Hello

I'm going to dedicate this thread to low carb 'MIM's, which for those of you who are unfamiliar with the MIM, these are low carb flax meal muffins, which cook in the microwave in a mere 65 seconds!

Here is the recipe and the method for the original muffin recipe:

Serving Size: 1

1/4 cup flax meal (8.09 total carbs, 7.6 fiber) which is 3 grams in weight
1/2 teaspoon baking powder (0.64 net carbs)
1 packet splenda packet (0.9 net carbs)
1 teaspoon cinnamon (1.84 total carbs, 1.2 fiber)
1 large egg (0.6 net carbs)
1 teaspoon butter

(total carbs is 12.07, fiber is 8.8; net carbs is 3.27)

Put the dry ingredients in a coffee mug.

Stir.

Then add the egg and the butter. Mix.

Microwave 1 minute. Try one of the following toppings:

Butter
Cream cheese
Almond butter
Sugar free Jam

Savoury Version:

1/4 cup flax meal
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Pinch of salt & black pepper
Herb/spices of choice*
1 large egg
1 teaspoon butter

* Any dried herbs, I like rosemary or sage. You could also add whichever spices you like, so you have a savoury bread to compliment your meal- like adding chilli flakes to go with low carb chilli.

Chocolate Muffin:

1/4 cup flax meal
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 packet splenda
1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
1 large egg
1 teaspoon butter

(5 net carbs)

Try serving the chocolate muffin:

-With whipped or runny heavy cream
- With a sugar free pouring syrup (fudge, vanilla, chocolate).
- Topped with chocolate cream cheese frosting (Made by combining cream cheese, 1 tsp splenda and 1 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder)

Lemon Poppy Seed MIM:

1/4 cup flax meal
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 packet splenda
1 tsp Lemon extract
1/4 tsp poppy seeds
1 large egg
1 teaspoon butter

4 net carbs,

Try with:

-Whipped or runny heavy cream.
- Sugar free lemon syrup.
- Low carb Lemon curd: http://www.genaw.com/lowcarb/lemon_curd.html
- Cream cheese & lemon frosting: Mix cream cheese with splenda (1 tsp) and lemon extract.

Mocha (coffee chocolate) MIM:

1/4 cup flax meal
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 packet splenda
1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp ground instant coffee
1 large egg
1 teaspoon butter

(5 net carbs)

Coconut MIM

1/4 cup flax meal
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 packet splenda
1 large egg
1 tbsp unsweetened coconut
1 tbsp coconut oil

6g net carbs






MIM recipe & method for sliced bread:

1) Make up the MIM basic mixture without sweetener or spices.

2) Add your desired herbs/spices.

3) Then take a square or rectangular lid from a tupperware-type microwaveable safe dish.

3) Spread half of the MIM mixture on the top of the lid, and microwave as usual, for 60 seconds. When it is cooked turn the lid upside down and just 'pop' the 'slice of bread' onto your worktop or a plate. Repeat this process, letting the second slice cool.

Use your MIM bread as you would with regular bread, you can toast it, or make grilled cheese, or make mini pizzas, or sandwiches.


Feel free to add your own MIM recipes below.

I made these this morning:
1 8oz pkg cream cheese
1 egg
1/4 cup splenda
splash of vanilla

Preheat oven to 400. Soften cream cheese. Mix all ingredients until smooth. Fill 6 muffin tins. Bake 20 minutes. Just ate one warm and loved it!

I tried to read through ALL of these pages searching for my answer, but ultimately gave up. Just made the original one today, and it was amazing.

Question: Has anyone tried these with only the egg white?

I tried to read through ALL of these pages searching for my answer, but ultimately gave up. Just made the original one today, and it was amazing.

Question: Has anyone tried these with only the egg white?

I tried these for the first time yesterday - I tried the chocolate one as per the recipe in the original post but I think I overcooked it and didn't put enough splenda in (I only have granulated not liquid) and so whilst it was ok it wasn't great. (I still ate it!)

This morning I tried a version with ground almonds and sour cream and it was absolutely delicious!

If you're interested here's the recipe I used.

Muffin:-
2 tbsp ground almonds (almond meal?)
2tbsp ground flax
2 tbsp granulated splenda
1 tbsp organic cocoa powder (Green & Blacks)
a pinch of salt
1 tsp of melted butter (I used Kerrygold)
1 large free range egg
1 heaped tsp sour cream
1 tsp vanilla extract (high quality madagasgan not essence)

Frosting :-
1 tbsp double(heavy) cream
2 tsp cocoa powder
1 heaped tsp full fat philadelphia
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp granulated splenda

I microwaved the muffin for about 70 or so seconds (at 900w) and then sliced it and ate it spread with the chocolate cream cheese frosting. Yum yum!

The muffin came out at 332 cals, 5g carbs, 27g fat, 18g protein and 6g fiber
The frosting came out at 106 cals, 3g carbs, 10g fat, 1g protein and 1g fiber

I input the recipes to MFP and these numbers came out - I'm based in the UK and so I'm not sure how the carbs/fiber offset works compared to the US but I'm counting the carbs number as my actual carbs because if you subracted the fiber from the carbs in the muffin you'd end up with minus 1g of carbs which can't be right can it? If anyone knows for sure how MFP works in that respect then shout - I understand that our UK food labels are different to US ones but can't figure out if MFP has already adjusted for that in my settings as I'm UK based.

Thanks everyone for posting in this forum - I know that my body doesn't handle carbs well and it's refreshing to find people who've actually read the new research on high fat, low carb diets not being the enemy as we once thought - it's exhausting trying to justify myself all the time to the uninitiated! Now I just don't get involved mostly - I let people say what they want and just quietly think to myself "I know my body best! I'm doing what works for me". I only joined MFP and re-started my low carb regime on Monday but I've already seen a drop on the scales although I'm not tracking it on here until I've done a full week. Hooray!

BUMP!
This looks really good, can't wait to try it, thanks!