Banana Protein Muffins

After nearly a month of eating all the carbs it's time to get back on the wagon, Thankfully I have plenty of cute skirts and to tide me over until I'm happy with my pants again. I digress but why do we need to even wear pants? Seriously I know that wearing pants was part of the women's rights movement and totally necessary to bring us out of the kitchen. But really, I think those ladies were on to something. Dresses are so much more comfortable than pants and everyone thinks you're so much more dressed up than usual.

When I put on a dress Kev feel like he has to wear a suit. Nope, just don't wanna wear pants.

And at what age do zippers and buttons become a clothing requirement?? Kids clothes don't have zippers, just elastic and maybe a snap. It's all a conspiracy. #Ihatepants

After all the carbs, I need some protein. I know it's especially important after a work out but Like most people I struggle to eat enough protein in a day. I know that Greek yogurt is a great source of protein but the texture makes me want to vom. That's why I was super excited to find great  recipe that's packed with protein-y goodness.

I took this one and made a few tweaks.

It all started when I found THIS at GNC. Each scoop is about half a cup, 100 calories and 24 grams of protein. Awesome.

Banana Protein Muffins
1 cup mashed banana
3/4 cup egg whites
1/2 cup Greek Yogurt (I used Trader Joe's non-fat unflavored)
1/2 cup oat flour
1 scoop Quest Baking Mix
1 Scoop Plant Fusion Vanilla Bean Protein Powder (You could use the Quest and keep it all in the family)
4 packets Sugar in the Raw (I don't eat artificial sweeteners but you can use Stevia instead)
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking Powder

Mix it all up and divide into 12 muffin cups. Bake at 350 for 18ish minutes or until they're done.

They're seriously delish and the stats are pretty good too. 76 cal per muffin, 1 fat, 10 carbs and 7 protein

If you see the Quest Baking mix out there, definitely grab one! I can't wait to experiment and try some new recipes!

Fun fact, while spell checking this post I misspelled seriously every time. I also over-use the word seriously.

Greek Yogurt, are you on the train or do you hate it too?

Muffins or cupcakes?

Linking up with the super awesome Rebecca for the first ever Thankful Thursday! I already wrote this post and it wasn't exactly thankful, but I guess I can be thankful that I found a way to eat Greek Yogurt that doesn't make me gag.

Any who, stop by and give her some love!

Sunday Spotlight - Blueberry Muffins

For today's Sunday Spotlight, Blueberry Muffins! See, it's not always going to be about Essential Oils, Spotlight Sunday is for all things awesome.

My Blueberry Muffin Recipe is just that, pretty damn awesome. You see, it came from a pretty awesome lady. This is Auntie Nell, she was a friend of the family that my grandma had knows for years and years. She lived in Massachusetts where they apparently amazing muffin recipes are born.

You know what else is awesome? My bowl haircut. Thanks Dorothy Hamill for a hair cut that inspired thousands of mothers to inflict it on their innocent children.

Blueberry Muffins:
1 1/2 cup flour
3/4 cup sugar
2 tsp baking soda
1 egg, beaten
1/3 cup oil (I used canola)
1/2 cup milk (I used almond)
pinch salt
1 cup blueberries (I used the ones that Kev picked off our blueberry bushes yesterday)

Dump everything but the blueberries in the bowl and mix it up. Then fold in the berries. Spoon into a muffin pan and bake at 400 for 15-20 minutes. Makes 12.

Slap some butter on them, put one on a tiny plate and you're good to go! But you really can't eat just one. I've also made these in an 8x8 pan and baked them at 350 until they were done.

Nutritional Info:

Do yourself a favor and whip up a batch today!