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Hungry Girl Today: 9.23.08
CHEW THE RIGHT THING
BITE IT!
HG's Big Fat Blueberry Muffins
Blueberry Thrill
Here at the HG HQ, we spent an entire day whipping up versions of this
recipe until we got it juuuuuuuuust right. The result? Ginormous, fluffy
muffins packed with gazillions of blueberries! Woohoo...
Ingredients:
1 cup whole-wheat flour
1 cup blueberries
1/2 cup light vanilla soymilk
1/4 cup sugar-free pancake syrup
1/4 cup fat-free liquid egg substitute (like Original Egg Beaters)
1/4 cup Splenda No Calorie Sweetener (granulated)
3 tbsp. brown sugar (not packed)
2 tbsp. light whipped butter or light buttery spread, room temperature
2 tbsp. no-sugar-added applesauce (get Mott's Blueberry Delight if you can
find it!)
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/4 tsp. salt
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a mixing bowl, combine flour, Splenda,
brown sugar, baking powder, and salt. Mix well. In a separate, large mixing
bowl, combine soymilk, syrup, egg substitute, butter, applesauce, and vanilla
extract. Using an electric mixer or a whisk, mix until thoroughly blended.
(Don't worry if butter bits do not break up completely.) Add dry ingredients
from the first mixing bowl to the mixture in the large one. Mix until
completely blended. Then fold in the blueberries. Line a 6-cup muffin pan (or
half a 12-cup pan) with baking liners and/or spray with nonstick spray.
Evenly distribute batter among the 6 cups. Place in the oven and bake for
about 22 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes
out clean. Enjoy! MAKES 6 SERVINGS
Serving Size: 1 muffin
Calories: 137
Fat: 2.25g
Sodium: 269mg
Carbs: 26.5g
Fiber: 3g
Sugars: 7.5g
Protein: 4g
POINTS® value 2*
HG Tip! We've heard that freezing your blueberries can help keep them from
sinking to the bottom during baking. Cool!
FIGHT IT!
Blueberry Muffin, Average
Blubbery Muffin
How many times have you proudly bypassed donuts, cheesy breakfast
sandwiches, and other "bad-for-you" AM meals in favor of a simple fruity
muffin? If the answer is MANY, we apologize in advance for this sad (and
somewhat shocking) news. An average blueberry muffin actually contains
around 400 calories and a ridiculous 18 grams of fat! Even more outrageous
is the fact that SO many coffee shops, convenience stores, restaurants, and
bakeries serve up super-sized versions. (And really... who can leave any
part of a muffin over? Muffin-hating FREAKS, that's who!) If you pick up Au
Bon Pain's blueberry muffin, be prepared to chew your way through 490
calories and 17 fat grams (POINTS® value 11*). Munch on one of the
blueberry-studded muffins from Wawa, and you're looking at 610 calories
and 30g fat (POINTS® value 15*). Ahhhhhh!!! By the way, you might think
you're safe if you order a low-fat version. GUESS AGAIN. The average low-
fat blueberry muffin still contains around 315 calories and has a POINTS®
value of 6*. So unless you want to balloon out like a giant blueberry ("Violet,
you're turning VIOLET!"), you might wanna skip ALL of those crazy blueberry
treats. Feel free, however, to indulge guilt-free in HG's Big Fat Blueberry
Muffins. They're large and super-delicious!
Serving Size: 1 average-sized muffin
Calories: 394
Fat: 18g
Sodium: 387mg
Carbs: 52g
Fiber: 1g
Sugars: 27.5g
Protein: 5g
POINTS® value 9*
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are a dozen delicious b-fast recipes in there, many of 'em never before seen
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YOUR hot l'il hands.
CHEW ON THIS:
There's only 1 week left of All-American Breakfast Month! What could be
more all-American (and breakfast-y) than a delicious blueberry muffin?!
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23-2008
*The Points® values for these products and/or recipes were calculated by
Hungry Girl and are not an endorsement or approval of the product, recipe
or its manufacturer or developer by Weight Watchers International, Inc., the
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