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Choc Strawberry Muffins: Gluten, Sugar, Butter Free
These choc-strawberry muffins contain it all. A good source of protein from whey protein powder, banana and strawberries plus good sources of fat from flaxseeds and coconut. Quick to make, contain no sugar, gluten or butter.
Ingredients:
90g of chocolate whey protein powder
2 small bananas or 1 large banana
1 egg
1 cup of desiccated coconut flour blended into fine flour
2 tbs of flaxseed meal
3 strawberries
1 small can of coconut milk
1 tsp of vanilla essence
1-2 stevia tabs
2 tsp of baking soda
Method:
Pre-heat oven to 180dg
Mash banana in a bowl
Whisk egg in a separate bowl then combine both
Chop 2 strawberries and add to bowl
Add all dry ingredients and stir well
Add extra chopped strawberries if required
If mixture is dry, add either more egg or more banana
Spoon out mixture into patty pans (2 tbs per patty pan) and place in the oven for 15 minutes
Method for strawberry frosting:
Chop 1 strawberry then blend in a blender
Add 3 heaped tbs of the hardened coconut milk and add to the blender
Add 1 tbs of stevia to blender
Add 1 tsp of vanilla essence
Blend well
Spoon out mixture into a bowl and place in freezer
After 15 minutes in the oven, check muffins with a fork. If fork comes out clean, muffins can be removed
If fork comes out wet, allow to cook for a further 5 minutes
Once removed, allow to cool on a wire rack
Remove frosting from freezer after about 10 minutes and place in fridge
Add frosting to muffins before consumption