2Big's Best Ever Flax Seed Muffins

[killerbombshell]

I just made these this evening (I discovered I had all the ingredients appropriate! Joy!!) with the notable addition of 1/8th of a cup of Splenda since I need to water down the taste of the flax a bit. I also made this with vanilla whey powder which seems a little bland, but next time when I add a little almond extract it'll be perfect. Enjoy, and THANKS 2BIG!!

(http://www.lowcarbrecipes.org/recipe.cgi?action=view_recipe&id=1812&recipe=2BIG' S+FLAX+SEED+MEAL+MUFFINS&category=Cakes,+Cookies+a nd+Muffins)

3 cups flax seed meal
1 cup whey protein powder flavor of choice I used choclate, berry, vanillia and banana so far
2 teaspoons baking powder 1.5 cups water
1/4 cup of oil or butter
1 egg
Otional 1 t of extract of choice
How to Prepare:

You mix the dry stuff and the wet stiff and then mix it all together. use the oil 1/4 cup measure to put a heaping 1/4 cup in each muffin tin and bake 325 for 15-20 min.

I eat them plain, with cream cheese, cream cheese mixed with pumpkin and pumpkin pie spice or I use the plain whey and add garlid and itailan herbs, and in OWL pb and added nuts and or berries to the batter. They are very versital and the flax gives it a slight nut flavor.

the nutritional info for them from fitday.com

source grams cals %total
Total: 186
Fat: 12 111 65%
Sat: 2 17 10%
Poly: 5 43 25%
Mono: 5 44 25%
Carbs: 8 10 6%
Fiber: 5 0 0%
Protein: 13 51 30%
Alcohol: 0 0 0%
I make flax seed meal whey protein induction legal muffins all the time. I make 12 at a time and freeze them. I don't use salt or sweetener in my cooking so you'd need to add sweetener equal to 1/4 cup of sugar if you like normal sweet muffins.

[2big4mysize]

Re: 2Big's Best Ever Flax Seed Muffins

glad you8 like them. remember if you haven't been using flax they will give you movement in the intestines too.

[Atkid]

Re: 2Big's Best Ever Flax Seed Muffins

remember if you haven't been using flax they will give you movement in the intestines too.

Ohhh! Can those be eaten on clean induction. Could use some movement in the intestines. LOL!

KO

[2big4mysize]

Re: 2Big's Best Ever Flax Seed Muffins

each muffin has 4 tablespoons of flax seedmeal in it so if you had 1/2 of one you could eat them on induction fior movement if your protein powder is a protein isolate type during induction. once you get constipated on induction you can use flax as a fiber to prevent it happeneing again too.

[killerbombshell]

Re: 2Big's Best Ever Flax Seed Muffins

If you're on induction it might be a good idea to leave out the Splenda that I added. There's too much math involved for me to figure out how many servings 1/8th cup of a Splenda divided by 12 muffins would be.

[dotsamantha]

Re: 2Big's Best Ever Flax Seed Muffins

I made myself a flax muffin today, I really liked it. I used the microwave recipe from Linda's lo-carb, but essentially it's the same thing.
for one muffin

3 tablespoons flax meal
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon baking powder*
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon splenda
2 teaspoons cinnamon

* I make my own baking powder with 2 parts cream of tartar and 1 part baking soda. If you're using it right away, cornstarch isn't necessary.

Melt the butter in a microwave safe bowl for about 10 seconds. Use one that will be large enough for your ingredients to fill it about 1/3. Stir in the flax meal, then the egg, then the baking powder, cinnamon and splenda until it is well blended. Scrape the sides. Microwave about one minute or until the center is set. The muffin will rise above the edges of the bowl and settle when you turn the microwave off. Let it sit a minute, remove from container, let cool a little and eat it.

It was very good, a nice cinnamon flavor, but not too much. It was a little heavy, I think I could eat half at one sitting and another half later. Tasted like a whole grain muffin.
The total count for one muffin was
384 calories
35g fat
12g total carbs (4 net)
11g protein
It would be great with a protein to balance out a good percentage for one meal.

[cafe_et_creme]

Re: 2Big's Best Ever Flax Seed Muffins

I really like the flaxmeal muffin microwave recipe from Linda's lo-carb (above) and instead of cinnamon i sometimes use Ginger which is really nice!

[Kansas Deb]

Re: 2Big's Best Ever Flax Seed Muffins

This is very good with cocoa in it too. Have to add a bit more Splenda with the cocoa.