Leg Workout and Paleo Almond Butter Banana Muffins
Posted on Sep 17, 2012 in blog dogs, breakfast, clean eating*, eats, intervals, legs, snack | 13 comments
I hope you all enjoyed your weekend 
I know we did! Saturday I did legs and while it might not seem like a lot – it kills!
Then we went for a hike on Camelback mountain (we always do Echo Canyon which is the ‘harder’ side) the weather was soooo nice – I am thrilled it is finally below 100!
AND spent sometime outside with the bugs
Yesterday during football I wanted to try to make some paleo protein muffins and I have to say I think these were a success. BUT BE WARNED: I do not like sweeteners so if you usually cook with some form of sweetener (or vanilla extract) I would add it because you might find this to be not sweet enough for you.
Ingredients:
- 2 ripe mashed bananas
- 3 tbsp almond butter
- 6 scoops vanilla protein powder
- 1/2 cup almond meal
- 1/2 cup greek yogurt
- 3 tbsp ground flaxseed
- 1/2 cup liquid (I was out of almond milk so I used water)
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- a few shakes of cinnamon
Direction:
- Mix everything together and put in a muffin tin (3/4 of way).
- Bake at 325 for 25 minutes or until done.
Here are the stats for 2 muffins (I made 12, so 6 servings)
And I made some grilled chicken for lunch the next few days. It is a super easy marinade of a few tbsp of dijon mustard and 1/4 cup of lemon juice. Then right before you grill just put on your favorite no-salt seasoning.
Cardio yesterday was just wind sprints for 15 minutes at 6.0 incline and 8.5 MPH. I am loving doing sprints on an incline and cannot believe how much harder it makes it. I do 30 seconds on and 30 seconds off.
Hope everyone is starting our their week out great this morning – don’t forget you can still enter to win the HTC One X from ATT&T – How did you spend your weekend??
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I love wind sprints too – for your “off” part – how fast/slow do you usually go? I find it takes my treadmill about 10 sec to get from 4mph up to 8.5 (or back down) so I usually do 1 min on/off because otherwise it feels like I’m constantly playing with the controls.
The muffins look amazing! I just got a new jar of almond butter….
I go for 30 seconds on (8.5) and then jump off for 30 seconds and then repeat. So I am either sprinting or standing – no in between
Dumb question but what are Wind Sprints?
CUTE pup!!!
Hmm is anyone else experiencing problems with the images on
this blog loading? I’m trying to figure out if its a problem on my end or if it’s the blog.
Any responses would be greatly appreciated.
Loved these!! I used an overly ripe banana from freezer and cashew butter. They were amazing!!
I’m so glad!!
Monika, thanks for all the great recipes. I’m just wondering what type of protein powder you use because I have tried several of the protein bars/muffins and gotten terrible results. I think it’s my protein powder. I’m using VegaSport. Any suggestions for a replacement would be appreciated! Thanks!
Hi Jo – I use Isopure All Natural Unflavored or Vanilla. It bakes great!
Thank you so much, things are baking up much better now!
Oh good! Glad to hear it
Hi! I made the almond butter muffins today and the mini turkey burgers
both were a success! My muffins are a little on the dry side but great flavor! Thanks for recipes and providing the nutrient info!
So 1 scoop of my protein powder would be 1/4 cup…is it correct this recipe calls for 1 1/2 cup of protein powder?