Spokane Healthy Recipes: Engine Starters—Date & Oatmeal Muffins

Engine Starters—Date & Oatmeal Muffins

Prep: 15 minutes Cook: 20 minutes
The natural sugars in the dates, prunes,
and agave give you quick energy, but
blood-sugar-regulating B vitamins in the
oatmeal keep it flowing slow and steady
so you don’t spike and crash. And if at 11
a.m. you find yourself looking for a snack,
the four grams of fiber and soy protein will
give you a boost and hold you until lunch.
Ingredients:

1 1/2 cup oatmeal
1/3 cup milk
3/4 cup whole-wheat flour
3 heaping Tbsp vanilla soy protein powder
(such as Shaklee Energizing Soy Protein
Mix, Natural Vanilla flavor)
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp cinnamon
14 dates, finely chopped (about 3/4 cup)
1 egg, beaten
4 Tbsp grapeseed oil
2 Tbsp agave syrup
1/2 cup prune puree

(Can’t find prune puree? Look in the baby
food aisle. Two packages of Gerber 1st
Foods prunes (2.5 oz each) will work.)

1. Preheat oven to 400°F.

2. Combine oatmeal and milk in a bowl
and let soak. In a separate large bowl,
mix flour, whey protein, baking powder,
baking soda, cinnamon, and
dates.

3. In another bowl, combine egg, oil,
syrup, and prune puree. Add to oatmeal
mixture, then stir in flour mix.

4. Spoon batter into paper-lined muffin
cups. Bake for 20 minutes or until tops
spring back when lightly touched.
Cool on wire rack.

Makes 12 muffins.

Nutrition Facts per serving: 241 calories,
6 g total fat (1 g sat) , 45 g carbohydrates,
4 g dietary fiber, 6 g protein

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