Blender Spinach Banana Muffins & Video

 How to make Spinach Banana Muffins 

The best way to make these Spinach Banana Muffins is to use a high-powered blender, like the Vitamix! Using a Vitamix to thoroughly blend the ingredients in these Spinach Banana Muffins results in a final product that has zero traces of spinach, well except for the awesome green color!

1. Blend dry ingredients then set aside. To make these muffins...start by putting the oats into your clean, dry Vitamix and turn them into oat flour! Add the rest of the ingredients, blend and set aside.
2. Blend wet ingredients. When blending anything in the Vitamix, always add the liquid first! In this recipe, start by adding the liquid ingredients, banana and spinach and blend until smooth before adding the dry mixture!
3. Freeze. After baking, let the muffins cool and then freeze in an airtight container. To reheat, simply warm in the microwave for 30-60 seconds per muffin!

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Spinach Muffins: Substitutions 

These are extremely forgiving muffins and there are many acceptable substitutions (although I always recommend making the recipe exactly as written to achieve the best results)! Even at high altitude (I bake at 4800 ft. above sea level) they rise beautifully and have a wonderful texture! Some notes about substitutions:

• Ground Flaxseed: You may substitute equal amounts of almond meal or old-fashioned oats (ground into flour) for the flaxseed.
• Coconut Sugar: You may use any granulated sugar of your choice! I do not use sweeteners, but if you wanted to experiment with stevia (or a similar product) I recommend using a variety that is meant to be a 1:1 substitute for granulated sugar.
• Almond milk: you may use any non-dairy milk to keep the recipe dairy free. Or you may use regular milk!
• Coconut Oil: You may substitute vegan butter (like Earth Balance), regular butter, or ghee!
• Eggs: For vegan version substitute the 2 eggs with 2 TBS ground chia seeds and 5 TBS water. 

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Spinach Banana Muffins

Laura

These blender Spinach Banana Muffins are an easy, healthy, freezer-friendly breakfast recipe full of fruit and veggies! We call them "hulk" muffins because of their fun, naturally green color! They are gluten-free, dairy-free and have no refined sugar!

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Prep Time 5 mins

Cook Time 25 mins

Total Time 30 mins

Course Breakfast, Snack

Cuisine American

Servings 16 Muffins

Calories 124.7 kcal

Ingredients

 

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• ▢ 2 cups old-fashioned oats
• ▢ ¼ cup ground flaxseed
• ▢ 2 tsp baking powder
• ▢ ½ tsp baking soda
• ▢ ½ tsp salt
• ▢ 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• ▢ ½ cup coconut sugar or your favorite granulated sugar
• ▢ ½ cup almond milk
• ▢ 2 cups packed spinach leaves
• ▢ ¼ cup coconut oil
• ▢ 2 extra-ripe large bananas
• ▢ 2 eggs**
• ▢ 1 tsp vanilla

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease or line a muffin tin.
• Put 2 cups of old-fashioned oats in your blender (Vitamix) and blend until the oats achieve the texture of flour. Transfer to a medium mixing bowl.
• Add the rest of the dry ingredients to the oat flour (ground flaxseed, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and sugar). Set aside.
• Add almond milk to the blender followed by 2 cups of spinach. Blend together until completely smooth and homogenous.
• Add bananas and coconut oil and blend until smooth.
• Add vanilla and eggs and blend until just combined
• Pour wet ingredients to dry mixture and stir to combine (making sure there are no lumps)!
• Fill each well in your muffin tin with ¼ cup of batter. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean and the top springs back when touched.

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Notes

Ingredient Substitutions

• Ground Flaxseed: You may substitute equal amounts of almond meal or old-fashioned oats (ground into flour) for the flaxseed.
• Coconut Sugar: You may use any granulated sugar of your choice! I do not use sweeteners, but if you wanted to experiment with stevia (or a similar product) I recommend using a variety that is meant to be a 1:1 substitute for granulated sugar.
• Almond milk: you may use any non-dairy milk to keep the recipe dairy free. Or you may use regular milk!
• Coconut Oil: You may substitute vegan butter (like Earth Balance), regular butter, or ghee!
• Eggs: For vegan or egg-free version substitute the 2 eggs with 2 TBS ground chia seeds and 5 TBS water. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1muffinCalories: 124.7kcalCarbohydrates: 16.9gProtein: 2.7gFat: 5.6gCholesterol: 23.3mgPotassium: 87.7mgFiber: 2gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 415IUVitamin C: 3.3mgCalcium: 24mgIron: 0.8mg

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Parenting tangent:

 I used to stress about feeding my kids veggies. I so desperately wanted them to beg me for giant plates of stir-fry and get excited over skewers full of colorful grilled vegetable-goodness. This is why my husband is so wonderful (well, one of the many reasons). He helps me see reality...that even though our kids don't go gaga over a bowl full of roasted Brussels sprouts, the hard work has paid off and they really are great eaters.

They just know that lunch and dinner always include one fruit and one veggie. I ask them "what veggie do you want" (as opposed to, "do you want a vegetable?") and they get to choose. It's usually carrots or cucumbers (and always raw), but I am perfectly fine with that.

My goal is to teach my kids at a young age that healthy eating is important. I think they get the drift, and sometimes they even ask for a snack of carrots and hummus just because that's what they're craving! There is the occasion, when we're out or at a friends' house, when I give them a break from eating veggies, and they totally notice! A real conversation between my kids one night on vacation:

These Spinach Banana Muffins are another healthy-eating staple in my house. Sometimes I get crazy and add chocolate chips (or cinnamon chips)! Serve them slathered with a healthy amount of almond butter and you have yourself the perfect breakfast!