Chocolate and Peanut Butter Protein Muffins

I think I mention on a weekly basis just how much I love cake and even though I'm trying to be healthy I really can't live without it. So what's better than cake? A healthy cake packed full of protein, that's what!!

My latest recipe combines peanut butter, chocolate and protein oh and banana because fruit definitely means that these delicious muffins are indeed good for you.

Quinoa Pizza Muffins

One of my favourite ingredients of late is quinoa. I've been using it in breakfast, lunch and dinners. It is packed full of protein and manages to add a great texture to every dish.

I will have more quinoa based recipes to share with you but the first one I wanted to shared with you was quinoa pizza muffins.

Jam Filled Muffins Recipe

I haven't done any baking in a while but seen as I am on a mission to empty all my cupboards ready for moving, I decided making cakes would certainly clear some space.

What I made depended on what ingredients I had left and in the end I decided on some simple muffins, but plain muffins aren't any fun are they so I thought why not fill them up with jam…..

Chocolate and Beetroot Muffins Recipe

I love to bake and I think it is fair to say that the kids enjoy eating the cakes that I make. I like a good cake myself but since I am always trying to stick to a diet, I have been looking at ways to add a touch of healthy to those sweet treats. I've seen a lot of people suggest putting beetroot with chocolate. Now I love beetroot in a salad and it is known to have a lot of health benefits including reducing blood pressure, lowering cholesterol and because it is low in calories it can help stabilise blood sugars. So if I were to put it with cake it would balance out the naughty factor right?? The real test is if it tastes good though…..

Banana + Peanut Butter Mini Muffins Recipe

Another week, another recipe. The kids are eating my cakes quicker than I can make them these days, I am in need of an extra pair of hands!!

Well this week I decided to make some banana and peanut butter mini muffins, perfect for popping in the lunch boxes but also a great alternative thing to have for breakfast.

Ingredients

* 200g Plain Flour
* 1 tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
* 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
* 1/2 tsp Salt
* 150g Castor Sugar
* 75g Butter melted
* 1 Egg
* 3 Bananas mashed
* 2 tbsp Peanut Butter (can add more or less)
* 20 Cake Cases


Preparation

* Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and set out the cake casings onto  two baking trays.
* Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder and salt into one bowl.
* In another bowl mix together the mashed banana, castor sugar, egg and melted butter.

* Fold in the flour mixture into the banana mixture and mix until smooth.
* Stir in the peanut butter.
* Spoon the mixture into the cake casings.
* Place in the oven for 20-30 minutes, they should spring back when pressed.
* Put on a wire rack to cool.

These were a big hit with my little monkeys, they are moist but I use crunchy peanut butter so there is a mixture of textures inside. I think next time I will make normal sized muffins!!

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