Banana Protein Muffins

This protein banana protein muffin recipe is moist, and delicious and packs 8g of protein per muffin. If you are looking for a snack that is not overly sweet and contains some protein to keep you satisfied, then this is the muffin recipe for you. We love to bake these on the weekend to add to breakfast during the week or as a work snack. As this banana protein muffin is naturally gluten free, nut free and refined sugar free it is great for a packed lunch or after school snack.

Baking ingredients that are high in protein

In this recipe, we used a combination of ingredients to add extra protein including, oat flour, eggs, protein powder and ricotta cheese. Compared to wheat flour, which is traditionally used in baking, oat flour has more protein and nutrients. Oat flour is simply made by grinding up rolled oats to a fine powder. Using oat flour also makes the banana protein muffin recipe naturally gluten free and nut free. The eggs and ricotta cheese in this recipe not only add protein, but they also make the muffins deliciously moist.

Here are some of our favourite ingredients to use to boost the protein amount in our baked goods;

• oats or oat flour
• chia or hemp seeds
• protein powder
• eggs
• cottage or ricotta cheese
• Greek yoghurt
• nuts & seeds
• nut butters
• nut flours

Protein-packed breakfast recipes

We try to make sure our breakfasts are packed with protein to keep us full and to make sure we are meeting our protein requirements across the day. We do find if we are not conscious of our protein intake that we can easily not eat enough to stay strong and healthy. So starting the day with a breakfast rich in protein is a no brainer for us.

Protein powder is a great option for adding more protein to your daily meals, especially if you are not a big meat eater. We love to use protein powder in these protein overnight oats, smoothies, smoothie bowls and even just stirred through Greek yoghurt.

Here are some of our other favourite protein-packed breakfast recipes;

• Protein chia pudding
• Chicken apple sausage patties
• Easy Turkish eggs
• Protein overnight oats
• Homemade baked beans
• Ham & cheese frittata

Steps for making banana protein muffins

Tips & Suggestions

• We used vanilla flavoured whey protein isolate for the protein powder in this recipe. We usually buy the Bulk Nutrients or Isopure brand. It is best to use a vanilla flavour as the protein powder provides some of the sweetness to this recipe.
• We used a 1/2 cup non-stick muffin tray in this recipe, which is smaller than a cafe style muffin. If your muffin tray holes are smaller or larger, you may make more or less muffins and you may also need to adjust the cooking time.
• Oat flour is easily made at home using rolled oats. You can use a food processor or blender to grind them to a flour-like consistency. In Australia, you can buy oat flour in the supermarket flour aisle, along with other alternative flours. In the US, you can buy it here.

Make it Low Carb

• Due to the bananas and oats in this recipe, it is not low carb. We do have some delicious low carb muffin recipes you could try instead. Try our low carb blueberry, pecan & cream cheese or chocolate & peanut butter muffins.

Equipment

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You may need –

• 1/2 cup non-stick muffin tray

Banana protein muffin

If you have some overripe bananas on your counter, then do yourself a favour and whip up these banana protein muffins! They only take a few minutes to throw together and are perfect for snacks to take to work or pack in school lunches. Each muffin has 8g of protein, which makes it a satisfying snack or breakfast option. These muffins are gluten free, nut free and refined sugar free. The sweetness comes from the bananas and the vanilla protein powder.

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