Apple Muffins

These muffins are packed with yummy ingredients and go together quickly once you have your 1 cup of fresh apples, diced.

Apple Muffins
These muffins were inspired from a recipe from one of my favorite cookbooks. I added a little almond flour and used caramel stevia.
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Ingredients
  1. 1 cup Silk almond/coconut milk or milk of your choice
  2. I cup peeled and finely diced apples
  3. 2 1/2 Tbsp coconut oil
  4. 1 Tbsp ground flax
  5. 1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
  6. 5 drops of liquid caramel stevia
  7. 2 cups of spelt or all purpose flour
  8. 1/3 cup of almond flour
  9. 1/2 cup coconut sugar
  10. 2 tsp baking power
  11. 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  12. 1/2 tsp salt
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place cupcake liners in muffin tin. Spray coconut cooking spray into each paper liner.
  2. Add first 6 ingredients in small bowl and stir. Let sit for at least 5 minutes
  3. Combine remaining ingredients in a larger bowl and stir.
  4. Add wet ingredients.
  5. Mix until all ingredients are mixed well.
  6. Fill batter into muffin tin. (I used a small cookie scoop - 2 scoop of batter fills each cup evening)
  7. Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool on rack for 10 minutes before removing.
Adapted from Chocolate Covered Katie
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Green Peach Smoothie

Peaches and Spinach instead of my morning tea???? – You bet.  Other than the nutrients and the color of your smoothie turning green you’ll hardly know the spinach is there.

Green Peach Smoothie

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Green Peach Smoothie
Serves 1
Peaches, spinach and chia - yum
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Ingredients
  1. 1 cup of vanilla unsweetened almond milk
  2. 1 Serving of Protein Powder
  3. Sprinkling of Cinnamon
  4. 1 Tbsp of Chia Seed
  5. 1 Tbsp of Ground Flax Seed
  6. 1 cup of frozen peaches
  7. 1 cup of fresh spinach
  8. 4-5 ice cubes
Instructions
  1. Blend together and enjoy.
Notes
  1. Chia will act as a thickening aid - so have a spoon available just in case.
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Chia Almond Butter Fruit Dip

This is a yummy fruit dip to make and makes eating an apple seem not so ordinary.  You’ll want to let the yogurt mixture sit for an hour or two to let the chia soften.

Chia AB Fruit Dip

Chia Almond Butter Fruit Dip
Serves 2
Almond Butter and Apples go so well together and this dip gives some fluff to the almond butter.
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Ingredients
  1. 4 Tbsp Greek Plain Yogurt (I use Fage 2%)
  2. 1 Tbsp All Natural Almond Butter (I used Justin's Classic)
  3. 7 drops of Coconut Stevia (maple syrup or honey could also be used)
  4. 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  5. 1 Tbsp chia
  6. 1 Tbsp raw sunflower seeds
Instructions
  1. Mix all ingredients except sunflower seeds in a bowl until smooth (you can do this with a spoon) Then add in sunflower seeds and stir.
  2. Place in refrigerator for 2 hours before serving with a sliced apple.
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