Black & Blue til You are Pink Muffins
It is Monday again…can you believe it?! My weekends always go way too fast. I hate that! haha…it seems like no matter what I do those 2 days always go speeding past me clocking at a 90mph pace. I have heard that it only goes faster as you get older too…sheesh! I don’t know how it could!
I think my weekend went fast because I had rehearsal for the show that is coming up. That always seems to make things go faster. I was able to have a little fun though on Saturday night. One of the girls in the dance company turned 30 so we all went out for dinner and drinks (Happy Birthday Noel!! Know whaddI’m sayin? π ). It was a lot of fun and nice change of pace from the normal weekend routine.
I wanted to say thank you again to everyone who has been donating for the walk this summer. Thanks to all of you I have now raised $1,464! Thanks so much for helping me to reach my goal of $2,300…I am so blessed to have so many wonderful people in my life to support me! π
Onto the recipe, shall we? As you all know I have been on a muffin kick lately. Mostly because I cannot have dessert so I have been trying to keep myself preoccupied with other kinds of things to bake. Naturally I have been making muffins. The muffin recipe was something I wanted to make with the fruit that I had at the house. Which included blackberries, blueberries, and raspberries. I wanted to include them all in the muffin because honestly, I have never seen it done that way. They ended up being really good and full of flavor.
Ingredients for Muffins:
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/3 cup honey crunch wheat germ
- 2/3 cup white sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 2 tablespoons flaxmeal
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 2 cups half & half
- 2/3 cup fresh blueberries
- 2/3 cup fresh blackberries
- 2/3 cup fresh raspberries
- cinnamon & sugar for topping
Preheat oven to 400ΒΊ
In a large mixing bowl, mix together flours, wheat germ, sugar, baking powder, flaxmeal, salt, and cinnamon. In another bowl, combine half & half and beaten egg. Whisk together well.
Place wet ingredients into flour mixture and combine just until everything has pulled together.
Place washed berries into a bowl and coat with flour. I learned this trick from my mom, it will ensure that your berries do not drop to the bottom of your muffins. Fold in the berries into the muffins mix.
Scoop batter into the muffin cups. If there are any empty cups in your pans, fill them with water before you put the pan in the oven. Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar.
Bake in oven for about 16-20 minutes.
Wait for it….136 calories and 4.1 grams of fat! BOOYAH! Amazing…
Happy Monday everyone, I hope you are having a great Monday so far!
34 Comments
Jonny
Great Muffins Raven! I feel healthier, less hungry, and way happier to round a good start to a monday morning. Thanks again!
RavieNomNoms
You are so welcome! I am so glad you enjoyed them Jonny! Always nice to know people like what you make! Although you tend to be bias…anything I feed you, you always seem to love π
gingerbreadbagels
I wish I had one of these muffins (ok more like two of them) right now! I love all of the different berries in the muffins, they look soooo good. π
RavieNomNoms
You could really get away with 2 too! They are so low in calories that it wouldn’t even matter! hehe π Thank you Lindsey!
Sandra's Easy Cooking
Congrats on reaching your goal!
And those muffins are so beautiful and look extremely tasty!
I could have one with my morning coffee:))
RavieNomNoms
Thanks Sandra!
And Thank you again! They were extremely tasty, I was really impressed with them. π
Brandie
I love all the berries you put in there!! That’s my kinda berry muffin right there!
RavieNomNoms
I am glad you liked it Brandie! I was kinda skeptical of putting all those berries in there, but it ended up being perfect!
Isabelle
Berries, flax, whole wheat? What’s not to love? Yum!
Though, honestly, something this delicious-looking has no right being so darned guilt-free and good for me! π
RavieNomNoms
I know! Haha, it was funny whenever I told people who were eating them that they were good for them…”whaatt?!” hehe π
Lauren
These sounds so good. Love all the berries in them. Thanks for the flour on the berries tip. Ill have to remember that.
RavieNomNoms
Sure thing Lauren! My mom told me about that a long time ago and I never stopped doing it since then.
Elyse @The Cultural Dish
Your photos are so inviting that i can smell them! I love using berries in my muffins – absolutely delicious!
RavieNomNoms
Thanks Elyse! I love berries in muffins as well! I am always trying to find new recipes to try with them
briarrose
Another excellent muffin. Wow these are just chock full of berries…they look so appealing.
RavieNomNoms
Thank you very much! π
Becky
I love berries of any kind, and your muffins look amazing and healthy at the same time. Is that possible:)
RavieNomNoms
Thanks Becky! Haha, I guess it is possible because these are super good for you and they are really tasty π
Chef Dennis
I love muffins and yours certainly do look delicious! I need to start using whole wheat flours, and the flax meal is a nice touch!
Thanks for sharing this perfect muffin recipe with us!
Cheers
Dennis
RavieNomNoms
Thank you Chef Dennis! I looove whole wheat flour, it really is amazing. The flaxmeal was just for some extra nutritious value…you can add a few spoonfuls to just about anything!
Evan @swEEts
My monday would have been a lot happier had I had one of these to start it off with! Well done Ravie π Delicious looking muffins and they’re whole wheat so they’re healthy right?
RavieNomNoms
Haha yes they are E! Super healthy actually! I still have some left if you wanna come grab one! π
RLV
What a great way to start the week! And I love that you ended it with BOOYAH! π
RLV @ { bittensweetblog.com/ }
RavieNomNoms
Haha, yea I am a bit of a dork!! Thanks for visiting, come back soon!
Nabeela
hi i’m nabeela i really love your dishes they are mouth-watery would you like to post them on my blog..the link for posting is here:
http://matbakhun.blogspot.com/p/add-recipe.html
RavieNomNoms
Oh cool, thank you Nabeela! I will have to check this out!
Susi's Kochen und Backen
You just can’t go wrong with all of these gorgeous berries. Makes me wish I had a couple of these muffins with my coffee right now. Love that you added whole wheat flour to give them an additional healthy boost!
RavieNomNoms
Haha, I hear ya! If I still had any I would give you some! They went super fast π
Joy
The muffins looks great. It seems like a great pick me up.
RavieNomNoms
Thank you Joy! They definitely are a good way to get some energy!
Magic of Spice
Congratulation on reaching your goal π These muffins are fantastic and bursting with fruit, love it!
RavieNomNoms
Thanks very much! Only a little bit left to go! π
Jenny @ Savour the Senses
These look so delicious! I love berrys, and i love muffins… perfect =)
Lin Ann
Wow! Those berries must have just made those muffins pop with flavor! Congrats on making your goal and I hope you enjoyed the walk.