Banana Carrot Muffins

These are fantastic! Moist and healthy! I made over 56 mini-muffins at 2 pts per mini-muffin.

Ingredients:
1 c. sugar
4 eggs, large
5 bananas
1/3 c. orange juice
2 c. grated carrots (can also used mashed canned or frozen carrots)
4 c. flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 c. butter

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray mini-muffin tin.

2. In a medium bowl, combine flour, soda and salt.

3. In a large bowl (I use my KitchenAid), cream the butter and sugar.

4. Add eggs and juice to wet mixture.

5. Mash carrots and bananas thoroughly (my kids love this part!)

6. Mix carrots and bananas into egg-sugar mixture.

7. Stir in dry mix; only until moistened.

8. Pour into muffin pan.

9. Bake for about 30 minutes or until golden brown.

Chocolate Chip Zucchini Muffins

Ingredients:

3 eggs
1 3/4 c. sugar
2 c. grated zucchini
2 tsp vanilla extract
3 c. flour
3 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 c. chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place liners in muffin cups.

2. In stand mixer - combine eggs, oil, sugar, zucchini, and vanilla.

3. In medium bowl - combine everything else.

4. Add dry mix to zucchini mixture. Combining just until thoroughly mixed.

5. Put in muffin cups and bake for 20-25 minutes.

We have a 24 muffin cup tin. I filled that, and made a batch of mini-muffins from the same mix.

I popped about 4 of the mini muffins while standing in the kitchen unloading the dishwasher. They are so good.

Muffin Mishap

Well, I thought I would try to make some "healthy" muffins for a quick breakfast one morning this week. I was lured by the healthy name and the high fiber claim. What I failed to do was to actually read the rest of the label. The muffins were high in flavor, but low in nutrition. By the time I pollished off two muffins, I had taken in over 300 calories and as much sugar as a can of soda. Off to find a healthy muffin recipe from scratch.