Bananas always seem to disappear before they are ripe enough for us to actually cook with them. So when there were 2 overly ripe ones just waiting for the right recipe to come along, that recipe did indeed appear.
Cleveland Clinic has a “Daily Dose” newsletter (you can sign up here) that has really great healthy recipes – recipes that are both tasty and unique in use of ingredients. For instance, these Nutty Banana Muffins include ground chia seeds.
The muffins have just enough sweetness to satisfy your sweet tooth.
We enjoyed them warm from the oven, with a small dollop of non-fat Greek yogurt and a sprinkling of fresh (frozen) cranberries.
(FYI – We did not have white grape juice concentrate, so Greek yogurt was substituted. Just added enough to keep the batter thick yet moist. Also added some Craisins.)
Hope you enjoy these soon!
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Haha, I am the opposite to you, I always end up with too many bananas in the fruit bowl going brown and speckly! My default recipe is banana bread (with similar ingredients to this) but these lovely muffins look perfect. I’ve never seen fresh or frozen cranberries sold over here (in Australia). We do get dried ones though (imported from Ocean Spray usually, haha). Thanks for sharing this lovely recipe!
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Hope you like it if you try it. Another fun thing we do is take the bananas, peel, slice and freeze them on a cookie sheet. Then you can use them to make smoothies, “ice cream” and other fun desserts – that way, no added sugar, etc. Just good healthy fruit!
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Aw yum. Great idea! Thanks so much for the inspiration (yay for healthy food ideas!) x
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We try our best to substitute “good stuff” for some of the not so good. It “usually” works out..LOL!
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Haha, “usually” definitely means that the odds are in your favour! 🙂 You’re doing an amazing job!
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Thanks. But there have been a few things….that came out pretty scary! Guess that’s the fun of inventing, eh?
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Haha, definitely agree with you there! Scary inventions are just as useful, even if it just teaches you not to do the same thing again 😉
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Oofff I wish I had one of those right now!
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So sorry…no leftovers once my Hubby got home from traveling this week! LOL!
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Those looks terrific & funny that you post this since I have 2 overripe bananas sitting in the fruit basket looking sad. What a healthy start to the day.
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Let me know how the whole banana thing works out for you today.LOL! They are really tasty and not sweet, so be sure to add a big helping of cream cheese on top…:)
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