Morning Glory Muffins

Morning Glory Muffins

Yesterday at work I decided to get a muffin at Great Harvest Bread by my office. I was trying to choose a healthy version…they had a Muffin that had cranberries, bits of carrot and it was just out of the oven. It smelled so good! So, of course, after I ate it, I tried to look up the nutritional stats for it. Umm…..most of their muffins are in the 300-400 calorie range and about 15-17 grams of fat and that’s for HALF! Who would eat just half the muffin? The thing that made it worse, is I used to get the Cinnamon chip scone and just that (not including the hot chocolate that I would get with it), was 800 calories!! And 30 grams of fat!!! So, bascially without even knowing it I was starting my day around 1,000 calories! Gross! That’s why I think a lot of people are overweight, because they don’t really realize all the calories in things and how quickly they add up!

That made me think it was time to make these muffins again. I’ve actually only made them once, but at less than 200 calories for a muffin, I will ALWAYS stay on track!

Flax Seed Morning Glory Muffins (my version)

2 Servings Optimum Slim cereal (pulsed in my magic bullet to resemble flour)*I’m sure you could use any other high fiber cereal too

2/3 cup skim milk

1 cup all purpose flour

¾ cup ground flax meal (you can buy it already ground up)

1 small banana – mashed

2 carrots, shredded

1/2 cup sugar

3 ounces yogurt (any flavor) – I used cherry pomegranate

3 tablespoons chocolate chips

3 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. ground cinnamon

½ tsp salt

1 egg

Add all the ingredients into a big bowl. I stirred it with a spoon for about a minute. I sprayed a muffin tin with Pam and then divided the batter into 12 muffins. Bake it at 350 degrees for about 17 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Each muffin is:

163 calories

3.4 fat

3.2 fiber

Do you look up the nutritional value of things you eat before you go out to a restaurant if its available? OR….would you rather not know?

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9 comments

  • I love that they have both yogurt and flax in them! I can never bring myself to order muffins out either.

  • I didn’t used to look up ANYTHING, but with Johnny’s allergy now we have to. And – I was just as surprised as you once I saw the info! It’s amazing to see even how much a Starbucks drink is, or the difference in calories and fat if you choose the “grilled” option, versus the “fried.” Sure- in the moment you’ll think fried tastes better, but the grilled is actually really yummy too, and sometimes saves like 400 calories!!! That’s insane! It’s a whole lunch-worth. And you’re right – that’s why people are overweight, b/c sometimes they eat DOUBLE the calories of what their meal should actually be, just by choosing the wrong options. It’s so easy to lower it – choose the grilled, low-fat milk, baked potato over fries, etc. Just inform yourself!

  • those muffins sound so good! thanks for the recipe 🙂
    i usually look up menus before i go out to eat so that i’m prepared. i take into account nutrition info if it’s there, but i don’t search it out! i eat out so rarely now that i know a splurge here or there won’t do me in. if i were eating out every night, i think i’d have to start paying more attention to these things!

  • The muffins sound fantastic! I usually look up the nutritional value of chain restaurants but if it is authentic, or individually owned then I usually don’t, not because it is not available but just because I would like to enjoy it without knowing exactly how many calories I just consumed 🙂

  • These sound so good! I always pay attention to nutritional values, just a habit of mine

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