21 May Healthy Banana and Yogurt Muffins

These healthy eating banana muffins combine ripe bananas (organic if you have them) with buckwheat flour for protein, oats for slow burning energy, omega 3 rich chia seeds and yoghurt for calcium and healthy fat. Sweetness comes from honey, as opposed to sugar, while cinnamon and vanilla essence add extra flavour without calories.

Source: The Healthy Mummy

Enjoy!

Ingredients

2 cups of buckwheat flour (available in the health food aisle) you could also use wholemeal or spelt flour
1 cup rolled oats
1/4 cup honey
2 eggs
3/4 cup natural or greek style low fat yoghurt
2 ripe bananas, mashed
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tbsp chia seeds (optional)
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp natural vanilla essence
1/2 tsp bicarb soda
Olive oil or butter for greasing the muffin tins

Directions

Preheat oven to 180C
In a large bowl, combine all the dry ingredients and stir well
In a smaller bowl, mix eggs, honey, olive oil, yoghurt and vanilla
Add egg mixture to the dry ingredients and stir well
Add mashed bananas and gently fold through (it’s ok if the mixture is a little lumpy)
Use olive oil or butter to grease the cups of a muffin tray
Spoon mixture into the prepared tray
Place in the oven and allow to cook for 20-30 minutes
Test that they are fully cooked by gently inserting a skewer into one of the muffins before removing from the oven
Set aside to cool before serving