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Green Eggless Banana Muffins

8 January, 2016 by Giselle Rochford 15 Comments

I had all intentions of sharing some sort of salad recipe today. It’s the beginning of January and eating more veggies is one of my healthy living resolutions. So it stands to reason that there’d be a lot of salads in my life and on the blog. Unfortunately, I’m pretty crap at coming up with creative salad recipes. Which is why you’re seeing these Green Eggless Banana Muffins instead.

These Green Eggless Banana Muffins are also vegan, dairy-free, refined sugar-free and filled with spinach. Plus they use spelt flour instead of traditional wheat via @ExSloth | ExSloth

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Technically, these are vegan, since they’re also dairy-free. But I’ve been working on replacing eggs in my baked goods and this is the first eggless muffin recipe that actually worked out the way I wanted it to. So I decided to celebrate by adding ‘eggless’ to the title. What can I say? Little things like that bring me joy.

You know what else brings me joy? Finally getting it right with these eggless banana muffins. The previous iterations of the recipe actually had nothing to do with spinach or bananas. They were supposed to be red velvet muffins made with beets. Unfortunately, I just wasn’t getting the texture or colour I was looking for so I scrapped them. Maybe one day I can figure that one out.

These Green Eggless Banana Muffins are also vegan, dairy-free, refined sugar-free and filled with spinach. Plus they use spelt flour instead of traditional wheat via @ExSloth | ExSloth

Green Eggless Banana Muffins

These, though are everything I was looking for in a batch of eggless muffins. They remind me a lot of the Cranberry Pecan Sweet Potato Muffins I made last year, and not because of the pecans on top. These eggless banana muffins have the exact same texture as the sweet potato muffins despite being egg-free.

And, to top it all off, they’ve got spinach in them. Yep, spinach. I bought a giant bag of spinach for smoothies when I got back to Trinidad. I had high hopes I’d use it all, but there are only so many green smoothies I can drink. Especially when I also have two bags of frozen berries to get through by next Friday.

These Green Eggless Banana Muffins are also vegan, dairy-free, refined sugar-free and filled with spinach. Plus they use spelt flour instead of traditional wheat via @ExSloth | ExSloth

I was going to use some of the spinach to whip up a batch of my Gluten Free Spinach Crepes. But at the last minute, I decided to give green muffins a try instead and I’m so damn glad I did.

These muffins are dense but not heavy, just a little less airy than a cake. Plus, they’re dairy-free, refined sugar-free, filled with spinach and use spelt flour instead of traditional wheat flour. Basically, they’re the perfect healthy sweet treat in the form of green eggless banana muffins.

Aren’t you glad I didn’t share some random salad recipe today?

These Green Eggless Banana Muffins are also vegan, dairy-free, refined sugar-free and filled with spinach. Plus they use spelt flour instead of traditional wheat via @ExSloth | ExSloth

Green Eggless Banana Muffins
 
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Prep time
15 mins
Cook time
30 mins
Total time
45 mins
 
These spinach-filled green eggless banana muffins are dense but not heavy, and slightly less airy than a cupcake. Plus, they're dairy-free, refined sugar-free and use spelt flour instead of traditional wheat flour.
Author: GiselleR @ Diary of an ExSloth
Recipe type: Breakfast
Serves: 10
Ingredients
  • 1 tbsp ground flax + 3 tbsp water
  • ⅓ cup melted coconut oil
  • 1½ tsp vanilla
  • 4 small ripe bananas
  • 2 cups loosely packed spinach
  • ½ cup coconut palm sugar
  • 1½ cups spelt flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
Optional:
  • dark chocolate chips
  • pecan halves for topping
Instructions
  1. Combine ground flax and water in a small bowl and let set for 5 minutes until an egg-like consistency is reached
  2. Preheat oven to 350F, line or grease a muffin tin and set aside
  3. Add the flax egg, coconut oil, vanilla, spinach and 2 bananas to a blender and blend until smooth
  4. In a large bowl, mash the remaining 2 bananas and add the spinach mixture and the coconut sugar
  5. Whisk together gently until the sugar is dissolved
  6. Sift in the spelt flour, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon and mix until just incorporated
  7. Fold in the chocolate chips now if using
  8. Divide the batter evenly among muffin cups and top each with a pecan half if desired
  9. Bake for 25 - 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the muffin comes out clean
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Want more muffin recipes? Try this one:

These Dairy-freee Cranberry Pecan Sweet Potato Muffins are dense and free of refined sugars. The perfect comfort food for warm winter days via @ExSloth | ExSloth.com

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These Green Eggless Banana Muffins are also vegan, dairy-free, refined sugar-free and filled with spinach. Plus they use spelt flour instead of traditional wheat via @ExSloth | ExSloth

What about you?

  • Have you ever made eggless banana muffins before? Or any eggless baked goods?
  • What’s for favourite type of salad? (I need all the help I can get)
  • What’s your favourite way to get your greens in?

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Comments

  1. Angela @ Happy Fit Mama says

    8 January, 2016 at 5:21 am

    I’ve got a couple of eggless muffins in my rotation. I can’t wait to try this one. Pinning!

    Reply
  2. Linz @ Itz Linz says

    8 January, 2016 at 7:41 am

    i’m out of eggs right now so these are perfect!
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  3. Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

    8 January, 2016 at 10:37 am

    Eggless is a way of life!!! Perfect muffins to start off egg-free baking 🙂

    Reply
  4. Lindsey Bomgren says

    10 January, 2016 at 7:02 pm

    Muffins are my go-to breakfast and snack and I’m all about my greens — this recipe is just perfect! And love that it’s eggless because I have no problem fitting eggs in elsewhere. Thanks for the awesome recipe {and love that it includes greens}! xo-Lindsey
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  5. mira says

    13 January, 2016 at 11:50 am

    What a great idea! So healthy and delicious! Can’t wait to try these!

    Reply
    • Giselle Rochford says

      13 January, 2016 at 10:54 pm

      Let me know what you think Mira! 🙂

      Reply
  6. GiGi Eats says

    17 March, 2016 at 12:33 am

    I LOVE how these don’t need eggs in order to stick together and look absolutely PHENOMENAL! I can only imagine how friggin’ tasty they are! Mmm every ingredient is just friggin’ TASTY!

    Reply
  7. Abbey says

    31 March, 2016 at 12:39 pm

    Any sub for the spelt flour?

    Reply
    • Giselle Rochford says

      31 March, 2016 at 2:36 pm

      Whole wheat flour should work as well, but the muffins will be a little ‘heavier’. I would decrease the flour to 1 cup and add more if necessary. Alternatively, you can check out some of the other muffin recipes on the blog that don’t use spelt flour here.

      Hope this helps and let me know how it turns out if you try it!

      Reply

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