A Healthier Muffin Breakfast for Less

There are different ways to stretch your health dollar when making muffins. Two of these ways are:

1. Mix up your muffin batch as usual and fill muffin tins. But, if you fill your cups 2/3 of the way full, cut back to only 1/2 full. Serve one with a small piece or fruit and 8 ounces of milk, or a small yogurt and 1/2 cup of juice. If you put peanutbutter on the muffin, you have a complete, healthy breakfast.

A great fruit option is homemade applesauce.

*****Remember that, in general, Americans eat too much and are even more likely to be overweight. Eating a little less will not hurt us, and we will get used to it. Our servings are generally to big any way.*****

2. Mix 1/2 to 1 cup of fruit, berries or vegetables (shredded carrots or zucchini) or homeade applesauce into your muffin batch, depending on how big a batch it is. Then fill the muffin cups 2/3 full. Serve with a small yogurt or milk.

 

Remember to always use store/generic brand ingredients whenever possible. This will save a lot of money over the course of a year, and will not distort the taste of baked products at all. No excuses not to save money on this one!

 

Bake mulitple batches at once and freeze wrapped in plastic wrap and placed into gallon size freezer bags.

 

If you know how to make homemade vanilla yogurt that tastes just like Dannon’s version, please let me know!