BLUEBERRY RICOTTA MUFFINS

Blueberry Ricotta Muffins

 

Need a nutritious goodie to munch on? This is one fabulous sugar free muffin! Loaded with those gorgeous berries and fluffy-light, they are perfect with some melted butter and a cup of coffee.

1/4 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup Whey Low Granular
1 whole egg
1 egg white
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
1/2 cup ricotta cheese
3/4 cup flour
1/2 cup almond flour/meal
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
Whey low granular OR Splenda granular to sprinkle
*add a scoop or two of your favorite vanilla flavored protein powder and bump up the protein values for this recipe, adjust nutritional info as needed.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 12 regular muffin cups and set aside.

In a large bowl cream the butter and sugar sub. Beat in whole egg, egg white, vanilla extract, almond extract, and ricotta cheese. In a small bowl mix the flour, almond flour, salt, and baking powder. Stir into the ricotta mixture just until moistened. Fold in 1 1/4 cup berries.

Fill muffin cups with batter. Press the remaining berries on the top of the batter and sprinkle with Splenda. Bake for 16 to 18 minutes or until golden on the edges and a tester comes out with moist crumbs. Makes 12 regular-sized muffins.

Per muffin:
151 Cal;
5 g Protein;
8 g Tot Fat;
11 g Carb;
3 g Sugar;
124 mg Sodium

MINI MUFFINS (OOPSIE/ONE MINUTE MUFFINS)

Mini breakfast muffins (My Oopsie/One Minute Muffin Combo)

4 oz cream cheese
4 eggs
1/2 tsp baking powder
dash of splenda
2 tsp ginger or cinammon
1/2 cup dehydrated coconut
1/2 cup linseed (golden flax seed)
1/2 cup ground almonds
1/2 cup frozen blueberries (optional)

Separate egg whites from yolks. Whip egg whites and baking powder until stiff. In a separate bowl mix egg yolks with all other ingredients and then fold in egg white mixture.

Pour or scoop into small muffin tins. Bake at 150 celsius (350f?) for 20-25 minutes.

Makes 24 muffins. Each muffin contains around 50 calories and only 1 net carb!
***NOTE- put your favorite protein powder as additional powder and bump up the protein value to this simple recipe...adjust accordingly with nutritional values.