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Gut-friendly breakfast muffins

These muffins bake up with loads of banana flavor and a creamy-custardy texture. They don’t use any flour and are filled with ingredients that are good for your gut microbiome — like yogurt, chickpeas, apples and bananas.

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Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 15 min | Total Time: 45 min
Serves: 12
Ingredients:

4 spray(s) of cooking spray

1/2 cup plain fat free Greek yogurt 

3 medium bananas, very ripe 

15 oz. can chickpeas (garbanzo beans), 
drained and rinsed 

2 tsp. baking powder

2 tsp. ground cinnamon 

1/2 tsp. salt 

4 large eggs 

1/2 medium apple, cored and cut into thin slices  

Directions:
Step 1

Preheat the oven to 375°F. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners (or use a silicone muffin pan); coat the liners with cooking spray. 

Step 2

In a blender, puree the yogurt, bananas, chickpeas, baking powder, cinnamon, vanilla, salt and eggs until smooth, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Divide the batter evenly among the prepared muffin cups (the cups will be full). If desired, arrange 2 apple slices on top of each muffin. Bake until set, 30 minutes.

Serving size: 1 muffin 

Notes:

Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week. Enjoy them cold or reheat for about 20 seconds in the microwave.

Nutrition

Serving size: 1 muffin | Calories: 150 | Total fat: 3 g | Sodium: 301 mg | Total carbohydrates: 33 g | Sugar: 4 g | Fiber: 8 g | Protein: 6 g

Source: WeightWatchers 

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