Muffin in a minute

[Theperfect10]

Just made this wonderful muffin! So easy to do and it was scrummy. A little bit too sweet for me, so I'm going to reduce the splenda next time round and I didn't have any cinamon. But wondered if anyone had put herbs in the muffins? I wonder how it would be with chopped chives? Think I may just give it a go!

[Theperfect10]

Hi everyone - just thought I'd post a few savoury variations I've had with this muffin.

Cheesy Muffins - just add a small handful of shredded cheddar cheese to the mixture before placing in the microwave. This one I loved with some grilled bacon or sausage for a weekend treat for breakfast.

Chive Muffins - Just add some chopped chives from your herb garden (I don't have a garden, just a window box on a balcony!).
This is beautiful served with some goats cheese with rocket salad on top!

Rosemary Muffins - Add either dried rosemary or fresh if you have it to the mixture and it transforms these muffins..... wonderful on their own with butter!

[sallyseachange]

This looks like a nice and quick to prepare breakfast muffin... but I was wondering how you came to the nutrition count you did. When I put it in Fitday (I have the PC version) it gave me:

Cals 309; fat 22g; carbs 18g; net carbs 6g; protein 14g.

Seems like 1.5 net carbs to 6 is a big difference. Fitday gave the net carb breakdown as: flax 2; baking powder 1; splenda 1; cinnamon 1; egg 1; butter 0.

I'd love for it to be 1.5 carbs, but...

[Theperfect10]

I'd be interested to know that too! I took the nutrition details at the beg of the post as a given and didn't double check. Mind you I am always well under in my carbs, so even at 6 gr I should be fine......

[Erin80]

I think it really depends on your own labels, like on what flax you're using etc. For example, my flax meal is high in fibre, so if I use 2tbsp of flax meal, the 2 tbsp contains 4g of carbs, and 4g of fibre....so the fibre cancels out the carbs. My eggs are listed as 0 carbs on the label, as is my baking powder.

[mitzimarie]

Originally Posted by Erin80

I think it really depends on your own labels, like on what flax you're using etc. For example, my flax meal is high in fibre, so if I use 2tbsp of flax meal, the 2 tbsp contains 4g of carbs, and 4g of fibre....so the fibre cancels out the carbs. My eggs are listed as 0 carbs on the label, as is my baking powder.

On things like eggs and cheese that may have 0 carbs listed on the label, you still need to count as 1 carb for each serving per Dr. Atkins. That's why I enter just about everything as custom foods on Fitday... even eggs. I use Egglands Best eggs and they list 0 carbs on the label, but when I entered it as a custom food, I listed carbs as 1 instead of 0. So, for example, if I have a 3 egg omelette with an ounce of cheese, that is 4 carbs even though the labels would have you counting it as 0 carbs.

[Eno]

This recipe sounds good, but.....

can anyone help us cavemen who don't have a microwave and let me know if this can be made in a regular or toaster oven?

[mitzimarie]

Oh, Eno!

I don't think I could survive without a microwave.

Well, I probably could, but why would I? Small microwaves at someplace like Walmart are pretty cheap.

[elsy]

Originally Posted by mitzimarie

On things like eggs and cheese that may have 0 carbs listed on the label, you still need to count as 1 carb for each serving per Dr. Atkins. That's why I enter just about everything as custom foods on Fitday... even eggs.

Thanks for this valuable info Mitzie. I had no idea. All this time, I've been eating 2 eggs for breakfast but fitday counts it as 1 carb. I also eat queso fresco and the label says 0 carbs. I already edited that on my cutom label on Fitday. Thanks, thanks, thanks.

Oh, and thanks for the muffin recepie. I'm gonna try that tomorrow for breakfast. Sounds yummy.

[mitzimarie]

You are very welcome, Elsy.

I haven't made the muffin, yet. I have had all of the ingredients for a while now. I think I am scared of it, for some odd reason. Maybe it is because I am such a bread-a-holic, that I am afraid that I will like it too much or something.