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  1. Spiced apple and goji berry healthy muffins

    September 12, 2012 by potatoface

    spiced apple and goji berry muffins

    spiced apple and goji berry healthy muffins

     I have been indulging myself recently in lots of butter and sugar (icing on cupcakes, etc.) because I felt sorry for myself (don’t we all).

    But enough is enough! I’ve decided it’s time to go back to healthy baking.

    Will power or what?!

    I really wanted to use goji berries as they have been used in Chinese medicine for the last 2000 years and apparently they can even slow the ageing process (among other amazing health improving tricks).

     So I made really really healthy muffins. They are so freaking healthy, they should be prescribed by a doctor or something…

    spiced apple and goji berry muffins

    spiced apple and goji berry healthy muffins

     For the muffins:

     2 cups of wholemeal flour

    1 cup of plain flour

    1 teaspoon of baking soda

    2 teaspoons of baking powder

    1 cup of agave syrup

    2 tablespoons of cinnamon

    1 tablespoon of all spice

    3 apples, diced

    1 cup of dried goji berries

    300 ml of buttermilk

    1/2 cup of grape seed oil

    3 eggs

     For the topping:

    2 tablespoons of grape seed oil

    3 tablespoons of plain flour

    1 tablespoon of cinnamon

    2 tablespoons of brown sugar

    100 grams of sunflower seeds

    100 grams of pumpkin seeds

    spiced appleand goji berry muffins

    spiced apple and goji berry muffins

    1. Preheat oven to 180 C

    2. Mix flour, baking powder and soda, cinnamon and all spice in a big bowl.

    3. In a separate bowl mix oil, eggs, agave syrup and buttermilk.

    4. Add wet ingredients to the dry ones, mix carefully and gently until combined.

    5. Peel and dice apples and add them to the mixture with goji berries. Mix gently.

    6. Line muffin tray with muffin cases. Scoop batter into them.

    7. Mix all the ingredients for the topping and crumble on top of muffins.

    8. Bake till skewer comes out clean and muffins are golden on top.

    9. Stuff your face without guilt – your are extending your life eating them (see: goji berries).

    spiced apple and goji berry muffins

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  2. Muffins

    April 3, 2012 by potatoface

    muffins

    muffins

    Do you know what I like about muffins? That they always come right. You don’t need to measure the ingredients (as long as you know what consistency you are looking for), throw anything in it and voila! Muffins are done. I wish life was more like muffins…

    I recently started taking driving lessons. I had never driven in my life before. I couldn’t afford driving lessons before as well. But now I’ve got this job most of the time I really like (is it weird to like your job if it’s not creative?) and in the job I really need to drive.

    I even found my driving instructor through work. He’s really nice and patient. He even gives me discount on my lessons. And because I really appreciate it, I try to bake something for him every time. And as I have to consider his health, most of the time I’m making him healthy muffins.

    His name is Kevin. Sometimes when Boyfriend is seeing me baking muffins again, he’s saying: ‘we need to talk about Kevin’. Not that Kevin is anything like the one in the book, hahaha….I hope.

    If you don’t know what I’m talking about there is a tip – the book was made into a film. Watch it.

    Anyway, I really enjoy driving around (or trying) in a mini. Yes, in a mini….I look so pretty in it.

    banana muffins

    banana muffins

     Muffins

    basic ingredients:

    240 grams of wholemeal flour

    100 grams of oats

    1 teaspoon of baking powder

    pinch of salt

    half a glass of agave syrup (or half a glass of demerara sugar, nut agave syrup is so much better)

    3 eggs

    half a glass of milk

    half a glass of sunflower or grape seed oil (or 60 grams of melted butter if you are decadent and don’t have to worry about your cholesterol)

    1 spoon of cinnamon

    1 spoon of vanilla extract

     These are your basic ingredients. Now, it depends where the mood (or season) is taking you. You can add any fruit you desire:

    1. one banana and 200 grams of raspberries

    2. three ripe bananas and handful of chopped walnuts

    3. 200 grams of blueberries, zest and juice of one lemon

    4. three chopped apples

    5. zest and juice of 2 oranges and handful of chopped pecans

    6. two pears and 7 plums chopped

    Etc, etc, you get the picture.

    raspberry muffins

    raspberry muffins

     1. So basically what you do is mix in a bowl flour, oats, salt and baking powder. Whisk eggs, and add it to the mixture.

    2. Add oil, milk, agave syrup, cinnamon and vanilla extract and mix it, not to vigorously.

    3. In the meantime heat the oven (170 C)

    4. Chop your choice of fruit or nuts. Add them to the mixture and fold it gently especially if you are adding raspberries.

    5. Line a muffin tray with paper muffin cases. Fill each case with the mixture to just below the top.

    6. Bake in the preheated oven till they’re nice and golden on top. Use the skewer to check if they’re baked inside (has to come out clean).

     See, why is everything in life not this easy?

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