Does anyone have a healthy muffin recipe?

I love muffins too! Would love some recommendations/ recipes also!!

I always make bran muffins with fiber one or all bran. You can use egg whites and substitute apple sauce for any oil, and they turn out great! (i love them right out of the oven with a little margarine)

these taste like brownies but are healthy. i have to limit my kids and warn them about the contact so they don't eat them all in one sitting and end up in the bathroom all day due to the fibre content..

3 cups ALL BRAN
3 cups water
1pkg low fat Betty Crocker Brownie mix
1 tsp baking soda

mix the all bran and water and let stand 15 minutes. add brownie mix and baking soda. lightly spray pans, and bake at 350 for 20 minutes. makes 24 muffins!

from the Cook yourself thin website (anybody else watching that show? Amazing)

Banana and Chocolate Muffins
Serves 12
Calories per serving: 200

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup whole-wheat flour
1/2 cup rolled oats
2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 ripe banana, mashed
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup light brown sugar
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 large eggs
1 1/4 cups reduced-fat buttermilk
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 tablespoons chocolate chips

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Line a 12-muffin tray with paper liners. Set aside.

2. In a standing mixer, combine the all-purpose flour, whole-wheat flour, rolled oats, ground cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, salt and mashed banana, and blend on low speed for 2 minutes. Add the walnuts, brown sugar, vegetable oil, eggs and reduced-fat buttermilk, and blend for 2 minutes on medium speed. Add the vanilla extract and mix until well combined.

3. Using an ice cream scoop, portion the batter evenly into the muffin tin, and top each muffin with 3 to 4 chocolate chips. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes. Once muffins are baked through, remove them from the oven and let cool. Serve.

These look really good! I think anytime you bake with real ingredients versus mixes you get a healthier and tastier product.
I'm going to check out that show/website.:flowerforyou:

This Morning Glory Muffin from Cooking Light (July 2007) is really good and healthy. When I make a batch, I put some in the freezer. I pop it in the microwave to warm it or put it in my gym bag for an after workout snack. I've tried different kinds of dried fruit in the recipe and it's always good!


18 servings (serving size: 1 muffin)

Ingredients
Cooking spray
1 cup whole wheat flour (about 4 3/4 ounces)
1/2 cup all-purpose flour (about 2 1/4 ounces)
1 cup regular oats
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon wheat bran
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup plain fat-free yogurt
1 cup mashed ripe banana (about 2)
1 large egg
1 cup chopped pitted dates
3/4 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup chopped dried pineapple
3 tablespoons ground flaxseed (about 2 tablespoons whole)
Preparation
Preheat oven to 350°.

Place 18 muffin cups liners in muffin cups; coat liners with cooking spray.

Lightly spoon flours into dry measuring cups, and level with a knife. Combine flours and next 5 ingredients (through salt) in a large bowl; stir with a whisk. Make a well in center of mixture. Combine yogurt, banana, and egg; add to flour mixture, stirring just until moist. Fold in dates, walnuts, and pineapple. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups. Sprinkle evenly with flaxseed. Bake at 350° for 20 minutes or until muffins spring back when touched lightly in center. Remove muffins from pans immediately; cool on a wire rack.

Nutritional Information
Calories:
186 (21% from fat)
Fat:
4.4g (sat 0.5g,mono 0.7g,poly 2.8g)
Protein:
4.2g
Carbohydrate:
35.2g
Fiber:
3.4g
Cholesterol:
12mg
Iron:
1.2mg
Sodium:
190mg
Calcium:
42mg

Yum Yum Yum !!!! I love muffins.

What an awesome idea of freezing them...I wouldn't be able to limit myself if I didn't :blushing:

I am accutually making muffins now.

1 can of pumpkin
1 box of spice cake mix
1/2 cup of water

Bake a 350 for 15-20 minutes

i like to put a little fat free whip cream on top for a sweet tooth curber

Enjoy!

Thanks for the recipe..I'm going to try it today, and will use applesauce instead of oil

I am constantly on this website called tastespotting.com and they have a search bar where you can enter in what you want (lowfat or light muffins). The website is a picture "blog" of tons of recipes, and they all look so tasty. I saw a lowfat blueberry muffin recipe on there the other day. Hope this helps!

Something I remember hearing a long time ago stuck with me, "Muffin's are just an excuse to eat cake in the morning." Sad, but true. Stick to the fruit, oatmeal, egg beater omelettes, etc.

SSG