Strawberry Banana Oatmeal Flax Muffins

These Strawberry Banana Oatmeal Flax Muffins are flour-free, gluten-free and packed with omega-3’s. They’re delicious and perfect as a hearty, healthy breakfast or snack.

My stomach is officially shrinking– errr, getting smooshed– and it’s seriously the saddest thing ever. Like when your hubby cooks the most perfect filet mignon in a pan with fresh rosemary and garlic butter and you can only eat half of it (leftovers are so not the same).

Or when you go out to dinner and can only eat a few of the delicious, hot french fries you’ve been craving. But then you’re hungry an hour later, when the fries are cold and yucky. Le sigh.

Since I can’t eat a lot at once these days, I pretty much spend the whole day snacking. I’ve said many times before that muffins are one of my favorite snacks! They’re such an easy grab-and-go snack and you can make them as healthy as you want. Plus, they freeze really well!

Since growing babies need lots of omega-3’s and fresh fish isn’t that abundant in this desert I live in, I’ve been trying to eat a lot of chia seeds and flax seeds. They’re both great plant sources of omega-3’s.

Chia seeds are easy– I love the things, put them on top of my yogurt and oatmeal, and of course make delicious Chia Seed Pudding!

Flax seeds I’m not so crazy about. I tried topping my yogurt with some, but I don’t love the flavor. Luckily, I realized when you bake with flax you really can’t taste it at all. So I’ve been making lots of flax muffins!

This version is made with oatmeal instead of flour, which adds some extra fiber and nutrients. Plus awesome texture. These muffins are super hearty and will definitely keep you full.

Our local strawberry stands have opened up and I can’t get enough. The problem if that they sell the strawberries in HUGE baskets. And since they’re picked at peak ripeness (and peak deliciousness), they don’t last long before starting to wilt.

So these muffins were also the perfect way to use up some of my bounty. But you could also use frozen berries if you don’t have fresh available.

These didn’t last long. Nick was a huge fan and we each ate 4 of them the day I baked them! I already bought some more bananas and now I’m just willing them to get nice and brown so I can bake some more of these muffins. 🙂

Strawberry Banana Oatmeal Flax Muffins

 

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Author: Flying on Jess Fuel

Recipe type: Breakfast

Cuisine: Muffins

Serves: 12 muffins

Ingredients

• 2½ cups old fashioned oatmeal
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 tbsp ground flaxseed
• 1 (5.3 oz) container strawberry Greek yogurt (or plain or vanilla)
• 2 eggs
• ½ cup honey
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 ripe bananas
• 1 cup diced strawberries (fresh or frozen)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 12-cup muffin tin with nonstick spray and set aside.
2. Place oatmeal in a food processor and process oatmeal into a course flour. Add baking powder, soda and flaxseed, and pulse to combine. Add the yogurt, eggs, honey, vanilla and bananas and process until everything is blended and you have a smooth batter.
3. Remove the blade from the food processor and stir strawberries into the batter.
4. Divide batter equally between 12 muffin cups in prepared muffin tin. Bake 18-20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.
5. Cool in pan 10 minutes then gently transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.

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