information about what I call Clogger and UnClogged recipes can be found to the right of this post, scroll down to the pages or click here: Clogger & Unclogged: FaceOff.
UnClogged vs Clogger
Flax seed
One of the world's healthiest foods, Flax seed is high in calories, Omega 3s and many other nutrients. Fish oil is NOT the only source of the Omega fatty acids. Fish do NOT manufacture Omega 3 and 6 fatty acids, they get it from their food.
Leave those poor fishies alone
Get Your Omegas from Plants!
Get your Omegas the way fish do - eat plants (kelp) and seeds. Fish oil makes me burp, I am so glad we don't need it!
Leave those poor fishies alone
Get Your Omegas from Plants!
Get your Omegas the way fish do - eat plants (kelp) and seeds. Fish oil makes me burp, I am so glad we don't need it!
Another unique ingredient in Flax Seeds is a gel-forming fiber that helps push foods through the intestinal tract. This same gel-forming fiber ability causes ground Flax Seed, when mixed with water or juice, to form a raw-egg like consistency. It's not the same as eggs, though. Eggs provide no fiber. In fact, no animal-based product contains fiber. Fiber is only in plants.
Startin' a Mantra over here: Omegas come from plants. Fiber is only in plants.
To read more about Flax Seeds on the World's Healthiest Foods web site, click here: Flaxseeds
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| Removing animal-based products deletes cholesterol. Fiber and carbohydrates increase and protein remains about the same. ~ VeggieBound.org |
Recipe Notes: Both before/Clogger and after/UnClogged recipes for Banana Muffins are in this post. Ingredients used to UnClog the recipe are highlighted in green. Clogger ingredients are highlighted in red.
Modified from an old country inns cookbook, this recipe perfectly suited my goal to stuff as many healthy foods into my family as possible. All kinds of healthy ingredients, and now plant-based and low fat! Always a personal favorite, the unclogging of this recipe actually improved the flavor.
For best banana flavor, use over-ripe bananas. Did you know you can refrigerate overripe bananas for use when you accumulate enough for this recipe? I check my local grocery store’s over-ripe produce table for cheap bananas (and apples for applesauce!)
4 Tbsps ground flax seed (egg and oil)
½ cup water
½ cup unsweetened applesauce (oil)
¼ cup oil
2 cups sugar
6 bananas, very ripe and gently mashed
Dry 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
1 ¼ cups whole wheat flour
2 tsps baking soda
1 tsp salt
For best banana flavor, use over-ripe bananas. Did you know you can refrigerate overripe bananas for use when you accumulate enough for this recipe? I check my local grocery store’s over-ripe produce table for cheap bananas (and apples for applesauce!)
This recipes makes one bee-you-tee-full bundt cake, too. Bake in a Bundt pan for about 50 minutes, cool, and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Oh yum! (Ikea sells a package of 3 washable plastic doilies that will dress up your cake on any old big plate - how smart! How green!!)
One of my best recipes
Banana Muffins–Unclogged
30 muffins
Preheat oven to 350º
Wet Beat together in a small bowl, then let sit a few minutes
One of my best recipes
Banana Muffins–Unclogged
30 muffins
Preheat oven to 350º
Wet Beat together in a small bowl, then let sit a few minutes
4 Tbsps ground flax seed (egg and oil)
½ cup water
½ cup unsweetened applesauce (oil)
¼ cup oil
2 cups sugar
6 bananas, very ripe and gently mashed
Dry 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
1 ¼ cups whole wheat flour
2 tsps baking soda
1 tsp salt
Add-Ins: ¼–½ cup any of the following alone or in combination
oatmeal sunflower seeds
soy granules raisins or other dried fruit
wheat germ nuts, chopped
Optional: Top with a sprinkling of
raw sugar, or
chopped nuts, or
poppy seeds
Mix together all wet ingredients. Combine dry ingredients and fold into the wet mixture until the dry ingredients are just moistened.
oatmeal sunflower seeds
soy granules raisins or other dried fruit
wheat germ nuts, chopped
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| Banana Muffins-UnClogged ~ VeggieBound.org |
raw sugar, or
chopped nuts, or
poppy seeds
Mix together all wet ingredients. Combine dry ingredients and fold into the wet mixture until the dry ingredients are just moistened.
Fold in the Add-Ins and spoon into lined muffin cups. Top with your choice of sprinkle and bake 20-30 minutes until lightly golden. These freeze very well.
The ingredients used to UnClog the recipe are highlighted in green
Banana Muffins–Clogger
3 dozen muffins
Preheat oven to 350º
Wet 4 eggs, well beaten (ground flax seed)
1 cup margarine (applesauce and ground flax seed)
2 cups sugar
6 bananas, very ripe and gently mashed
Dry 1 ¼ cups all purpose flour
1 ¼ cups whole wheat flour
2 tsps baking soda
1 tsp salt
Add-Ins: ¼–½ cup any of the following alone or in combination
oatmeal sunflower seeds
soy granules raisins or other dried fruit
wheat germ nuts, chopped
Top with a sprinkling of
raw sugar, or
chopped nuts, or
poppy seeds
Mix together all wet ingredients. Combine dry ingredients and fold into the wet mixture until the dry ingredients are just moistened. Fold in Add-Ins and spoon into lined muffin cups.
Top with your choice of sprinkle and bake 20-30 minutes until lightly golden. These freeze very well.
2 cups sugar
6 bananas, very ripe and gently mashed
Dry 1 ¼ cups all purpose flour
1 ¼ cups whole wheat flour
2 tsps baking soda
1 tsp salt
Add-Ins: ¼–½ cup any of the following alone or in combination
oatmeal sunflower seeds
soy granules raisins or other dried fruit
wheat germ nuts, chopped
Top with a sprinkling of
raw sugar, or
chopped nuts, or
poppy seeds
Mix together all wet ingredients. Combine dry ingredients and fold into the wet mixture until the dry ingredients are just moistened. Fold in Add-Ins and spoon into lined muffin cups.
Top with your choice of sprinkle and bake 20-30 minutes until lightly golden. These freeze very well.
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| Goin' bananas over these unclogged muffins! |
I had a whole bunch of bananas that were over-ripe, so instead of throwing them out, I made the unclogged version of the banana muffins with walnuts. They turned out to be so good, I am not even going to try to make the clogged version because these are delicious! They are yummy treats to look forward to in the morning, and I will certainly use this recipe a lot. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI am so glad! Thank you so much!!
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