Recipe: BLW Friendly Weetbix Banana Muffins (Gluten Free and Sugar Free)

A baby led weaning friendly recipe, these Weetbix Banana Muffins Recipe is sugar free, gluten free and so easy to make. A BLW fave that babies, toddlers and the whole family will love.

Life with an eight month old is hectic. 

With Jensen now on a mission to walk, he's climbing everything he can which means I can't take my eyes off him for a second. 

My beautiful shaker door cabinets have become finger holds for a baby who seems to think he's some kind of daredevil free climber. If he's not climbing, he's crab crawling through the house at lighting speed, untying shoelaces or chasing toys around.

And if he's not on the move, he's probably eating because oh boy does this kid love his food!

Muffins have become a recent favourite - both as entertainment (Jensen is fascinated with watching me cook) and as a snack and they've been perfect for taking with us on the go. From the zoo to the shopping centre and soon to be taken with us on our vacation, these muffins are the perfect portable snack for both baby and Mum and Dad. 

As a baby friendly recipe, they don't contain any added sugars - but you could easily add some sweetener (maple syrup or sugar) if you have an older baby or just want a sweeter muffin.

Best of all, these muffins use up the weetbix crumbs you get at the bottom of the box - and are great if, like us, you only have one weetbix eater in the family and want to use them up before they go stale.

We use gluten free weetbix for these muffins so that I can eat them to, but you can just as easily use regular weetbix. 

The recipe is also super adaptable. We add chia seeds, flaxseeds and almond meal to ours, but you can swap that out for more flour or mix through hemp seeds, raisins or whatever you like.

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Recipe: Easy Blender Banana Muffins (Gluten Free!)

Sometimes simple recipes are the best recipes - and this one is one of my favourites.

Whilst I love thick and hearty slices of banana bread, my favourite kind of banana muffins are actually more like cupcakes.

Light, fluffy and... dare I say it... moist.

This Easy Blender Banana Muffin Recipe ticks all of those boxes and more - and you don't need a mixer!

Whizzing up the bananas in the blender or food processor is the secret to these soft and fluffy muffins and they'll take you just minutes to make.

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Recipe: Easy Blueberry Friands (Gluten Free)

The simplest Blueberry Friands recipe you'll ever make. So easy, this is a one bowl recipe with no whipping required.  Gluten free and made in minutes, you can use fresh or frozen blueberries or whatever mix ins you like!

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You know how isolation made some people into crazy bakers? 

Surely you've seen people on your friends list or Facebook sharing pictures of their homemade sourdough loaves or elaborate kitchen creations.

Well, I seem to have missed that boat.

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You see, rather than isolation seeing me bake up a storm, I have made a whole lot of nothing over the last few months.

Instead I've been working, gardening, washing the car, spending time with family and rarely touching the oven.

I don't know if it's because we haven't been having people over or because I've just been in a bit of a COVID-slump but baking just hasn't been high on my to do list.

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Recipe: Banana Hemp Hippie Muffins

Easy Banana Hemp Hippie Muffins - These gluten free and paleo banana muffins are so easy to make and seriously delicious to eat. Healthier than most other banana muffin recipes, these muffins are lower fat, refined sugar free, lower sugar, gluten free, grain free, clean eating friendly and fussy eater approved. Hemp seeds and chia seeds add nutrition and crunch.

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Now, this recipe wasn't given to me by a hippie... nor have I asked a hippie's opinion of them (yet!), but that's just what these muffins ended up being called.

You see, banana muffins are always a favourite - but when you add healthy ingredients like hemp seeds and chia seeds and people find out that you've made them using almond flour and coconut flour instead of regular flour, you find yourself with a bit of scepticism. 

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But let me tell you, even the fussiest of eaters will happily devour these hippie muffins (and I know for certain because I have a few family members who would scare even the greatest of chefs with their fussiness 😜) 

These muffins may be healthy, but they certainly don't taste like it. 

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They're moist and super fluffy and super easy to make. Perfect as an on the go breakfast or a healthy snack or dessert, these hippie muffins are sure to become a new family favourite in your house too. 

In fact, you'll probably even prefer them to their gluten-laden counterparts. We do!

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Recipe: Paleo Cinnamon Donut Muffins

Cinnamon Sugar Donuts get a healthy makeover with this Easy Paleo Donut Muffins Recipe. Gluten free, grain free, dairy free and clean eating friendly, this simple recipe is refined sugar free and so light and fluffy thanks to the mix of almond flour and coconut flour. Make them in just 10 minutes!

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Often times, when people have seen my blog they'll ask me "How do you find the time to bake" and the answer is more often than not, I don't. 

I'm not trying to be clever and say "you don't find time, you make time" blahblahblah. Because unless someone can figure out how to make 5 extra hours in a 24 hour day, I'm going to say that's false. 

You see, sometimes life just gets so busy that I don't have the time or energy to bake - but then there's those times where I don't have the time or energy but either really want to eat something homemade or have to bake something to bring somewhere/share with people - and then I have to get creative. 

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These donut muffins are one of those creations. They take literally minutes to make from start to finish and are seriously, ridiculously good. I've kept the recipe as a small batch recipe as that's what we usually make (12 mini muffins), but it's easy to multiply and share with a crowd. 

This is one of those recipes that's best eaten on the day they're made (especially when they're still warm), but they will keep in a container for 2-3 days and you can simply re-dip them in the leftover cinnamon sugar when you're ready to eat them. 

But you didn't come here for me to tell you all about them - you came here so I could give you the recipe to make for yourself, right?! 

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Recipe: Gluten Free Spinach and Feta Muffins

Perfect for lunchboxes and meal prep, this Gluten Free Spinach and Feta Savory Muffins Recipe is so simple and easy to make and delicious to eat. Gluten free, low fat, sugar free, vegetarian and clean eating friendly. Eat them for breakfast, lunch, as a snack or whenever you like and feel free to mix in other veggies, tomatoes, chopped ham or salami or whatever you like!

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It's that time of year where everyone is starting to get back into a normal routine after the holidays. School starts back for the year in a few weeks, everyone's back at work and life starts settling back into normality. 

For me, normality really just means a hectic schedule of making sure all of my clients are fed whilst simultaneously making sure I (and Jesse) are fed and watered and functioning as somewhat "normal" human being.

That's where meal prep comes in handy....

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You see, as someone with a crazy busy schedule and coeliac disease, stopping to grab lunch when I'm running between meetings and projects just doesn't work - so I always make sure I bring lunch with me. 

If you feel like making lunch in the morning takes too much time - these savoury muffins are perfect for you. 

All you have to do is make them one time and you can freeze them to defrost and eat later. They're perfect for school lunchboxes for kids or work lunches for adults. I like to add mine to my bento boxes instead of a sandwich. My current favourite bento box combination? These muffins, nuts, roasted chickpeas and fresh fruit. 

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Recipe: Paleo Jam Filled Muffins

These muffins aren't pretty. In fact, I was taking photos of them thinking I should photoshop these lighter or something - and then I realised... NOPE. 

There's no photoshopping of food going on around here.

No weird photography techniques.

No lacquer or inedible food decorations.

Just food, as it looks out of my oven. 

No fuss, no fancies. 

Just really delicious food. 

Because I don't want you to see a photoshopped recipe, make it yourself and then think WHAT THE HECK HAVE I CREATED?!?! When it actually looks the way it should. 

That's like going on eHarmony, falling in love with a beautiful green-eyed supermodel and then finding out she's actually a gerbil.... like, an actual fuzzy creature. Not cool. (actually, that would be pretty cool if a gerbil could use a computer... but you get my jam)

But I promise you, these muffins aren't actually gerbils.. or supermodels - but they are really, ridiculously delicious.

They'll be a darker brown on the outside and kind of ugly - but it will be love at first bite.

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Recipe: Easy One Bowl Paleo Gingerbread Muffins

It's that time of year... 

I find myself playing Christmas music while I work... 

The Christmas decorations are slowly creeping in one by one..

The evenings are filled with the sound of cicadas... 

The breeze through my office window is warm and yet refreshing at the same time..

The smell of my Mum's Christmas pudding fills the house as it boils away... 

Christmas is coming and I cannot wait. 

Not for the presents - but for family and celebrations and food. I think Christmas food has to be my favourite cuisine (that's got to be a cuisine, right?!). Especially those foods you'll find on the dessert table. 

Cakes and muffins and cookies and puddings filled with warming spices, chocolate and peppermint treats in abundance. There's nothing better than Christmas desserts - and I knew exactly what kind of treat I wanted to start my Christmas baking with: the simplest one. 

You see, there's nothing fancy about these muffins. 

They're brown, they're plain, they're boring - but that's what makes them so surprisingly good.

You see, looking at these muffins, you wouldn't expect anything spectacular. But tasting them? That's a whole different story. 

They're soft and fluffy and taste just like Christmas should do. 

But best of all? They are super simple to make and are sure to become a family Christmas staple. Not only are they paleo, they're also gluten free, lower in sugar and lower in fat so they're the perfect healthier Christmas treat. 

Whip them up in just a few minutes and you're ready to wow Christmas guests or totally out-do everyone else's desserts at a holiday gathering 😉

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Recipe: Paleo Blueberry Muffins (or any berry!)

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I love muffins. They're no fuss, easy to make, easy to store and freezer friendly so you can make a big batch and freeze them to defrost and enjoy later. 

My first foray into muffin making as a child was using packet mixes. My Mum wasn't a baker so the only baking I tended to do involved packet mixes until I learnt how to bake myself. 

I can remember baking blueberry muffins with cans of blueberries that came with the packet. Carefully draining the bright purple juice without getting any on my clothes. 

But today? The only muffins I make are from scratch - and I pinky promise you they're just as easy - if not easier than a packet mix. 

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You need just one mixing bowl to make these muffins and after throwing all the ingredients together - all you've got to do is wait for them to bake. 

The hardest part of the whole recipe is having the patience to let them cool... but let's be real... there have been plenty of times where I've scooped them out fresh from the oven, not caring that they broke up a little bit because they were going straight into my mouth.

Judge me all you want, friends... I am sure once you smell these baking you'll do the same. 

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Even if you're not on a paleo diet or needing gluten free recipes, you'll still fall in love with these muffins - especially when you find out they can be made with any kind of berry you like. 

They taste almost like friands thanks to the almond meal and almond butter they contain and they are secretly really healthy. Free from grains, refined sugar and made with whole food ingredients - it's a recipe that's totally healthy enough for breakfast!

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Recipe: Fluffy Ricotta Banana Muffins (Gluten Free!)

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I hate wasting food. I know how lucky we are to have an abundance of food to eat and money in our bank accounts to buy it and I don't take that for granted. 

One of the easiest ways I've found to avoid waste is to be creative - and this is one of those recipes I've created when I didn't want something to go to waste - only now it's become more of a reason to have extra ricotta!

These Banana Ricotta Muffins are full of flavour and they're soft, fluffy and oh so delicious. The first time I made them, it was to use up the other half of the container of ricotta I had left over from making this Healthy Chicken and Ricotta Lasagna Recipe - as well as some brown spotty bananas that had been neglected in our fruit bowl.

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Since then, the recipe has become a family favourite and you can almost always find some of these muffins hidden away in our freezer (my other favourite way to avoid food waste - freeze what you can to use later!) to defrost and enjoy whenever we feel like a muffin. 

They're super simple, use just one bowl and absolutely positively delicious. 

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Perfect for fussy kids and school lunchboxes as they're nut free, you can enjoy them for breakfast, snacks or dessert - and the recipe also makes a seriously delicious banana cake too!

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