Lemon Blueberry Protein Muffins
Made with no sugar, no butter, no oil, and spiked with vanilla protein powder, there's only 145 calories per muffin with 12 grams of protein. Recipe from Tom Venuto's Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle Blog (www.BurnTheFatBlog.com)
Servings: 6
Calories: 145kcal
Ingredients
- 75 g Coconut flour (2/3 cup)
- 46 g Vanilla whey protein (1/2 cup)
- 1/2 tsp Baking powder
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1 Tbsp Truvia Naturally Sweet
- 111 g Blueberries (3/4 cup)
- 2/3 cup Applesauce, unsweetened
- 1 Tbsp Lemon zest, fresh (optional)
- 2 Tbsp Lemon juice
- 3 Large whole eggs
- 57 g Greek yogurt, plain nonfat (1/4 cup)
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 375
- Add dry ingredients (coconut flour, protein powder, baking powder, salt, sweetener) to mixing bowl and mix together
- Add liquid ingredients (eggs, lemon juice, applesauce, greek yogurt, vanilla extract) to a separate mixing bowl and stir to combine
- Add dry ingredients to wet and stir to combine
- Add blueberries and gently stir evenly into the batter
- Spoon/scoop batter (thick) into 6 cup muffin pan (coated with cooking spray)
- Add 3-5 more small blueberries on top of each muffin and press them halfway in
- Bake at 375 for 25 minutes
- Cool at room temperature for about 10 - 20 minutes before removing from muffin pan.
Nutrition
Serving: 1muffin | Calories: 145kcal | Carbohydrates: 14.7g | Protein: 12.1g | Fat: 2.8g