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Recipe Of The Week

For other Healthy and Tasty Recipes check the lifeclinic Cookbook.


Banana-Orange Muffins

Ingredients:

  • 1-1/2 cups QuakerŽ Oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt (optional)
  • 1/3 cup chopped dates or raisins (optional)
  • One 8-ounce carton plain nonfat yogurt or 3/4 cup low-fat buttermilk
  • 3/4 cup mashed ripe banana (about 2 medium)
  • 2 egg whites or 1 egg, lightly beaten
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons grated orange peel

QuakerŽ Oats products can be substituted with any other oats cereal products. Sweet OneŽ products can be substituted with any other heat-stable sweetener products. Nutrition contents might be different from those listed below. Listing of any brand name products in this recipe does not represent an endorsement by Lifeclinic.

Directions:

  1. Heat oven to 400°F. Line twelve medium muffin cups with paper baking cups or lightly spray bottoms only with cooking spray.
  2. In large bowl, combine oats, flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and dates; mix well. In medium bowl, combine yogurt, banana, egg whites, oil and orange peel; blend well. Add to dry ingredients all at once; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened. (Do not overmix.)
  3. Fill muffin cups almost full.
  4. Bake 20 to 22 minutes or until golden brown. Cool muffins in pan on wire rack 5 minutes; remove from pan.
Yield: 1 Dozen

Nutritional Information:
1 muffin provides:
amount per serving
Calories 140
Calories From Fat 30
Total Fat 3 g
Saturated Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 100 mg
Total Carbohydrates 25 g
Dietary Fiber 2 g
Protein 4 g

Source: With permission from Quaker Oats Company. QuakerŽ Oats is a registered trademark of the Quaker Oats Company. Sweet OneŽ sweetener is a registered trademark of the Stadt Corporation.

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