Flaxseed Meal Muffins


My blood glucose right now is 87 mg/dL...
My breakfast of choice this morning was a flaxseed meal muffin. Here's how you make it:

1/4 cup flaxseed meal
1/2 tsp of baking powder
1 tsp of cinnamon
2 tsp of truvia or sweetener of choice (optional)
1 egg or egg beaters equivalent
1 tsp of light olive oil or light cooking olive oil
1 coffee mug (not a cup)

Mix all the ingredients together in a coffee mug (not a cup). Microwave for 1 minute... and ouala! I added a small amount of chopped walnuts to mine, before nuking (about 6 grams)... and ate it with pumpkin flavored cream cheeses spread. :) It is very, very filling... 248 calories, and pure fiber and Omega 3 fats. NO GLYCEMIC LOAD. :) Enjoy!

Thanks to BadMoonT2 for sharing this recipe with me! :)

Nutrtion Data (made with 1 egg) Serving Size: 1 muffin. 248 calories, 171 calories from fat. Total fat: 19 grams, 3 grams of saturated fat, Monounsaturated Fat~7.3g, Polyunsaturated Fat~8.7g, Trans Fat 0 grams; Cholesterol 211 mg; Sodium 309 mg; Total Carbohydrate 18 grams, Dietary Fiber 10 grams; Erythritol 8 grams, Sugars 0 grams; Protein 3 grams; Vitamin A 5%, Vitamin C 0%, Calcium 23%, Iron 16%


Thanks Liz! This looks yummy. For myself, I will use my egg sub but looks so easy. I would probabaly make a whole batch- I am too lazy to do this every morning. I have often wondered about flaxseed and BG. I notice when I use ground flaxseed on my meals I have a better 2 hr number. :slight_smile:

How many carbs would you say are in this?

Well… None basically. 10 of fiber, and 8 of Erithrytol that I added with the Truvia.

Looks terrific…do you deliver?

hehe Sure… :wink:

Will have to try this. I’ve been yerning for bread or some kind of baked good.

A while back I ran into a microwave-in-a-cup chocolate cake recipe. I was intrigued by being able to make a single serving quickly. But the results were AWFUL. The cake was too dry and substituting a sweetener for the sugar just didn’t work.

Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Corinna

I was worried about that too… but I was actually quite impressed, Corinna… I really liked it! :slight_smile:

Thanks for his recipe! I have recently discovered a flaxseed flour bread in a local grocery store. I was surprised at how delicious it is : D. I like how easy this recipe is - instant gratification is my thing.

Tried it and liked it.

Experimented this morning with adding pumpkin and using pumkin pie spice in place of cinnamon. The pumpkin made it more moist and I had to microwave it 15 seconds longer. But I didn’t put enough to affect the overall taste. Used 2T (1/8 c) of pumpkin. Next time will double that. Once I get the pumpkin flavor figured out will add some chopped walnuts. Thanksgiving is just around the corner after all!

Ok I’m sold! LOL But as a guy? Not into Cooking/baking… So what would be some store Boght type Muffins that would come close? Any suggestions?

I don’t know of any… But I can tell ya a guy gave me this recipe, and it takes just 1 minute in the microwave. It’s really as far from baking as you can get. So short a recipe, I have it memorized now. You don’t even have to man a real oven, just a microwave. lol

These were amazing!!! Thanks… anymore microwave recipes???

Aside from my Peanut Butter Cups, http://www.tudiabetes.org/profiles/blogs/guiltless-large-peanut-butter, I don’t have more microwave meals I can think of, right now… Ummm… I do know that you can use flaxseed to make pancakes, too… I think one is 2 servings, and the other is 1… I’m not sure. Haven’t made it yet.

“2 EGGS 6 TBSP FLAX MEAL 1 TSP BAKING POWDER ,1/2 T SALT,1/2 TSP CINNAMON 2 TBSP.
SPLENDA. BEAT THOUGHLY AND AND LET SET 5 MIN TO THICKEN. I USED JUMBO EGGS AND THEY WERE NICE AND FLUFFY. FRY IN BUTTER AND SERVE WITH SF SYRUP VERY VERY FILLING( THEY ARE ABOUT 1/3 INCH HIGH)”

super simple flaxmeal pancakes (1 serving):

3 tbs flaxmeal
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 packet sweetnlow/splenda/whatever
1 egg

mix together and fry in a good amount of butter (it soaks it up) serve plain or with sugar free syrup (their suggestion, not mine… I don’ trust sugar free things in the stores. lol)

Hi - I bought milled flax seed and it had 4 carbs per 2 Tablespoons. Since a 1/4 cup is 4 tablespoons that means my muffins only have 8 carbs in them. Maybe you are using different flax seed to get 18 carbs?

@Rich, I entered the nutrition facts of the Bob’s Red Mill Flaxseed Meal that I got, plus all the other ingredients for this muffin, on the Nutrition Data site and it analyzed all of them, together, as a recipe. While 8 grams of Carbs (in the form of Dietary Fiber) very well came from that flax, the extra 2 grams probably came from cinnamon. The extra 8 grams came from the Truvia (which contains Erythritol) which I added to my recipe – a sugar alcohol which does not raise blood glucose.

Thanks for clearing that up. I thought I was doing something wrong :slight_smile:

This looks delicious. Can't wait to try it. Do you have any suggestions for websites or books for low carb recipes?

The dLife site has a lot of good low carb recipes, especially for desserts. A friend suggested me Blaine's Low Carb kitchen, recently: http://fittv.discovery.com/fansites/blaine/blaine.html. And I know Linda's Low Carb Menu's is supposed to be good, too. http://genaw.com/lowcarb/. Gerri has a ton of recipes. Watch for stuff she posts, too. :)

Thanks! I tried your recipe today and it was delicious ..... and so easy. Plus, my BG stayed in perfect range.

Thank you for this recipe. I am new to TuDiabetes and love to find recipes for no flour-no sugar. I have a friend whose daughter is pre-diabetic. She cannot have wheat or gluten. I try to share with her. I will send my recipes along as I find them tried and true. (At least by my standards…) Thanks again!