Banana Flaxseed Muffins

**stxnas** · 09-07-2006, 02:06 PM

When I saw these macros in Fitday I got very excited. Two muffins and an 8oz glass of milk yields about a 40/40/20 split at about 290 cals! These turned out great and will definitely be added to my arsenal. Here's the recipe.

Banana Flaxseed Muffins

Ingredients:
1/2 cup flax seed - ground it via coffee bean grinder or buy it from Walmart this way.
3 bananas, mashed
1/4 cup olive oil (or vegetable oil )
1/2 cup splenda
2 egg whites
1-1/2 cups protein powder (I used unflavored from AnnabolicInnovations)
1/2 teaspoon baking powder (I didn't have any so I didn't use it)
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup whole flax seeds

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350-degrees and lightly grease your muffin pan (I used Pam and it worked very well).

In a large mixing bowl, beat together bananas, oil, Splenda and egg whites.

In a separate bowl, mix together the remaining ingredients. Spoon batter into prepared muffin pan. Bake in preheated oven for about 12-15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into a muffin comes out clean (this might vary b/c my oven runs hot).

Recipe makes 12 muffins.

Each muffin contains ~ 3.5g fat/10 carbs (2.5g fiber)/10g protein = 105 cals

Other options would be to add raisins, dates, walnuts, oats, use oat-flour instead of protein, etc.

CROWLER · 09-07-2006, 04:47 PM

WOW that looks DELICIOUS! I am VERY hungry now.

Where did you get the unflavored protein powder?

CROWLER

**stxnas** · 09-07-2006, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by CROWLER

WOW that looks DELICIOUS! I am VERY hungry now.

Where did you get the unflavored protein powder?

CROWLER

LOL. Yes Crowler, the unflavored protein was the Plain Jane that I bought from Annabolic Innovations. The original recipe actually called for 1.5 cups of flour. I was feeling adventurous and substituted the Plain Jane for the flour and the muffins came out great. I let somebody at work try one and she loved it!

CROWLER · 09-07-2006, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by stxnas

LOL. Yes Crowler, the unflavored protein was the Plain Jane that I bought from Annabolic Innovations. The original recipe actually called for 1.5 cups of flour. I was feeling adventurous and substituted the Plain Jane for the flour and the muffins came out great. I let somebody at work try one and she loved it!

Oh REALLY????

Yes I do see now you mentioned you got the protein for that WONDERFUL receipe from Anabolic Innovations - Home of the 19 different protein powder flavors INCLUDING Peanut Butter and Peanut Butter/Chocolate

Ok I really did know where he got it but I have all the orders shipped out for today, I am relaxing with some diet soda and I wanted to do some pimping.

CROWLER

**stxnas** · 09-14-2006, 04:44 PM

In case anybody is interested...After making these twice they I have come to the conclusion that they definitely taste better about 24-48 hours after making them. My coworker made these and used vanilla protein and she said that those turned out great as well.

dingling · 09-14-2006, 06:26 PM

Great recipe, gotta try it out. I'm going to try enova in place of the veg oil, even though it probably wont taste quite as good.

**stxnas** · 09-14-2006, 08:28 PM

It probably won't make much of a difference honestly. You might want to add a some vanilla extract as well...my coworker added it to hers.

USPLabs · 09-18-2006, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by stxnas

It probably won't make much of a difference honestly. You might want to add a some vanilla extract as well...my coworker added it to hers.

Use coconut oil it's perfect for baking.

**stxnas** · 09-19-2006, 08:44 AM

Can you taste it? Hell, even if you could I think it would be great in this recipe. Thanks for the idea.

dingling · 09-28-2006, 10:01 PM

Mine turned out really good with the Enova. BTW I used vanilla whey.

**stxnas** · 09-29-2006, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by dingling

Mine turned out really good with the Enova. BTW I used vanilla whey.

Cool, thanks for the feedback. So far all three people that have tried this liked it.

jcam222 · 09-30-2006, 03:29 PM

cool, I am going to make these tonight. These will be almost as good as a cheat.

**stxnas** · 09-30-2006, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by jcam222

cool, I am going to make these tonight. These will be almost as good as a cheat.

How'd they turn out?

**12gauge** · 10-24-2006, 11:17 PM

i just tried this recipe & it is friggin awesome. I wouldnt know i was eating something healthy. Only thing i did different was use 1/2 the protein & substitue the other half with oat flour because i just bought the oat flour & was dying to try it.

i used a banana protein sample from AI, not sure if they still sell that anymore.

**stxnas** · 10-25-2006, 02:36 PM

Thanks for the feedback. I'm constantly trying to come up with new recipes for this section, but this is one of the few that have actually turned out to be good (or great in this case!).

**12gauge** · 10-25-2006, 06:52 PM

I also used olive oil instead of vegetable oil, just because i thought it was better for you.

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Originally Posted by stxnas

Thanks for the feedback. I'm constantly trying to come up with new recipes for this section, but this is one of the few that have actually turned out to be good (or great in this case!).