Almond butter and jam breakfast muffins

We love these muffins. Mr 2 and I throw them together in about a minute, jump in the shower and by the time we are done the muffins are ready.

Yesterday we spent the day at Rangitoto Island. We whipped up a batch of muffins in the morning and they kept us going for a long time. I was impressed with the amount of walking Mr 2 did. We walked from Rangitoto wharf via the coastal track to Mackenzie Bay, then up to the summit and back down to Rangitoto wharf via the lava caves. He probably did about half of it. Fortunately we had him in the Tula for the other half!

This is the first recipe I have created that I have shared with anyone other than family, so I'm a little nervous. I hope you like it!

Recipe:

(makes 6 muffins)

150g oats

1.5 teaspoon baking powder

pinch Himalayan salt

2 tablespoons honey

1 tbsp lemon juice

85g milk (we use rice milk)

30g sliced almonds

2 tbsp almond butter

1 tbsp coconut oil

1 egg

6 teaspoons fruit spread/jam (we like St Dalfour strawberry)

Preheat oven to 180°C.

Add oats to TM. Place measuring cup on. Blend 5 sec sp 9.

Add salt, honey, lemon juice, milk, sliced almonds, almond butter, coconut oil, and egg.

Combine 5 sec sp 5. 

Spoon half the mixture into 6 muffin cases. Add a teaspoon of fruit spread/jam to each one. Top with remaining mix.

Bake 15 min or until tops are lightly browned.

Enjoy!

The beginning

For over a year I have intended to start this blog. I love my Thermomix. I use it for almost every meal. If not for the whole meal, then at least to help with the prep.

Today has a wintry feel to it even though it is the middle of summer. The rain has not let up all day. For breakfast we made porridge in our TM. We are having leftover beetroot salad from yesterday for lunch. 

This is what we made yesterday.

Breakfast:

Oat flour almond butter and jam breakfast muffins. My own creation. Recipe to follow when I write it out.

Lunch:

Beetroot Salad - BCB. I use mint instead of corriander.

Afternoon snack:

Apple sorbet, skin left on - just core and slice. Quick fruit sorbet BCB. I add extra lemon juice and instead of the sugar I use 1 tbsp of honey.

Dinner:

Skinnymixers butter chicken - vegetarian version. Instead of 300ml of cream, I use 200ml of coconut cream. Rice automated boiled rice from TM5.

Not a lot of my own creations today. Many more to come.