Hey guys! How are you? How was your Valentine’s Day? Our Valentine’s Day was low key and lovely… Just the way I like it!
Ryan surprised me with a dinner date and it was wonderful. We ate at The Cheesecake Factory which was extra special to us because The Cheesecake Factory at the Mall at Millenia in Orlando was where we dined for our very first date back in 2004!
We usually celebrate our dating anniversary on February 1 but we both completely forgot about it this year with everything that was going on at the beginning of the month. I loved our Valentine’s Day dinner at a nostalgic place that always reminds me of the earlier days of our relationship. We ended up popping into a nearby Godiva Chocolatier before heading home (apparently there is no limit on the amount of sugar we will consume on Valentine’s Day) and ate truffles in the car to round out our date night. Heck yes!
When we got back home, we immediately changed into our pajamas and I gave Ryan his Valentine’s Day surprise.
I made a small gift basket filled with 13 different treats Ryan loves – one for each Valentine’s Day we’ve spent together so far! He seemed to like it a lot and Chase and I had fun assembling it. (Chase colored all over the card – and his body – as his contribution.)
Now that we’re slowly coming out of the sugar coma we inevitably slip into every Valentine’s Day, how about a healthy recipe for you guys today?
Today’s recipe is inspired by the Paleo blender muffins my friend Danielle made for the adults and kids to enjoy during a play date at her house on Monday. I’m not sure who ate the muffins faster – my girlfriends or our toddlers – but everyone left asking her for the recipe because the muffins were so darn good.
Since Danielle and her family follow a gluten-free and dairy-free diet, I’m continually impressed by her kitchen creations and just how well they always seem to turn out. These Paleo blender muffins are made with a base of ripe bananas, almond flour and coconut flour and come together quickly without much work.
An added bonus: The dishes you’ll have to do after making these muffins are minimal since you simply throw everything into a blender to make your batter. Less mess = Win!
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Paleo Blender Muffins
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 8 muffins 1x
Description
Made with a base of ripe bananas and almond flour, these Paleo Blender Muffins are a gluten-free and dairy-free treat, perfect for an on-the-go snack or breakfast. Paleo Blender Muffins taste fantastic topped with a smear of almond butter and come together quickly thanks to the use of a high-powered blender.
Ingredients
- 2 very ripe bananas
- 3/4 cup almond flour
- 1/4 cup coconut flour
- 3 eggs
- 2 tablespoons melted coconut oil
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon unsweetened coconut flakes
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon chia seeds
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine all ingredients in a high-powered blender and blend until a smooth batter forms.
- Pour the batter into a silicone muffin pan sprayed with cooking spray (preferred) or into a muffin pan lined with muffin liners.
- Bake for approximately 20 minutes and enjoy!
Notes
I added chia seeds, unsweetened coconut flakes, cinnamon and a pinch of salt to Danielle’s Paleo blender muffin recipe, but feel free to omit any or all of those ingredients if you want to keep the recipe as simple as possible. The muffins will still be delicious.
I also recommend baking the muffins in a silicone muffin pan if possible, as they tend to stick to muffin liners. (This is not a big deal and we didn’t mind the muffins sticking at all, but it’s still worth mentioning in case you have a silicone muffin pan on hand!)
Additionally, the muffins freeze really well, so feel free to double the recipe and pop some of the cooled muffins into the freezer. Simply microwave the muffins for 20 seconds to bring them back to life!
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 muffins
- Calories: 163
- Sugar: 7g
- Fat: 12g
- Carbohydrates: 16g
- Fiber: 4g
- Protein: 6g
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Those muffins look amazing!! Might have to make those today! 🙂
And I’m so glad you and Ryan had such a good Valentine’s Day! Cheesecake Factory is our favorite restaurant, too. We plan on going for lunch one day next week when our kids are in daycare.
Our Valentine’s Day was pretty low key, too. I wasn’t feeling my best emotionally (I’m pretty sure I’ve got a mild case of PPD), but my husband went out of his way to make me feel special.
As always- thanks for sharing a peak into your life, the good and the hard times. Praying for you!! 🙂
-Sarah http://www.thefrugalmillionaireblog.com
I’m so glad you had a good Valentine’s Day. Low key is the best way to go sometimes. Sending love and hugs your way, Sarah. <3
I burst out laughing in the office when i read this sentence… (Chase colored all over the card – and his body – as his contribution.)
too funny!
xxx
🙂 He’s quite the artist! Haha!
I love making muffins and pancakes in the blender, such easy clean up! And sounds like you had such a nice Valentines Day, love your gift idea for Ryan!
We went to dinner the Sunday before, which was a snow storm so we had the restaurant to ourselves. Actually Valentines Day was spent making dinner in PJs, a win in my book. I really love when you include nutritional information!
Hi Julie, these muffins look delicious- I can’t wait to make them! Also thank you so much of including the nutrition information, I love when you do that!
Oh man these are just what I’ve been craving!! I love a not so bad for your muffin that I can have during the work week without it being just a huge dessert fest all week. Yum!! 😀 😀
Julie! I’ve been meaning to send you a picture of Lars and I when we did your Valentine’s Day gift game! We set a budget and set off in the one and only mall in our university town and it was SO much fun! Lars was very cute because he got nervous and didn’t know what the “theme” was (“should I buy you something romantic? or something funny? or…” ) But in the end we both got gifts we really enjoyed and will certainly use! Thanks for the very student budget friendly Valentine’s Day gift option!! 🙂 <3
These look good! and I miiight already have all the ingredients!
also a big YES to including nutritional information 😉
Glad you guys had a lovely Valentine’s day!!
Glad you and Ryan had a nice Valentine’s Day/anniversary date! Have you ever tried the Godiva chocolate cheesecake at Cheesecake Factory? It’s unreal.
The muffins look great and I’ll probably give them a whirl over the long weekend coming up. I really like seeing the nutritional information and the recipe notes!
LOVE that you are including some gluten free/Paleo recipes on your wonderful blog! My son and I have to eat this way due to Celiac and you’ve got some great, simple recipes here. I’ve made a few of your main dish recipes too. Really easy and good!
Thank you so much for the kind feedback, Julie! I really appreciate it!
Hi Julie!
I just happened to have all the ingredients for these muffins and just threw them in the oven! You were right — these were very easy to put together with very little clean up. That is my favorite way to “bake”. Thanks for sharing!
Jessica
Yay! So glad you gave them a try! <3 Thank you for taking the time to let me know!
I’ve been reading your blog for years, but have never commented before – just wanted to come out of the shadows (ha!) to say a big YES to the inclusion of nutritional info! It’s a huge help!! Keep up the great work!
These look delicious! I’ve never thought to make muffins using a blender! Adeline LOVES bananas, so I bet these would be a hit at our house!
I do like the nutritional information for sure. And this is so high maintenance since you are not a food blogger, but a “print recipe” button would be delightful. I usually copy and paste in to a Word doc and then print.
These look so good! I would love to try for my toddler. Any idea whether I could use all almond flour?
I like it when bloggers include nutritional info for healthy recipes or recipes that are specific to a diet, not so much for the indulgences. I don’t want to know how many calories that puppy chow has in it!
Haha! For real! The Cheesecake Factory had all of their calories on their menu and I definitely did NOT need/want to know how many calories were in my slice of cheesecake!
I love that you add the nutrition facts to your recipes – it is very helpful!
Your Valentine’s Day sounds perfect! I love the gift basket idea you did for Ryan. I might be trying that out on my boyfriend for his next birthday perhaps.
MMM, I’m not paleo, but those look delicious! I’m already looking forward to when my little guy starts to eat real food, and will definitely be trying all of your fun recipes for little ones when the time comes!
Not directly related to today’s muffin recipe, but I made your whole wheat pumpkin muffins this past weekend and I’ve been loving them as a morning snack at work this week.
Thanks for the recipes you post – I like seeing the nutritional info with them too. I would also like to echo another reader who asked if it would be possible to include a “print” button with the recipes. That would make it easier for me to save your recipes to the recipe folder on my computer.
I’m so glad you like the muffins!! And I’ll definitely look into including a print button in the future!
These look amazing! We just tried coloring with my 14 month old… epic mess!
i am on the hunt for healthy muffin recipes. Thanks so much for sharing this. can’t wait to try
Hi Julie. I love it when macros are included in recipes. Thanks for asking your readers for feedback!
I need to add your muffin recipes to my ‘to make’ list. My son is on a muffin kick!
Also, my BBC Facebook page shared a picture from the Upper St. Clair, PA BBC page and it was a picture of you and Chase! I had an ‘I know her’ moment and then a moment of ‘no, you don’t actually know her’. And then there was the ‘she doesn’t live in PA’ moment, which was closely followed by the ‘maybe I need a break from her blog’ moment. LOL! It did make me question the accuracy of social media and if they just share pictures from any location…
glad you had a good valentines day! I somehow didn’t have any chocolate on v-day what a travesty
the chocolate is all on sale now! it’s not too late! 😉
The muffins definitely look like something my little man will love.
And I love the nutrition facts being included
Hi! I enjoy your blogs because they are informative and fun. Yes, please include nutritional info including sodium which is a major health concern for me. Good luck to you!
these sound SO good and easy to make! i’ve been all about the make-ahead breakfasts for busy mornings, can’t wait to try these. thanks for sharing!! 🙂
Yes to nutrition facts ! <3
That seems to be the popular request!! Thanks so much for weighing in!
Love this recipe! we just got off the Whole 30 and are planning to eat more paleo-esc. I’ll put this in my toolbox! Thank you!
Same here, Lindsey! I’m loving these for my post-Whole30 transition!
Another idea to prevent muffins from sticking… parchment paper muffin liners! I get them at target and they always work like a charm with zero sticking!
Hi there!
I definitely wouldn’t mind it, although it’s not something I look for when making most recipes. I’m just not a calorie counter.
I have a tip about the silicon pan though- I recently made some shower soothers that needed to be baked and called for that type of pan, but foil cup liners work as well, if you don’t own a silicon pan. 🙂
If you only had coconut flour on hand, do you think you can sub that for the almond flour? I’m a total newb to the gluten free baking but I’m trying to learn!
Coconut flour is MUCH more absorbent than almond flour and so wouldn’t be an equal sub. 🙂
Yes to the nutritional facts! Really appreciate it 🙂
Yum! Looks delicious! And yes, I do appreciate when nutrition facts are included. 🙂
I love seeing nutritional content on recipes! Makes my life so much easier. So one vote of yes for me! They look delicious.
I also met my husband in 2004, but later in the year, so we’ll be spending almost 13 years together in the fall. Your Valentine’s day sounds cute and perfect. You guys really know how to keep love alive!
Keep the nutrition info!
Thanks so much for sharing! I have a bag of almond flour and a bag of coconut flour and have yet to use it. Yes to stats! I know it’s a pain to figure out so thanks so much for taking the time to include it!
Thanks for the awesome recipe. I’m always on the lookout for good recipes utilizing almond flour. And I appreciate the nutrition info!
These look so yummy – I love how easy they are! x
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Thanks for sharing this great recipe. I loved it. I am planning to replace the banana for apples next time. I will let you know how it went. Great recipe!!!
Make strawberry ones next!!!
These are seriously so delicious! I’ve already made them a few times, and they are a favourite of my 19 month old son! A delicious muffin I can feel good about feeding my family! Thanks for posting!
I love it when the nutrition information is there. Where do calculate it?
I made these and didn’t have coconut flour… so I used 1 cup almond flour. I also subbed the honey for maple syrup. They came out kind of flat and spongy. They didn’t seem quite right, although they do taste good. Do you think the changes I made are okay, or would you recommend keeping the recipe as is? Thanks.
Hey Julie!
If we don’t have almond flour on hand, can we just add a little more coconut flour? If so, do you have a measurement recommendation? 1/2 cup?
Thanks!!