Here again I have some fruit that is past its prime but don't want to throw it away just yet...Best thing to do with those banana's that are very brown is to make some yummy muffins...I use to make this recipe into 2 loafs of bread but I've found that I would rather do them as muffins because it's easier to control the portion size.
Here's a little tid-bit about our friends the banana....Bananas are one of our best sources of potassium, an essential mineral for maintaining normal blood pressure and heart function. Since the average banana contains a whopping 467 mg of potassium and only 1 mg of sodium, a banana a day may help to prevent high blood pressure and protect against atherosclerosis.
I'm sure you've noticed that I use a light soy milk and not regular milk in a lot of my recipes. I do this because it's lower in calories then skim milk. With the weight program I am on I can have 1cup of light soy milk compared to if I was drinking skim milk, I could only have a half a cup. Soy milk offers many of the health benefits of soy foods. I did some reading up on Soy and found that research has shown potential health benefits of soy in preventing breast cancer, preventing and slowing prostate cancer, and fighting heart disease, osteoporosis, diabetes, and kidney disease. Soy foods, including soy milk, are also thought to alleviate symptoms of menopause and to promote eye health....and with hitting 40 this year I have menopause looming in the distance and hopefully the soy I get in my diet will help with those nasty symptoms that comes along with it...Soymilk, Lite, Vanilla, Part Organic, 32 oz.
Chunky Monkey muffins
2c All purpose flour (still out so I used Fiber One pancake mix)
1tlbsp baking powder
1/2tsp salt
1/4cup +2tlbs splenda sugar blend for baking
2 egg whites
1cup Soy light milk
4oz apple sauce
1/2cup fat free sour cream
1/3cup miniature chocolate chips
2 very ripe bananas
Preheat oven to 350. Line muffin pan with liners and spray with Pam cooking spray.
In a large bowl add flour, baking powder, salt, & sugar. In a small bowl add egg whites and soy milk and whisk together, then add to flour mixture. Now add apple sauce and sour cream, set aside. put bananas in a small bowl and mash together and stir into the batter (will be lumpy). Now you can stir in the chocolate chips and you are ready to fill the muffin cups...I use a 1/4 measuring cup to put batter into the cups to try and get them portioned out just right. Bake for 20-25min or until a tooth pick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Remove muffins from the pan and cool on wire racks...that is if you can wait for them to cool. My crew never can!
Here's a little tid-bit about our friends the banana....Bananas are one of our best sources of potassium, an essential mineral for maintaining normal blood pressure and heart function. Since the average banana contains a whopping 467 mg of potassium and only 1 mg of sodium, a banana a day may help to prevent high blood pressure and protect against atherosclerosis.
I'm sure you've noticed that I use a light soy milk and not regular milk in a lot of my recipes. I do this because it's lower in calories then skim milk. With the weight program I am on I can have 1cup of light soy milk compared to if I was drinking skim milk, I could only have a half a cup. Soy milk offers many of the health benefits of soy foods. I did some reading up on Soy and found that research has shown potential health benefits of soy in preventing breast cancer, preventing and slowing prostate cancer, and fighting heart disease, osteoporosis, diabetes, and kidney disease. Soy foods, including soy milk, are also thought to alleviate symptoms of menopause and to promote eye health....and with hitting 40 this year I have menopause looming in the distance and hopefully the soy I get in my diet will help with those nasty symptoms that comes along with it...Soymilk, Lite, Vanilla, Part Organic, 32 oz.
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| I didn't have any fat free sour cream so I substituted fat free yogurt instead...still like the sour cream better but be creative and use what you have! |
Chunky Monkey muffins
2c All purpose flour (still out so I used Fiber One pancake mix)
1tlbsp baking powder
1/2tsp salt
1/4cup +2tlbs splenda sugar blend for baking
2 egg whites
1cup Soy light milk
4oz apple sauce
1/2cup fat free sour cream
1/3cup miniature chocolate chips
2 very ripe bananas
Preheat oven to 350. Line muffin pan with liners and spray with Pam cooking spray.
In a large bowl add flour, baking powder, salt, & sugar. In a small bowl add egg whites and soy milk and whisk together, then add to flour mixture. Now add apple sauce and sour cream, set aside. put bananas in a small bowl and mash together and stir into the batter (will be lumpy). Now you can stir in the chocolate chips and you are ready to fill the muffin cups...I use a 1/4 measuring cup to put batter into the cups to try and get them portioned out just right. Bake for 20-25min or until a tooth pick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Remove muffins from the pan and cool on wire racks...that is if you can wait for them to cool. My crew never can!
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Nutritional Info
- Servings Per Recipe: 24
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 69.1
- Total Fat: 1.5 g
- Cholesterol: 4.2 mg
- Sodium: 198.1 mg
- Total Carbs: 12.3 g
- Dietary Fiber: 0.9 g
- Protein: 1.8 g
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6 comments:
I can not have/ use Splenda (due to IBS) can regular sugar be used in the same amount?
Love the healthy recipes and how to make changes to make recipes healthier.
Robin
Robin, these are very versital...Just leave out the chocolate chips and bananas and add a cup and half of cut up strawberries. (or leave the bananas in with the strawberries) Something I use to do with these was buy strawberry preserves to use in them...heres what you do...Put 1/8 of cup of batter, then about a tsp or so of the preserves in the middle, then put another 1/8 of a cup of batter over that...then you have Strawberry filled muffins...you can play with this and use a lot of differnt fillings. I think I've even used some homemade jam once... Hope that help :)
You would use 3/4 of a cup of sugar. When using the splenda you don't have to use as much as you would sugar. I'll make sure to put the sugar amount on my future recipes along with what I used. But keep in mind that when I figure up the calories it will be for the splenda not the sugar...really not that much of a difference...
I love that you shared this just as I was getting ready to go bake some banana muffins. Great minds must not only think alike but bake alike, too, huh?!
I love how you adapt a recipe and aren't afraid to test ingredients out. Like the fiber rich pancake mix for flour - I would never have thought to do that!
~ Hannah
Too funny Hannah! Great minds do think a like, huh?...The Fiber one mix is less calories then flour too...so there's an extra bonus, along with it being packed with fiber :)
I love it! We love making muffins in the winter (kaitlyn calls them cake). I'll pass along this recipe to Dan and we'll definitely have to try it!
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