Melt In Your Mouth Banana Chocolate Muffins

Melt in your mouth Banana and Chocolate Muffins that are yummy AND healthier than some other recipes I've come across. Try for yourself. You'll see...  ;-)

My 2 year old nephew stayed over last night and this morning as I was scrolling through my Facebook feed, I came across a recipe for Banana Bread Brownies. I love banana bread, but didn't want all that sugar and processed ingredients. Plus, that recipe had lots of sugary frosting on top. I found by putting chocolate chips in a baking recipe, it adds enough "sweet" that frosting isn't needed.

Shakeology Sunshine Bars: A sunny recipe for dreary days

Shakeology Sunshine Bars
from Shakeology Blog

Prep Time: 10 min.
Total Time: 3 hrs. 10 min.
Servings:  12 (1 bar each)


INGREDIENTS

2 scoops Chocolate Shakeology
1 cup egg white powder
2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
2 Tbsp wheat germ
2 Tbsp flax seed
1 tsp ground cinnamon
½ cup unsweetened almond milk
¼ cup raw honey
¼ cup all-natural almond butter
ripe medium bananas, mashed
Nonstick cooking spray

DIRECTIONS

• Combine Shakeology, egg white powder, oats, wheat germ, flax seed, and cinnamon in a large bowl and mix well. 

• Mix almond milk, honey, almond butter, and bananas.

• Press into an 8 x 8-inch pan that is lightly coated with spray. Cover with plastic wrap and press down to flatten into pan. Refrigerate for 3 hours. 

• Cut into twelve bars.

Nutritional Information (per serving):

Calories: 182
Total Fat: 5 g
Saturated Fat: 0 g
Cholesterol: 3 mg
Sodium: 99 g
Carbohydrates: 25 g
Fiber: 4 g
Sugar: 10 g
Protein: 12 g

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Quinoa Breakfast Bars

Quinoa Breakfast Bars

From http://www.theleangreenbean.com/quinoa-breakfast-bars/

Prep time

5 mins

Cook time

20 mins

Total time

25 mins

A grab 'n go breakfast that's tasty and a cinch to make, without all of the added sugar found in store bought bars.

Author: Lindsay L

Serves: 8-10

Ingredients

• 1 c whole wheat flour (or chickpea flour to make GF)
• 2 c cooked quinoa
• 2 c oats
• ⅔ c nuts, chopped
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 Tbsp chia seeds
• ⅔ c peanut butter
• ½ c honey
• 2 egg
• ⅔ c applesauce (or mashed banana)
• 1 tsp vanilla
• ⅔ c craisins
• ½ c chocolate chips (optional)

Instructions

1. Combine applesauce, vanilla, eggs, peanut butter and honey in a small bowl and mix well.
2. Add the remaining ingredients and stir until just mixed.
3. Spoon into a greased 9x13 pan and bake at 375 for 20 min or until golden brown.
4. Let cool and cut into bars.
5. Store in the refrigerator.

These quinoa breakfast bars are chewy and delicious- perfect for breakfast or an afternoon snack. They’re packed with protein and fiber and they’re gluten-free  as long as you use GF oats. Plus, they could be made vegan if you used a flax egg! I used pecans in mine but almonds would be good as well.

You can also halve this recipe and make them in an 8×8 pan!

Banana Oatmeal Pancakes

Banana Oatmeal Pancakes 

From FitnessMagazine.com

By Roberto Martin

• Makes: 4 servings
• Prep: 15 mins
• Cook: 10 mins
• Total Time: 25 mins
• Serving Size: 8 pancakes

Ingredients 

1 1/2 cups soy milk

1 cup rolled oats

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

2 bananas, chopped

Directions

In a blender, puree soy milk and oats until smooth. Add bananas, flour, 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, and baking powder and puree a few seconds more. Let batter rest 10 minutes.

Heat a large nonstick saute pan over medium heat. Mist with nonstick cooking spray, then scoop batter into pan in 1/4-cup increments. Reduce heat to medium low and cook pancakes until air bubbles appear and underside is golden brown, about 5 minutes. Flip and cook about 5 minutes more. 

Top with sliced bananas and maple syrup if desired.