• What's for Breakfast?


  • I am not a morning person and I never was interested in breakfast... Usually oatmeal leaves me hungry an hour later, but if I eat one of these muffins made from ground up oatmeal - I get full.
    • Is Oatmeal the Answer?
    As oatmeal contains beta-glucan, it's one form of soluble dietary fiber that's going to improve cholesterol levels and boost heart health. The American Heart Association recommends 25g of fiber per day. One large muffin has 3.4 grams of fiber so     that is 14% of your daily requirement.
  • Muffins are not cupcakes. All these recipes freeze well. Store in fridge as there are no preservatives.

  • No Sugar Apple Cinnamon Blender Muffins


  • This is a doubled recipe - as it is our favorite. This recipe is courtesy of Brendid, so if you would like to make a single batch try her page at No Sugar Apple Cinnamon Healthy Muffins
    • 5 1/2 cups old-fashioned oats 
    1 8 oz package dried dates 
    1 cup water (boiling)
    2 1/2 cups apple
      (approx. 4 medium apples - peeled & diced)
    1 3/4 cup milk
    2 large eggs
    4 tsp  vanilla
    4 tsp baking powder
    1 tsp baking soda
    1 tsp salt
    4 tsp cinnamon

  • Boil dates in 1 cup of water and then let sit. Get apples out of freezer OR peel and chop 2 1/2 cup apples.
    Pour 5/12 cups of oats into mixer bowl.  Place 2 cups in blender and grind on low. Pour ground up oats into mixer bowl. Repeat until done.
    Pour dates and water into blender.  
    Blend until mostly smooth.
    Add diced apples and milk to the blender. Puree until smooth.
    Add remaining ingredients into mixer bowl.
    Pour date/apple mixture from blender into mixer bowl and mix.
    Add one egg at a time.
    Batter will look very wet.

    Spray with cooking spray or line large muffin tins with muffin papers and fill 2/3 full with batter, approximately 1/4 cup per muffin.
    Spray well or use muffin papers or you will be soaking muffin tins.
    Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 minutes, until knife comes out clean.
    Must be refrigerated or frozen.
    Do not overbake. I put the milk in the same pan as the dates to let it heat. The muffins rose really high, but the tops were crusty.
    Dates are good for brain health: memory, learning, and prevention of Alzheimers.
    Medjool dates have more polyphenols (the free-radical fighting antioxidants) than
    blackberries, plums, and apples, and more potassium by weight than bananas,
    making them a superfruit in their own right.

    • Sea Salt Chocolate RX Bars |or Blueberry Rx Bars


  • TIP
    To double this recipe is trouble - even with my 13 cup Food Processor.
    • Makes 20 bars

    Orange Banana Mango Muffins


    YIELD: 12 muffins
    3 cups Quaker Oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)
    2 cups all-purpose flour
    2⁄3 cup frozen mangoes, thawed
    2 teaspoons baking powder
    1 teaspoon baking soda
    1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)
    2/3 cup Medjool Dates
    1 1/2 cup low-fat buttermilk
    1 1/2 cup banana, mashed and ripe (about 4 medium)
    2 eggs, lightly beaten
    2 tablespoons vegetable oil
    1 Large Orange
    Zest of the Orange and puree the rest

    Heat oven to 400°F Spray muffin cups with cooking spray. In large bowl, combine oats, flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and dates; mix well. In medium bowl, combine yogurt, banana, egg whites, oil and orange peel; blend well. Add to dry ingredients all at once; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened. (Do not overmix.). Fill muffin cups almost full. Bake 20 to 22 minutes or until golden brown. Cool muffins in pan on wire rack 5 minutes; remove from pan.

    Muffins with No Pit Fruit for Heather

    Oatmeal Muffin Based Recipe

    Makes 12. Good for allergies to fruits with pits.
    Recipe adapted from Brendid Brendid website

    Sugar-Free Pear Muffins



    Makes 14 big muffins
    Your baking technique is another important factor in making light, fluffy muffins. During the first 10 to 15 minutes of baking, your baking powder and baking soda are reacting in the heat, producing carbon dioxide to puff up your muffins. For the best result, preheat your oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit, rather than the 350 to 375 F called for in most recipes. Once the muffins are in, reduce the temperature to whatever your recipe calls for. It is very important not to open the oven for at least the first 10 minutes until the rising is finished. on hand lemon juice,
    Research on Oatmeal is plentiful.
    Links from US National Library of Medicine