Healthy muffins with cottage cheese and blueberries
By Stavri Kaourani
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Difficulty: 2/10
Serves: 12
Ingredients
- 1 cup flour for all uses
- 1 cup oatmeal
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 cup coconut oil or other vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup maple syrup (or honey)
- 1 cup cottage cheese
- 3/4 cup 1.5% milk (or another of your choice)
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup blueberries (if we use a freezer, thaw them completely)
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp of cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp lemon zest
Cooking Method
Preheat the oven to 175 degrees and lightly grease a baking tray for muffins
2. In a bowl, mix the flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.
In another bowl, mix the oil, sugar, maple syrup, vanilla and cottage cheese well.
4. Add the eggs and lemon zest.
5. Transfer the dry ingredients to the liquid mixture and mix them all together. Finally add the blueberries.
6. Distribute the mixture in the cases in the pan. Make sure to fill them only to the middle, leaving room for the muffins to inflate.
Bake the muffins for 18-20 minutes.
8. After removing the muffins from the oven, let them cool for about 10 minutes before removing them from the pan
Nutritional information:
For each muffin:
Calories: 230kcal
Fat: 9.4gr
Saturated fats: 5gr
Carbohydrates: 30gr
Sugars: 13gr
Fiber: 1.8gr
Protein: 6g
Stavri Kaourani
Nutritionist - MSc degree in Clinical Nutrition and Diabetes Management