Tasty Tuesday | Have You Tried The Almond Test?

Good morning peeps! Welcome back to my blog spot! I’m going to jump right into this Tasty Tuesday post. I was batting sugar cravings since last week and man I just had the urge to bake something! Not just anything though, it had to be healthy because well, yah know…#Goals! I have been wanting to try some banana apple muffins from Beachbody’s healthy FIXATE cooking show, but I was missing one ingredient… Almond Flour.

I have never used almond flour before, so I very curious to test it out. My thoughts were flying trying to guess the taste of it. Did I really want to make muffins that actually taste like almonds? Hmm.. I’m not a big fan of the but family, but I only eat them because it’s the perfect healthy fat. So I figured it was time to try the almond test. On Sunday, I made sure I grabbed a bag of almond flour at Aldi to prep for what I hoped to be some amazing muffins to get rid of my sweet tooth.

If you have never tried almond flour, check out this recipe which I got right from Autumn Calabrese FIXATE cook book on Beachbody on Demand. You remember what that is right? Ok, for new readers, it’s basically the Netflix for fitness. I go on “BOD” to access over 700 fitness programs! But, along with that comes a cool and convenient cooking show! So ALL credit for this recipe goes to FIXATE. 

Autumn’s Banana Apple Muffins
Serves: 8-9 • Prep Time: 20 minutes • Cooking time: 18-22 minutes

If you’re doing our meal prep containers, these would equivalent to: 1 purple container & 1 blue container {per serving}

Ingredients:
2 large eggs
1 cup mashed ripe bananas (2 medium bananas)
1 Tbsp. Organic grass-fed butter, melted
1 1/2 cups almond flour
3/4 tsp. Baking soda, gluten- free
1 dash of Himalayan salt
1/2 cup chopped apple (3/4 medium apple)

Baking instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 F
2. Prepare nine muffin cups by lining with muffin tin liners or coating with olive oil spray.
3. Combine eggs, banana, and butter in a medium bowl; mix well. Set aside.
4. Combine almond flour, baking soda, salt in a medium bowl; mix well.
5. Add almond meal mixture to egg mixture ; mix until blended.
6. Add apple; mix until just blended.
7. Divide batter evenly between prepared muffin cups.
8. Bake 18 to 22 minutes, or until golden brown and toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
9. Transfer muffins to a rack; cool.
10. Enjoy!

And there you have it! Below are the pictures of my finished product. I did have to use the butter I had on hand, but that’s the only part that’s different.

Be sure to let me know your thoughts on this almond flour test. I honestly thought with the apple & banana mix, it would give off a sweeter taste, but it didn’t. These muffins were so moist and still good. But it clearly didn’t get rid of my sweet tooth, but I do know of another healthy snack that hit the spot! I will share that on another Tasty Tuesday!

Until next time, “laugh hard, love harder, capture each moment & sprinkle a little joy in someone else’s life.” – XO Shona