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Yesterday I tried a new recipe that had caught my interest--these muffins just looked yummy! They called for an ingredient that I wanted to try out; a while ago, I bought a bag of cashew meal at Trader Joe’s. This recipe was a “paleo” recipe ( Paleo Pumpkin and Carrot Muffins,) so it called for almond flour as its main ingredient. I knew I could substitute the cashew meal. I ran them through the recipe calculator, and they came out to 260 calories each (I made 6 large muffins.) That's a bit higher than I like for my breakfast, but it's not out of range. The weird thing was, they were “paleo” but they only had 7 grams of protein, and 33 grams of carbs! Fats were 13 grams and fiber came in at 3.5 grams.
It was a moist, tasty muffin.
Then I thought about my recipe for “Very Light Banana Muffins.” Honestly, I like it better. I knew they were 135 calories each, but I didn’t know the stats, so I ran that recipe through the recipe calculator; they have 7.8 grams of protein and only 18 grams of carbs. Fats are 4 grams, and there are 2.4 grams of fiber.
This kind of thing is just interesting to me. I know other people would prefer the first muffin, probably because of the higher fat content. But over the years, my tastes have changed, at least a little bit. And as I learned so long ago at Weight Watchers, even the little changes make a difference.
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