Tasty Tuesday

Yay, the kids are in school and I am back to the gym on a daily basis!  To celebrate, I made Apple Sauce Oatmeal Muffins!  Okay, believe me, the celebratory drinking of beer took place Saturday!


Another site I love to visit regularly is www.cleaneatingonline.com. They have great and yummy recipes all with clean ingredients.

1 c. dry old fashioned oatmeal flakes

1 c. unsweetened applesauce

1/2 c. skim milk

2 egg whites, beaten

2 Tbsp. ground flaxseed

2 Tbsp. + 1 tsp. coconut oil

1 Tbsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg

3/4 c. whole wheat flour

1/2 c. dried cranberries

1/4 c. raisins

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Prepare muffin tin by lining with paper baking cups or cooking spray.

Combine oatmeal, applesauce, milk, eggs, flaxseed and oil in medium bowl. In another bowl combine all dry ingredients including fruit. Make a well in center of the dry ingredients and pour wet ingredients into it. Stir until all ingredients are just combined.

Fill muffin cups 2/3 full. Bake 15 - 20 minutes. Cool on wire rack.

I canned my own apple sauce in the fall and used that today.  It had no sugar added and was on the chunky side for apple sauce (just the way we like it).  The small soft chucks of apple really added to the texture of the muffin.  

I followed the recipe to the letter and really like the outcome.  My son had one of his buddies over for a play date after school and I served the muffins for snack.  I got "these are good", "awesome!" and "tastes good Mom".  They really did taste good and would be great with some apple sauce spooned on too!

I think the only thing I may tweak is the amount of cinnamon.  Next time, I will add a 1/2 tsp more.

Now, I would love to have a picture to post with this but apparently it's TAX TIME in our home and my little laptop although very good for 98% of the things I need to do on it, it doesn't have a SD card reader.  So the pictures of the muffins are on the camera and my husband is on his laptop doing THE TAXES.  

Yeah, not going to interrupt him for fear of an ongoing rant on taxes, the wisdom of following a budget and the learning curve I have in following a budget...#sigh!  Not gonna poke that lion!