So I lied. I said I would be posting the oldest recipes on the blog first, but I just can’t help myself with this one. I’m just going to post what I feel like posting! These are just to fabulous to hold from the blog and I am so proud of them! My first ever totally Rebecca-made muffins! I rarely bake breads and muffins (except these English Muffin Buns and this Pumpkin Buckwheat Cornbread). I just felt like totally breaking from the ordinary and creating my own baking project without any base recipe to go off of. 100% my own!
These will now always and forever hold a special place in my heart and memory since these muffins where the first “meal” I ate post wisdom teeth surgery. I totally nuked them in the microwave, slathered them with PB, and made a big muffiny mash. Even though my mouth and tongue were still numb so I couldn’t exactly taste them, they quelled my growing hunger at least! Plus they were packed with the nutrients I needed since I hadn’t eaten since 7pm the night before as I had to fast for surgery.
When I made these, I had them the next day for breakfast, gave my mom one, and she even brought some in to some friends at work. But the rest I froze so I could enjoy them whenever I wanted. (Like after my surgery!). These definitely taste “healthy” so I was worried that I would be the only one who liked them, but apparently they were a hit! Another reason why you can always have your favorite foods like pancakes, granola, muffins, as long as you make them nutrient packed and super healthy! They taste better and you feel good about eating them!
So I kind of loaded these up with every random ingredient I had in the pantry. I just couldn’t choose one or two, I had to have it all! These can take-on the name of the “everything but the kitchen sink” muffins so to speak. But that name has always bothered me so I’ll just call them power muffins and call it day 😉
Now that I feel more comfortable with baking projects, I have kind of become a bit obsessed with ideas. I have more bags of flours and baking ingredients in my pantry than I have ever had before in my life. The only thing is the more fun flours I buy, the more I have to bring with me to college. My mom does not bake, especially not with the crazy flours I buy, so if I don’t bring them with me, they will go to waste 😛 And we can’t have that now can we! I hate food waste as we all know 😉
I bet by now you just want me to get to the recipe right? Well okay, I will, and I hope you love these little beauties as much as I do! How can you not love a vegan, gluten-free, nutrient packed power muffin that you can fuel your morning with? Again, I suggest you serve these muffins nice and warm, slathers with you favorite nut butter or coconut butter! Healthy fats are a must for breakfast, am I right?
One more thing. You can make these in whatever muffin pan you want. I used a medium-sized muffin pan, but you can make mini muffins or large jumbo muffins. With my medium pan, I got 10 decent sized muffins. Two was a perfect serving for me if I added globs of nut butter! But you can always have 1 as a quick snack to. These are nutrient dense so they will keep you full and satisfied all morning (or afternoon) long!
Power Breakfast Muffins
Ingredients: (10 medium muffins)
+ 1/2 Cup Organic Buckwheat Flour
+ 1/2 Cup Oat Flour (I ground some of my gluten-free rolled oats for this)
+ 1/4 Cup Banana Flour (Or more buckwheat or oat flour if you don’t have banana)
+ 6 Packets of Stevia (or 1/4 your favorite sugar)
+ 1 Tsp Baking Soda
+ 1/2 Tsp Baking Powder
+ 1 Tsp Cinnamon
+ 1/2 Tsp Banana Extract
+ 1/2 Tsp Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Extract
+ 1 Cup Unsweetened Almond Milk (or your favorite non-dairy milk)
+ 1/4 Cup Mashed Super Ripe Banana
+ 1/2 Cup Fresh Blueberries
+ 1/4 Cup Grated Zucchini
+ 1/2 Tsp Apple Cider Vinegar
+ 1 TB Milled Flax Seed
+ 1/4 Tsp Unsweetened Shredded Coconut (per topping for each muffin)
Directions:
+ Preheat oven to 350°F.
+ In a large mixing bowl combine: flours, stevia, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and flax. Mix well with a wisk. Then add the remaining wet ingredients: extracts, almond milk, banana, zucchini, blueberries, apple cider vinegar. Wisk again so everything in combined and incorporated in to the muffin batter.
+ Line a muffin pan with muffin papers. Then add about 2 1/2 TB of batter in to each paper. Top each muffin with 1/4 tsp of shredded coconut.
+ Then place the pan into the oven and bake for 25 minutes. Clean up your bowls and utensils while you enjoy the glorious aroma coming from the oven.
+ Then remove the muffins from the oven when done and let cool a bit. (I know it will be hard!) Then just dig in! Or you can freeze them for later once they cool completely. Just wrap each muffin in wax paper in their paper cup and place in a plastic baggie. Then just remove and reheat in the microwave when you what them!
Yea, you’ve got your power flours, fruits, veggies, flax, everything in these babies! These would be perfect to bake for a brunch with friends or as a quick easy baking gift! or you know…just for yourself since they are really good. I don’t like sharing 😛 And if anyone tells you muffins aren’t healthy or can’t be delicious while being vegan and gluten-free, tell them they are so wrong! Then just bake them these muffins to prove it!
Now I leave you drooling with happy muffin thoughts! I hope you give these a try. They are one of my proudest cooking moments as of late! Just typing this up has me craving these! Thankfully I have some still stocked int he freezer 😉 Always have to be prepared and prepared I am! Making homemade yummies like these are so much better and cost-effective than buying processed food in the grocery! If you want a muffin or granola, make it yourself and you will be so glad you did!
So tell me:
+ What is your latest baking creation?
+ When you bake, do you make things as healthy as possible?
+ What is your favorite type of muffin?
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Laura
Yummm!!! These look delicious. I have yet to try banana flour yet, but it’s on the list. I feel like it would go well in so many different baking adventures. And I’m always up for those! Thanks for sharing:)
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Banana flour is so awesome! You can use a little and it acts like you used a lot! One of my favorites!
Ariana
These look sooo good! I definitely have to try these. Whenever I bake I do try to make things as healthy as possible. I try to avoid using wheat flour since it doesn’t agree with me too much, and I try to keep the sugar in check by using things like bananas or applesauce. I’m not very creative though so I always try to follow recipes!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Haha, well this is one creative muffin to try then!
AJ @ NutriFitMama
This looks like an interesting combination for a breakfast muffin- I haven’t tried zucchini WITH bananas, blueberries, etc. I will have to try this out.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Packing in as much produce as possible is always the way to go 😉
Pascha
They certainly look good! I will Pin this for later. Thanks for sharing.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thank you!
Jennifer Corter
Ooooooh, how tasty do these muffins look?!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
They are delicious!
Hannah @CleanEatingVeggieGirl
I love that you used buckwheat flour for these! That is one of my favorite flours to bake with 🙂
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Buckwheat goes in ALL my baking. It really is the best flour out there!
Becca from ItsYummi.com
Wow, these muffins are packed with healthy goodness!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
They sure are!
Good Enuf Mommy
I have just been looking for a great muffin recipe for my son! He will love these!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
I hope he does! 🙂
Dorothy at Shockingly Delicious
Banana flour? Who knew? Must try!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
It is so great!
Terri
I’ve never heard of banana flour, where do you buy it. I’ve never seen it at Whole Foods and they have every type of flour. They look good maybe I’ll just substitute.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Online! WEDO Gluten Free is the kick starter company that produces it!
☕️getfitnaturally (@getfitchick)
These sound delish! coming by from SITS!
Strength and Sunshine
Thanks lovely!
Nicki
They look delicious! It’s so nice to start the day healthy, and these seem to fit the bill! Thanks for sharing with Pin Your Friday Favorite!
Strength and Sunshine
You bet! The perfect breakfast 😉
ana @ fit, fun & delish!
This looks so good! It’s great that you’re experimenting… is the only way to grow in the kitchen! I’ll give these a try since I’m a sucker for healthy muffins 🙂
Strength and Sunshine
I’ve got to say I no longer frown upon baking 😉 It is fun to have fresh healthy breads, muffins, etc!
Let me know if you do! XOXO
Honest Mum
They look incredible! Will have to try these asap! Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays
Strength and Sunshine
Please do! They rock!
Chitra Jagadish
great recipe. they look awesome and healthy toooo…
Strength and Sunshine
They totally are 😉
Katherines Corner
Good for you and yummy too, Score! Thank you for sharing your sweet blog at the Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop. Watch for your feature on Monday xo
Strength and Sunshine
Awesome and thank you love!
Stephanie
I will definitely be trying these out! Thank you so much for linking up at Tasty Tuesday! Your recipe has been pinned to the Tasty Tuesday Pinterest board! Please join us again this week!
Strength and Sunshine
I hope you do! Thanks!
Marla
Hi Rebecca,
Love this recipe with all the protein, fruits & vegetables. Sounds like a great breakfast that would give you the get up and go to start your day. Thanks for sharing on Real Food Fridays Blog Hop. Will share on Pinterest, Twitter.
Strength and Sunshine
Thanks Marla! Its definitely a great way to start the day 🙂
Pam Garrett
These look delicious! I know my family will love them. Thanks for sharing. I saw this on the SITS Sharefest.
Strength and Sunshine
Thanks Pam! I hope you get to make them some time 🙂
Emily @amummytoo
These look WONDERFUL! Seriously yum. Thanks for linking up to #recipeoftheweek – have Pinned this post and scheduled in a tweet. x
Strength and Sunshine
Thanks you Emily!
GiselleR
Banana flour? When did that happen? Not sure I could make these cuz that’s a lot of ingredients to have on hand at the same time lol but definitely an interesting recipe 😀
p.s. the only way to eat muffins is with pb 😉
Strength and Sunshine
Its pretty common ingredients besides the banana flour (which you can sub)!
sprint2thetable
I love throwing random shizz together and crossing my fingers. Once you have the basics of baking down, it really does work a lot of the time!
Strength and Sunshine
It does! Once you get over that initial hump you can usually get everything to work out!
Elise @frugalfarmwife.com
These look really good! I love that you used stevia in them. I have yet to use stevia in baking – it scares me a little because it’s so different! Thanks for making it easy. 🙂
Strength and Sunshine
It’s not different at all! You just use a much smaller amount! The only sweetener I ever use is stevia!
Sami
These look so good Rebecca! I’ve made sure to save them so that I can make them before school starts and have something yummy to snack on during the day.
Strength and Sunshine
That would be perfect! Total portable yummy nutrition 😉
Kathleen
Can’t wait to try these! Thanks!
Strength and Sunshine
Let me know if you do!
Kristy @ Southern In Law
Yum! These look so good – I really need to get my hands on some banana flour, sounds intriguing!
Strength and Sunshine
Order it from Amazon! It’s perfect for us Celiacs 😉
vegetarianmammac
These power breakfast muffins look great!! I’d love one now! Do you deliver? 🙂 J/k
Strength and Sunshine
Haha! I would totally send you some sometime 😉 XOXO
Health, Love, and Chocolate
These look amazing, I really want to find banana flour!
Strength and Sunshine
Amazon! It’s pricy, but so worth it 😉
Emily @ Zen & Spice
I recently tried to make zucchini bread and it is a lot harder than I thought it would be! I think I made it too dense and it didn’t cook all the way through even though I baked it for 85+ minutes!
I don’t try to make baking too healthy, I’ll substitute applesauce and bananas for butter and sugar and try to throw in some healthy fats like flax seed or peanut butter. These look really good!
Strength and Sunshine
I’m pretty sure you should never bake something that long, haha!
Cutting out the refined sugar and skipping unhealthy fats is always the best and your good to go!
Jeanette Chen
Love all the goodness packed into these muffins!
Strength and Sunshine
Haha, thanks Jeanette! I went a little crazy 😉
Jennifer @nourishedsimply
I love muffins, especially for breakfast. Love the healthier ingredients.
Strength and Sunshine
Their such a great healthy option when you make them right 😉
jugglingrealfoodandreallife
These look great! I learn something new every day. I had no idea that banana flour existed. I can’t wait to see what you come up with next!
Strength and Sunshine
Banana flour rocks! Check out my Ultimate Banana Pancake recipe for it too 😉
fearlessdining
These look delicious. I love that you used Stevia to sweeten them.
Strength and Sunshine
Stevia always! Its the only thing I’ll ever use 😉
Casey @ Casey the College Celiac
Like usual, your recipe looks absolutely delicious! It’s definitely scary tackling a meal without a baseline recipe, but when it works out, it definitely tastes even better! My latest baking addiction is granola (I can apparently never eat too much…), but I’m super excited to experiment with my new buckwheat flour when I get home from Texas! 🙂
Strength and Sunshine
Lol, you sound like me 😉 Granola making is an every week occurrence!
Buckwheat is THE BEST flour out there!
genevieve y
Oh man, if you give me a tray of really good, hearty muffins, they will be gone in no time! Excited to try these babies. They sound awesome!
Strength and Sunshine
Thanks love! I need to make another batch myself 😉
Jill Conyers (@jillconyers)
I’ve seen so many great muffin recipes lately! I can always count on you for yummy and GF!
Strength and Sunshine
Muffins just make people happy 😉 Haha, thanks Jill!
slimsanity
I.LOVE.MUFFINS.!!!
Strength and Sunshine
I second that 😉
Linda @ Fit Fed and Happy
How often do you bake? Seems like you have a great new recipe every week!
Strength and Sunshine
Well if you read the post you would know that I don’t bake often at all!
Lindsay L, RD (@LeanGrnBeanBlog)
these look like a great way to start your day! i’m OBSESSED with muffins lately!
Strength and Sunshine
This is like the first time I have eaten muffins in….years? But o man….that is changing! Haha!
knotsewnormal
Yum!!! These would be perfect for my daughters lunch this school year!
Strength and Sunshine
Totally! They are packed with nutrition, but taste o so good!
cottercrunch
i’ll eat any of your muffin or breakfast creations! YUM!
Strength and Sunshine
Breakfast is the BEST meal of the day! I think I could just spend the rest of my life making breakfast foods and I would be 100% happy 😉
Becca from ItsYummi.com
Wow, that banana flour sounds interesting!
Strength and Sunshine
It’s so fun! One of my favorites!
Francesca
So delicious- bring me some for my birthday today?? 🙂
Strength and Sunshine
O my gosh! Happy Birthday! I’ll send you some right now 😉
Brittany (@batrentham)
I need to look into this banana flour!! Love the looks of these!
Strength and Sunshine
If you find yourself with some extra food fun money…definitely get some!
Crystal C
those look delicious!
Strength and Sunshine
Thanks Crystal!
Almost Getting It Together
Whoa girl, these are definitely power breakfast! Zucchini, flax, blueberries… Awesome job!
Strength and Sunshine
Haha thanks love! They totally make you feel powerful 😉
Carla
hmmmm you may have had me at BOURBON EXTRACT?!
Strength and Sunshine
Hahahaha, only the best 😉
dishofdailylife
These look really good! Looks like a perfect breakfast to start the day! Do you think I could substitute the buckwheat for another flour? Long story but every time I ate buckwheat as a child, I got really sick, so I think I might be allergic to it. Maybe I’d be fine if it was mixed with something though. Pinning and sharing!
Strength and Sunshine
Yea! You could use more Oat or millet. Brown Rice flour is fine too!
Kate
Any time I find a healthy recipe for muffins, it makes my heart swoon! Well done on this being “your own” recipe! The idea of heating them up, putting PB on and mashing them a little bit has made my tummy rumble! haha.
Strength and Sunshine
I was so worried they wouldn’t come out…but I think I nailed the deliciousness! 😉 Haha!
Making a muffins mess is the best way to eat them 😉