Banana Coconut Oatmeal Flax Muffins

I am working on cleaning up my pantry, which means lots of interesting baking adventures! I'm also working on getting back in shape and that means I'm hungry all the time and need more snacks. This recipe was inspired by those two things - a healthy snack with a whole bunch of stuff in it!

Who can argue with deliciously sweet banana mixed with chewy coconut and yummy oats?  Nobody that I'd like to know, that's for sure!

Banana Coconut Oatmeal Flax Muffins (original recipe here)

Ingredients

3 Tbsp flax seed
6 Tbsp water
4 Ripe bananas
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup coconut oil (melted)
2 Tsp vanilla
2 Tsp baking soda
1/2 Tsp kosher salt (or table or sea)
1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup old fashioned oats
1/2 Tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup unsweetened shaved coconut

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375. Grease one muffin tin (this will make 12 good sized muffins).
2. In your magic bullet, blend ground flax with water. This mixture acts as an egg substitute!
3. Add the flax to your mashed bananas.
4. In another bowl mix your melted coconut oil with brown sugar, then add vanilla and flax And egg mixture.
5. Add your dry ingredients to the wet and mix untrustworthy combined. Don't over mix or you will ruin everything.
6. Scoop into muffin tin then sprinkle with coconut or oats or both. Cinnamon sugar would be delicious too!
7. Bake for 22 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean!

Avocado-Banana-Berry Super Smoothie

Liquid Breakfast... because sometimes chewing is just too much work!

I make a smoothie every morning before work, even though its minus a billion degrees out and it makes my hands numb. I just love them that much. I mix up the ingredients occasionally and thought this version was worth sharing. The avocado added a delicious flavor and made the texture luxuriously smooth, almost like mousse!

Avocado-Banana-Berry Super Smoothie
1 banana
1 avocado
1 cup frozen berries
1 1/2 cup almond milk (or however much you can fit in and still close the lid)
1 scoop vanilla protein powder
1-2 tbsps of flax seed
a dash of cinamon

Put everything in your magic bullet and blend. Do it in the order listed of your protein will stick to the cup and then you will cry. Oh you don't have a magic bullet? I feel sorry for you... You should probably ask Santa for one.