Breads & Muffins

Skinny Easy Healthy Banana Coconut Date Muffins Recipe

April 10, 2012

Skinny easy healthy banana coconut date muffins; Perfect as part of a light and healthy breakfast or snack. And a wonderful way to use up those very black over-ripe bananas that you end up with every now and again. There have been 3 over-ripe banana staring at me from the counter for several days, getting [...]

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Skinny Chocolate Banana Muffins

March 26, 2012

Healthy banana muffins with a double dose of chocolate. All I can say is YUM. I’m always on the lookout for new ways to use up the over ripe bananas that invariably end up languishing on the counter. I can’t stand to toss them away. Banana bread is the obvious solution. Even easier is to [...]

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Darina Allen’s Easy Whole Wheat Soda Bread Recipe

March 17, 2012

My infatuation with Irish soda bread continues. Maybe because it’s so quick, easy and satisfying to make, with none of the fussiness of yeast bread. Maybe because I’m missing my dad, who’s roots were Irish. Maybe because it’s St. Patrick’s Day… This is Irish chef and Balleymaloe Cooking School Owner, Darina Allen’s, Easy Whole-wheat Soda [...]

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Irish Brown Bread Recipe

March 7, 2012

I love Irish breads: brown breads, Irish Soda breads, and scones. There’s something so simple and delicious about them. Some might say downright “plain.” The last time I was in Ireland, I couldn’t get enough of the Irish Brown Bread and found myself searching it out every chance I got. If you’ve never had it, [...]

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Cranberry Orange Oatmeal Bread – 3 Points+

January 6, 2012

We enjoyed this yummy cranberry orange oatmeal bread for breakfast today. I’ve wanted to make it since I first spotted the recipe well before Christmas. For me the holiday season isn’t complete until I’ve had a slice of cranberry bread or cranberry muffin. I’ve never had cranberry oatmeal bread, but since I loved the recipe [...]

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Moist Mexican Corn Bread – 5 Points+

January 5, 2012

Since my recent post about light and healthy cornbread recipes, I have corn bread on the brain and am seeing recipes for all kinds of cornbread everywhere. I guess it’s how the universe works. What you focus on grows! First came this rich and yummy sounding cornbread casserole, from Nancy Fox at Skinny Taste that [...]

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Light & Healthy Cornbread Recipes – Points+ 3 – 6

January 3, 2012

I love warm-from-the oven cornbread with a bowl of chili or soup, so I end up making it a few times during the cooler months. The trouble with some cornbread recipes is that they’re full of sugar and fat and high in calories. While I like moist, taste cornbread, I prefer to keep it on [...]

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Skinny Banana Oatmeal Muffin & Bread Recipes with Weight Watchers PointsPlus Values

December 11, 2011

I adore muffins, but they can be sugar and calorie disasters. My days of indulging in jumbo 400 to 500 calorie muffins are long gone. These days, I love collecting recipes for skinnier healthier muffin recipes and tips for making healthy muffins from scratch - like these healthy blueberry muffin recipes - so I always have one [...]

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Healthy Low Fat Pumpkin Bread, Muffin & Scone Recipes

November 10, 2011

I especially love baking at this time of year, probably because I’m a huge fan of pumpkin. I have a difficult time getting visions of pumpkin bread, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin scones, healthy pumpkin cake, healthy pumpkin pie, and healthy low-fat pumpkin cookies out of my head. During the summer I’m all about healthy blueberry muffinsbut when [...]

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Healthy Low Fat Banana Nut Bread Recipe – 4 Points+

October 10, 2011

Here’s my take on healthy low fat banana nut bread. I love love love all things banana, which becomes quite obvious when you take a look at all the banana recipes I’ve posted here on Simple Nourished Living. I especially love banana nut bread and have tried dozens of different banana bread recipes from simple to complicated through [...]

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12 Tips for How to Make Healthy Muffins from Scratch

July 8, 2011

Have you ever been curious about how to make healthy muffins from scratch? Muffin making is easy enough for novice bakers and even kids. All you need is a good basic healthy muffin recipe and a few tips and tools to make sure they turn out well. And that’s exactly what I’ve got for you [...]