Popeye Muffins

So I've literally had this recipe hanging around since St. Patricks Day, and just stumbled across the picture I took on my camera!  So I figured, it's better late than never, because it's not like you can only make these bad boys for St. Patricks Day, you can have them anytime of the year!  Those green muffins are dyed purely by Spinach.  No artificial dyes or food colorings.  My Kids Loved them.  Heck, I loved them.  A little too much!  And the next best thing is they are sweetened with Pure Maple Syrup, not sugar.  They literally melt in your mouth!

makes 12

2 cups flour, I used 1 cup whole wheat, 1 cup white

2 teaspoons aluminum-free baking powder

½ teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon fine ground sea salt

1 large egg

¾ cup pure maple syrup (Grade A or Grade B)

¾ cup unsweetened almond milk)

¼ cup unrefined coconut oil, melted

2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

1 5- or 6-ounce bag of fresh baby spinach leaves

2 medium ripe bananas, mashed

1/2 Cup Chocolate Chips

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a standard 12-cup muffin tin with unbleached parchment liners.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
3. In a blender add egg, maple syrup, milk, oil, vanilla and spinach.  Process until pureed.
4. Add spinach mixture to the flour mixture and stir until just combined.  Fold in the mashed banana and Chocolate Chips.
5. Scoop batter into prepared muffin tin, filling cups about ¾ full.    Bake about 25 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
6. Store at room temperature up to 3 days.  These freeze nicely!

Peanut Butter Banana Bread Muffins

Darn Pinterest.  Darn, Darn, Darn.  There is WAY too many things posted on that site and it makes me want to make it all!  Today I had 3 ripe bananas sitting on my counter so I pulled up Pinterest and the first thing that caught my eyes were these because the word PEANUT BUTTER was  right next to the word Banana.  And if you know anything about me and Peanut Butter, we are like best friends!!!  One of my most favorite treats in the world is yes, Peanut Butter!  So what's even better?  A warm banana bread muffin with peanutbutter chips soft and gooey inside!!!  Plus these have no oil or butter my friends!

Peanut Butter Banana Bread Muffins

adapted from allrecipes

makes 12-15 muffins

1 cup sugar  ( I used a natural sweetener xylitol)

1 egg

2 cups all-purpose flour ( I used 1 1/2 cup white, 1/2 cup white wheat)

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce

3 ripe bananas, mashed

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 cup peanut butter morsel

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place muffin cups in muffin tins

Mix sugar, applesauce, and egg until creamy and light yellow. Add bananas and vanilla. Add flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir until completely smooth. Fold in peanut butter chips. Spoon the batter into the muffin tins.

Bake for 25 minutes, until toothpick poked in center muffin comes out clean.