TASTE

Good Morning Muffins

Name: Good Morning Muffins
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 22 min
Total time: 42 min
Ingredients: 1 cup White whole wheat flour; 1/3 cup White all purpose flour; 1/3 cup Wheat Germ; 1/4 tsp Salt; 1/2 tsp Baking powder; 1/2 tsp Baking soda; 1 tsp Ground Cinnamon; 1/4 tsp Allspice; 1/2 cup Carrots shredded; 1 medium Zucchini, shredded; 1 inch piece Fresh ginger, peeled and finely grated; 1 pouch Simply Balanced Apple Carrot Puree ((3.2oz) OR equal amount of carrot & apple babyfood); 2 Eggs; 2 Tbsp Coconut butter (manna) (you can substitute w/coconut oil); 1/3 cup Brown sugar, packed; 1/2 cup Walnuts, broken into pieces

posted February 22

I am not a morning person. I sooo wish I was. When I grow up I want to be tall, have good hair and be a morning person. People who jump out of bed at 6 a.m. shouting, “Let’s do this day!” seem like they have it all together. They seem healthy and young and vibrant and successful. I however, am in the running for sloth of the year when my alarm goes off at 7:15. Yesterday I hit my snooze five times! Apparently I didn’t need five more minutes, I needed another entire sleep cycle. Time to drink the coffee…

My stomach isn’t a morning organ either. It stays asleep at least another hour longer than the rest of my body so it’s usually nine or ten in the morning before I eat a little something. Because of my crazy lazy stomach, I’m always on the lookout for a compact breakfast food that has some protein, vitamins and not too much sugar. I’ve been experimenting with these muffins and I think I finally hit the jackpot!

The Good Morning Muffins are packed with veggies and fruit, have only 1.8 tsp of sugar per muffin and have over 7 grams of protein. Additionally, they just happen to be DELICIOUS! Moist and full of flavor, Good Morning Muffins are the perfect companion to that oh so important cup of coffee or tea.

First, let’s start with a shout out for these star ingredients.

bowl of veggies ginger and coconut manna — nutritious & delicious ingredients found in the Good Morning Muffins

From the veggie aisle we have zucchini and carrots followed by their produce section neighbors, ginger and (no not Maryann – geez). . . le orange.

From the ‘eat your food like an astronaut aisle’ I use these awesome pouches of organic apple and carrot puree. These are from TARGET but I’m sure you can find something similar at your local grocery store. In desperation, you can use baby food.

From TARGET, Simply Balanced Apple and Carrot Puree

One 3.2 ounce pouch of puree and 2 tablespoons of Coconut Manna (butter) replace all the normal oil found in a muffin recipe. And NO, this does not make the muffins taste like coconut. You decide how that makes you feel. Me? I was traumatized by two nuns and a fresh coconut when I was three so I’m thrilled.

The morning muffins also have whole wheat flour and wheat germ along with two eggs. So, vegetarian but not vegan. I load mine up with walnuts too which adds to the protein count and pumps you full of Omega-3s and vitamin E.

The BEST Little Dicer in Town!

It only takes about 20 minutes to throw these muffins together. The first and most time consuming step is dicing all the veggies. . . unless you have one of these awesome machines.

This Kitchen Aid Food Choper is the BEST mini food processor I’ve ever had. I cut up the carrots into bite size chunks, throw them in the chopper and in less than a minute they are perfectly chopped for the Good Morning Muffins. I do the same with the zucchini then throw the chopped veggies in a strainer, press down with the back of a spoon to get the extra juices out, and throw it all into the mixing bowl. This chopper makes cauliflower rice in seconds, chops nuts and is the perfect tool for making salsa. Can you tell I love it?!

Plus! It comes in 15 different colors!!

(You may ohh and ahh now)

Of course, there’s a full list of ingredients, measurements and steps for these delicious Good Morning Muffins in the printable recipe at the bottom of this post. They store for up to five days in the fridge or you can freeze them and pop a few out as needed.

So Yummy!

Plate with Good Morning Muffin and a mug — The Good Morning Muffin from www.acraftycomposition.com

The Good Morning Muffin is delicious with a little butter or plain cream cheese.

A double pack of Good Morning Muffins makes a perfect thank you or ‘welcome to the neighborhood’.

Good Morning Muffin in Double Cupcake Box — Isn’t this double cupcake box too cute! I got the pattern from www.intatwynedesigns.co.uk

Whether you fill this double cupcake box with sweet treats or these healthy Good Morning Muffins, they make the perfect little gift for someone special. The lovely Angelina at Intatwynedesign comes up with all sorts of amazing boxes for every ocassion and she’s got video tutorials for them as well. Check out her original double cupcake box post HERE

I’ve done up two printable diagram PDFs to help making this cupcake box a cinch. Watch Angelina’s YouTube tutorial HERE and print my PDF diagram sheets HERE #1 and HERE #2.

Thanks for checking out this post. Don’t forget to print out the Good Morning Muffin recipe below and SHARE!!

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Until then, have a great weekend and don’t forget to make some muffins!

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