Skinny recipe #16 Seriously scrummy, no fat/low calorie banana muffins!

Hello!

 

 

Being off work at the moment has been a bit challenging when it comes to eating healthy. For me, I need routine and without it, I binge on all kinds of BAD foods.

 

I do have loads of fruit in the house which I should eat, but it just wasn't doing it for me so I thought I'd bake something but it needed to be low fat and low calorie, so I found a recipe (which I tweaked slightly) to make these bad boys!

 

These banana muffins are a crazy 58 calories each and have no fat! I did tweak the recipe so half of the muffins had a teaspoon of dark chocolate spread in the middle, just for a treat :)

 

This recipe makes 12.

 

You will need:

• 1 cup of plain flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp of bicarb soda
• Pinch of salt
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 egg white
• 1 & 1/2 cups mashed banana (over ripe ideally - approx 4 bananas)
• Optional: dark chocolate spread/nutella/nut butter

 

Method:

• Preheat your oven to 180c
• Mix all of your dry ingredients in a mixing bowl
• In a different bowl, mix the egg white and mashed bananas
• Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and mix until combined - don't over mix though!
• Spoon into 12 muffin liners in a muffin tin
• OPTIONAL: If you want to add a tasty centre, blob a teaspoon of chocolate spread/nutella/any nut butter into the middle and top with more batter to cover.
• Bake for 15-20 minutes
• Test with a cocktail stick and if it comes out clean, then your muffins are ready
• Cool in the muffin tin for 5-10 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack until cool.
 

The 58 calories are for the muffins without the tasty centre but depending on what you pop in, the calories will vary.

 

 



 

 

These are great for breakfast on the go, a snack with your tea or warmed up for dessert.

 

Let me know if you make these :)

 

Enjoy

x