Mini Banana Mega Muffins

I love bananas! Generally, I buy a whole bunch at the store, cut up half and freeze them for smoothies and leave the other half for snacking. While most get eaten up rather quickly (*with almond butter), sometimes a few stragglers get left behind leaving me with mushy bananas. So when mother nature gives me mushy bananas, I make a healthy banana loaf. This time I decided to turn them into mini muffins. I have been working on this recipe for a little while now and today it is finally ready to share with you (complete with a nutritional breakdown). These little puppies are low in calories (*under 100), low in fat, low in carbs and sugar but high in taste!

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups of Almond Flour

1 1/2 cups of Kamut Flour

2 ripe bananas (mushed)

1 egg plus 4 egg whites

1/4 cup Xylitol (non-chemical sweetener)

1/4 cup unsweetened apple sauce

1 tbsp vanilla

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp cardamon

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp kosher salt

1/2 tbsp chia seeds

1/2 tbsp cocoa nibs

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Mix all flours, baking soda, spices and salt in a large bowl.

3. Mix bananas, egg, egg whites, vanilla, xylitol and apple sauce together in a small bowl.

4. Add wet mixture to the dry mixture. Stir, but do not over mix.

5. Fold in chia seeds and cocoa nibs.

6. Divide mixture into a mini muffin tray (24 muffins).

7. Bake for 25 minutes.

Nutritional Information (1 mini muffin):

86 calories

4 grams of (wonderful heart healthy) fat

9.4 grams of carbohydrates

1.6 grams of sugar

3 grams of protein