Mighty Morning Muffins (Super Foods for Super Kids Cookbook)

Name: Mighty Morning Muffins (Super Foods for Super Kids Cookbook)
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 Handfuls of Baby Spinach; 2 ripe bananas; 6-8 pitted dates; 3/4 cup vanilla Greek yogurt; 1/4 cup canola oil; 2 eggs; 2 cups whole-wheat flour; 1 tablespoon baking powder

5 steps

Note: if you don't have dates, you can try subbing for 1/3 cup of raisins

Updated at: Sun, 07 Apr 2024 11:32:01 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Good

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories192.5 kcal (10%)

Total Fat6.7 g (10%)

Carbs31.6 g (12%)

Sugars11.9 g (13%)

Protein5.1 g (10%)

Sodium141.5 mg (7%)

Fiber4.1 g (15%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

12 servings

2 handfulsbaby spinach

2bananas

ripe

6pitted dates

¾ cupvanilla greek yogurt

¼ cupcanola oil

2eggs

2 cupswhole-wheat flour

1 tablespoonbaking powder

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375°F.

Step 2

Blend. Combine the spinach, bananas, dates, yogurt, canola oil, and eggs in a food processor or blender and blend on low for 1 minute and then blend on medium until all ingredients are blended together. Pour into mixing bowl.

Step 3

Add dry ingredients. Add the flour and baking powder and mix until you can't see the while of the flour anymore.

Step 4

Scoop batter into muffin tin. Grease the cups of a 12-muffin tin and place about 1/3 cup portions of the batter into the cups.

Step 5

Bake muffins for 20-22 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of a muffin comes out clean. Let cool and enjoy!