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Morning Glory Muffins Recipe. Hiya Gorgeous! Have you ever been so excited about tomorrow’s breakfast that you can’t wait to go to sleep? I just love that feeling of climbing into bed filled with yummy thoughts of tomorrow’s healthy, tasty start, then drifting off to sleep for some especially sweet dreams. And the next morning when the sun rises and I slowly blink my eyes open (kidding—does anyone really wake up this gracefully?!)

, the promise of a satisfying meal that’ll help me start my day on a high note totally helps me get out of bed. Less snoozing, more gettin’ my tushy to the kitchen… STAT! I love a veggie-packed tofu scramble or some warming oatmeal with fresh berries for breakfast. The thing is, not all muffins are created equal. But, thanks to our awesome Test Kitchen Tuesday crew, we CAN have our cake and eat it too! Today’s vegan, gluten-free Morning Glory Muffins are the total package. Plus, these babies are packed with plant-powered nutrition to keep you full and energized all morning long. 2. 3. 4. 5. Whole Grain Citrus and Olive Oil Muffins. These Whole Grain Citrus and Olive Oil Muffins pair perfectly with a cup of coffee or tea.

Whole Grain Citrus and Olive Oil Muffins

They are lightly sweetened and packed with good-for-you ingredients like spelt flour, orange juice, olive oil, and even carrots! Although the original recipe called for three carrots, I only used one. I fully intended on sneaking in as many carrots as possible, but somehow only one made it in – whoops! Either way, the muffins turned out amazing. These muffins use olive oil as their primary fat, whereas other similar recipes might use butter. Carrot Cake Bran Muffins. Antioxidant power muffins (for your health) Pin it!

antioxidant power muffins (for your health)

I like muffins, I do. I can truthfully say that I’ve turned down invitations to go for a beer with friends in favor of cooking up a dozen. Actually heard over the phone in the background: “What, is she 80 years old?!” It was worth it. I always gravitate towards the crumble topped, glazed or chocolate flecked varieties out of habit though… because it’s like eating a piece of cake.

Here’s the thing. Raspberry orange almond muffins with sprouted flour - Amy Chaplin. Raspberry orange almond muffins with sprouted flour POSTED ON January 31, 2012 morning tea muffins When my friend Gaby called to say she was driving into the city for the day with her daughter and a friend, I immediately suggested they come for morning tea.

Raspberry orange almond muffins with sprouted flour - Amy Chaplin

As soon as I hung up the phone, my mind started playing with the different things I could bake for the occasion. I went back and fourth between tea bread, a crumb cake and muffins; by the end of the evening, the muffins had won out. Banana Blueberry Muffins - The Healthy Foodie. These Banana Blueberry Muffins were sort of created by accident… Well, they were and they weren’t.

Banana Blueberry Muffins - The Healthy Foodie

One thing’s for sure: I certainly didn’t mean for them to be fat free! Let me explain… My baby grand-daughter was coming to spend the weekend at home and I decided to create a muffin just for her, using her two ultimate favorite fruits in the whole wide world: bananas and blueberries. Seriously, to say that the little one loves blueberries would be an understatement. I’ve never seen anyone show such passion for these tiny berries: she will literally inhale a full pint of them in under 5 minutes, if you’ll let her.

Honey & Thyme Parsnip Muffins. One of my favorite spring vegetables at Tumbleweed Farm is overwintered parsnips.

Honey & Thyme Parsnip Muffins

They are an honest treat because they’ve hung out in the field for an entire year before being harvested. We sow a large planting of parsnips once during the season (early April) and harvest half of them in the fall and the remainder of them the following spring. And while I love fall parsnips there is something extra special about the spring harvest. Blueberry Pecan Baked Oatmeal Cups. Thank you to Sprouts Farmers Market for sponsoring this post.

Blueberry Pecan Baked Oatmeal Cups

If Mr. Mom’s Kitchen ever drops me at a food market to “just pop in for one thing”, he knows he can settle in for a good car nap. It’s true, I like food markets, more even than clothing boutiques or shoe stores (which is saying something, since I like those too). When we travel, hitting the local food shops is always on the itinerary. And when home, rarely a day goes by that I don’t find myself at one market or another. My new favorite “store crush” is Sprouts Farmers Market, which is relatively new in my neck of the woods. Let’s talk about these Blueberry Pecan Baked Oatmeal Cups. Healthy Mexican Chocolate Gluten Free Muffins! {Vegan} My darling lemon thyme. Blackberry Peach Oat Bran Muffins with Chia + Flax {vegan & gluten free} Aug 03 Have you see the movie Inside Out yet?

Blackberry Peach Oat Bran Muffins with Chia + Flax {vegan & gluten free}

Tony and I saw it Saturday evening and absolutely loved it. I have to say I was really impressed with the storyline; the move was a bit sad (for a kid’s movie) but I would still recommend it in a heartbeat. I laughed, cried, and was never bored. Anyway what’s on your agenda this week? In times like these, it’s best to be prepared with both a big to-do list and some make ahead snacks + meals.

(Paleo) Pecan Sweet Potato Muffins. Wait, what?

(Paleo) Pecan Sweet Potato Muffins

Spaghetti on this blog? Are you kidding? Lemon Poppy Seed Zucchini Muffins. This is one of those recipes that after just one bite you know you’ll be doubling the batch the second time around!

Lemon Poppy Seed Zucchini Muffins

These muffins are absolutely wonderful and are another great way to use up all the zucchini overflowing the farmers market booths and CSA boxes this time of the year. They are sweetened with honey which I think compliments the tang from the lemon more so than cane sugar. The poppy seeds lend a lovely crunch and the zucchini adds a mellow sweet flavor and plenty of moisture. These taste great with your morning cup of coffee and are equally good crumbled on top of plain yogurt for a filling breakfast.

Perfect blueberry muffins – smitten kitchen. When blueberries first show up at the market, it feels like sacrilege to bake with them — ditto with raspberries, blackberries and strawberries.

perfect blueberry muffins – smitten kitchen

Mother Nature made them perfect! Why drown them in batter, wilt them with heat and then leave them out to dry? What brutes we’d be! But there’s a day in August — I think it might have been yesterday* — when something shifts. Paleo Banana Zucchini Muffins. Aug 02 How incredible would it be if I drove up to your house in a truck that served ONLY muffins? Would we automatically be BFFs? Would you pay me in gold? Hopefully the thought of me rolling up in a muffin truck and handing out muffins doesn’t sound weird. I have good intentions, I swear. This whole muffin food truck idea came to me when I ordered my monthly Peapod delivery. This month, I ordered a Peapod Farm Box off of Peapod.com. Basically a small garden was delivered to my door.

Healthy Gluten-Free Plum Muffins (vegan) - Nirvana Cakery. I’ve got the perfect Autumn muffin recipe for you today using juicy plums that are abundantly available and at their best at the moment. Vegan Banana-Walnut Chocolate Chip Muffins with Fiber Boost! Bake up a batch of these fluffy-amazing Banana-Walnut Chocolate Chip Muffins with a bran fiber boost and nibble on them all week long!

Loads of bananas, oats and dark chocolate chips to keep you coming back for more. I used my special walnut flour trick in place of adding whole walnuts because it adds so much body and great texture to the muffins. In this season of lattes, hot tea and warm 'n cozy everything, these muffins are a welcome addition to your busy day. Freeze or fridge and simply re-warm to serve. (flourless) Almond chocolate and pear muffins.

I had in mind to write some sort of silly April Fool’s joke post today. But, then I woke up and it was snowing and blowing and full-on blizzard-ing outside, and this was so very unfunny to me that I no longer felt like trying to write a funny post. It also destroyed my resolve not to talk about the weather because, oh you guys, the weather. Therefore, I’m focusing on muffins instead. After all, one can’t eat muffins in an agitated manner. Turmeric Breakfast Muffins. We have had an unusually intense relationship with these muffins for the past couple of months. Different varieties of them have been baked almost every weekend morning in our home. I blamed it on that the recipe needed to be perfected, but ahem, this particular version is actually very similar to my first version (they have however been altered a lot in between).

The basic idea was pretty clear to me from the beginning; I wanted a muffin that we could enjoy for breakfast without feeling that we actually were eating dessert in the morning (which I am pretty certain most people that eat muffins for breakfast feel). Of course, muffin by definition is a dessert, but I at least only wanted to fill them with ingredients that normally made an appearance on our breakfast table. Goji-Poppy Bran Muffins Recipe. Double Chocolate Rye Muffins. Days are short and cold and the sun rarely makes an appearance in Stockholm this time of the season. It’s an excuse good as any to indulge in deep and rich dark chocolate treats. These muffins will fill your belly, warm your heart, smudge your fingers with chocolate and put a shining smile on your lips. Flourless banana, cinnamon + dark chocolate muffin recipe {gluten + dairy-free} + 4 years of blogging! I started this blog 4 years ago, yesterday. Pumpkin Raisin Flax Muffin Recipe. These pumpkin muffins are packed with vitamins, omega-3s, fiber, and all of the healthy benefits of coconut oil.

Perfect for busy mornings, make a batch on a Sunday and you'll have a quick, on-the-go, and healthy breakfast to enjoy all week. To keep the muffins extrafresh, store them in the freezer, and just pull one out the night before to thaw. Ingredients 1 1/2 cups whole-wheat flour 1/2 cup ground flaxseed 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground ginger 1/4 teaspoon allspice 1/2 cup maple syrup 1 3/4 cups pumpkin puree 1 large egg 1/4 cup whole milk 1/4 cup water 1 tablespoon vanilla 1/3 cup virgin coconut oil 1/2 cup raisins 1/2 cup walnuts Directions Preheat oven to 400°. Source: Calorie Count. Healthy Lemon Blueberry Muffins. Sometimes your brain says, "muffin," when you wake up in the morning. Banana Muffins With Avocado. On some mornings, an überhealthy kale and blueberry smoothie or tofu scramble is what your tummy craves — but not today!

You want a sugary, sweet, soft, and moist baked good. But you know grabbing one from a local coffee shop is just going to make you feel like crap, with all the white flour and nutrition-less sugars. Apple Ginger Oatcakes. Another semester of my RD program starts today (well, technically tonight). HERBED SWEET POTATO + QUINOA MUFFINS // RALLYING + RESOLVING. I understand why people seem frustrated with resolutions, and why there’s a backlash against the exuberance of the fresh start and the clean slate that dominate the media the first two weeks of January. Vegan and Gluten-Free Muffin Recipes. When you read the words “vegan” and “gluten-free” in the same sentence as “muffin,” you probably think…cardboard. Vegan and Gluten-Free Muffin Recipes. Secret Ingredient Pistachio Muffins – Making Thyme for Health. Hey look, I remembered to make you something green for St. Clean Food Dirty City. Blueberry, Banana and Raisin Muffins.

Zucchini Apple Muffins. Beetroot & Quinoa Chocolate Muffins / wordpress. Blueberry Yoghurt & Polenta cake – Recipe. Roasted Strawberry Rhubarb Muffins & Pistachio Crumb. Vegan Banana-Walnut Chocolate Chip Muffins with Fiber Boost! Warm Pumpkin & Coconut Muffins. Go for the ping. - 5 second rule. Almond Butter Banana Bread Muffins. Banana-Apple Buckwheat Muffins. Totally Guilt-Free, Gluten-Free Blueberry Muffins - cHow Divine...cHow Divine… Gluten-Free Peach Muffins with Almond Flour. Raspberry Almond Muffins.

Carob & Fig Muffins. RECIPE: Black Bean Banana Muffins « Nourish Restaurant & Nutrition Center – Gilbert, AZ. Cardamom & Sunflower Muffins.

Savory muffins

Gluten-Free Cherry Almond Muffins. GF. Apple/pear/carrot. Berries. Citrus. Zucchini. Pumpkin. Rhubarb. Banana Bread Baked Oatmeal for One. Sweet Potato Pineapple Muffins Recipe. Grown-up Fig Cookies Recipe. 5 Simple Tips to Make Healthier Baked Goods.

Fudgy Vegan Beet Cupcakes. Our new favorite red beet and poppy seed muffins. Cinnamon Bun in the Oven! Morning Glories. Double coconut muffins. Fluffy Amazing Raspberry-Lemon Baked Donuts with Coconut Whip.