Unrecipe - Oat Bran Muffins

Oat bran, a Dukan staple. I love everything oat, but oat bran is a tad more challenging. Though, its health benefits make it way worth a look. 

I do not have a recipe, but ingridiants for the muffins I just made for my Dukan breakfast oat muffins. 

You can prob find a regular recipe and switch up or figure out.

- oat bran, more this than others

- oat flour

- cornstarch (tolerated food item)

- 2 eggs (why 2? idk)

- salt, baking soda and powder

- fat free cream cheese

- cinnamon and apple pie spice

- stevia in the raw

- honey/agave

- tad olive oil

- fat free/low fat buttermilk or yogurt, or sour cream, or almond, whatever (I used the first)

you could add fruit, replace oil with applesauce (except dukaners) or add nuts.

mix together whatever measurements of what you decide. bake 400 F for 15 mins or until done inside. 

Mine made six. 

For a full recipe of oat bran muffins here are a few options...

apple muffins

http://unsophisticook.com/apple-muffins/

moist bran muffins

http://www.wellsphere.com/healthy-cooking-article/bran-muffin-recipe/774173

flax bran muffins

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/oat-bran-muffins-10000000522196/

vegan oat bran muffins

http://www.egglesscooking.com/2010/04/19/vegan-oat-bran-muffins/

blueberry versions :

http://www.livelaugheat.com/2011/04/12/blueberry-oat-bran-muffins/

&

http://www.onearabvegan.com/2012/03/10/banilla-blueberry-and-yoghurt-oat-bran-muffins/

Or just take a basic oat bran recipe and play switch up with healthier options and add in things like shredded carrots, sweet potato, pumpkin, apples raisins, whatever you want!

They say that muffin batter, being thin, should not contain any items larger than a blueberry or it might sink for lack of support no matter how much flour you dust it with. You could try adding in at halfway point or after long enough for batter to thicken in oven.

oh and I glazed tops of mine with a lite kiss of honey.

ok, bye bye now!

Breakfast Cookies

Almost a variant name for a fancy oatmeal cookie. The idea of these has gotten quite popular these days. As a busy on-the-go society, we need grab-n-go food. And the concept of a cookie can really take a quick breakfast far! you can stick all kinds of things in them! I guess we all get tired of muffins and bars. As well cereal and fruit. So why not mix it up with a healthy-ish cookie?

Yup healthy! These can be as healthy, or fattening, as you wish. On a typical 1-10 scale, I'd say 3-6 would be the best fat range. To lite and they won't be quite as scrumptious. Remember, if your going to eat sugar and fat, breakfast is the best time to do it! (balanced, not just that)

These are creative cookies. They leave plenty of room for your personal touch. Its your basic chocolate chip or oatmeal cookie recipe, cut some fat out, replace with mashed bananas and applesauce, through in some nuts, oats, dried fruit, chocolate, whatever. Some of the better sounding ingridients to a gal with my picky taste buds (don't like fruit much, esp dried) would be toasted coconut, walnuts, pecans, peanuts, flax, sunflower seeds, peanut butter, soy protein powders, chocolate chips, maybe dried cranberries. etc. I'd also probably have to up the applesauce to banana ratio, If I taste banana in the food, I'll be done with it. 

I plan on taking this idea and running with it myself. I'd encourage anyone to give it a try! Best you start with a recipe to work off of, and replace as close as possible to what is replaceable. I'll include a few below as options. (googled "breakfast cookies" to find)

Elle's Breakfast Cookies

Healthified PB Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies

King Arthur Breakfast Cookies

Ok, well, thats all for now. I can't say I'll get to try my ideas out soon, as I will be "dukan-ing" the next few weeks/months. I start next week, as this week we are not properly equipped (groceries) to do so now. I will be adding a section to my "Cooky's Diets" tab about Dukan to further explain it later. I hope despite my not jumping on the breakfast cookie bandwagon that won't hinder, as I do plan on it as SOON as i'm allowed by Dukan.

PS - You might ask, "Why is she adding ANOTHER diet in the mix?" Well, I don't typically follow a certain one, I mix knowledge from the ones that I feel fit my life and situation best. At the moment, I'm having trouble with ANY AND ALL sugars, carbs, and starches PERIOD. Its causing a flare up of my Candida (stomach, digestive, etc), which feeds off so many things. And never fully goes away. It is also responsible for some food allergies and intolerances. well, the GENERAL RULE for killing them off is to eat certain veggies and protein, and not only does my blood type diet agree with this (for 0) but Dukan goes right with it. It be a great opportunity to cleanse my system (holding off cal counting temp) and really tone my muscles. Since I'll be eating so much muscle building and feeding foods. 

In short, its for my health, so I can enjoy food and cooking again. Right now I can't eat anything (of specified above) without getting so ill. So I look forward to fixing it. As well as to being toned. 

But, I really look forward to playing with these ideas. I love the idea of creative cooking!