Flaxseed, Wheat, and Bran Muffins

High fiber, healthy breakfast muffin or snack

INGREDIENTS
1 C.flaxseed ground
1 C whole wheat flour
1 C. Oat Bran
1 C. Brown sugar
2 tsp. Baking soda
1 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp. Cinnamon
1 1/2 C. shredded Carrots
2-3 Apples, cored and chopped up or shredded
1/2 C. Chopped nuts (optional)
1/2 c. Raisins (optional)
3/4 C. 2 % milk
2 Eggs, beaten
1 tsp. Vanilla

DIRECTIONS
Mix flour, flaxseed, bran, sugar and dry ingredients together. Shred carrots and apples and add these along with optional raisins and nuts to dry ingredients. Mix well. Stir together milk eggs and vanilla and stir this into batter until well moistened. Fill cupcake or muffin trays until 3/4 full and bake at 180 for 20 to 25 minutes.
Makes 24 med muffins.
( freeze them in ziplock bag, then just pull one out each morning and will be ready to eat 20 minutes later on the way to work! )

Number of Servings: 24

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Product corner:

Some great products that I have tried over the holidays is the Mother Nature’s Golden Roasted Chickpeas. They  are found in the health specialty section of the supermarket or boutique food stores like Farros, Nosh, Huckberries or some fruit n vegetable stores. These are great to have as a snack or add crunch to any salad. Chickpeas are high in fibre and protein and complex carbohydrates so will keep you fuller for longer and blood sugar levels stable.

A recipe to try yourself:

How to roast your own chickpeas and add to a salad

Ingredients

Mix chickpeas with olive oil and as an optional sprinkle over chili powder enough to coat. Spread onto cookie sheet or line baking tray with baking paper and bake at 180 degrees for 30 minutes. Do turn the chickpeas over every 10mins.
Roast pine nuts in oven for last 10-15 minutes, remembering to stir and turn once halfway, until browned.
Chop and mix feta, avocado, cucumber, raisins, red peppers and green beans (optional to blanch quickly in hot water).
Let roasted chickpeas and pine nuts cool for around 10mins before adding them to veggies; mix, possibly add lemon juice, or salt and pepper. This salad makes enough for around 5 serves.