Summary:

Good For You Muffins might be just the side dish you are searching for. This lacto ovo vegetarian recipe serves 12 and costs 45 cents per serving. One serving contains 197 calories, 5g of protein, and 9g of fat. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes. 1 person were glad they tried this recipe. This recipe from Foodista requires applesauce, neufchatel cheese, bananas, and egg. With a spoonacular score of 27%, this dish is rather bad. Try Good Morning Sunshine Muffins (Hearty Carrot Muffins with Coconut and Pineapple), Good Morning Muffins, and Good-for-You Morning Muffins for similar recipes.

Dietary Info:

Ingredients:

• 0.25 cup applesauce - N/A
• 1.5 teaspoons baking soda - $0.99
• 2 bananas - N/A
• 0.5 cup carrots - N/A
• 0.5 cup cereal - $3.99
• 0.5 teaspoon cinnamon - N/A
• 0.5 cup cranberries - N/A
• 1 egg - N/A
• 1 cup flour - $2.59
• 1 juice of lemon - N/A
• 8 oz neufchatel cheese - $1.99
• 0.25 tsp salt - N/A
• 0.5 teaspoon sugar - N/A
• 12 servings butter - $3.49
• 0.75 cup flour - N/A

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Using a handheld or standing mixer, beat neufchatel cheese, sugar, and butter on medium speed until well blended.
2. Add banana, egg, applesauce, lemon zest and juice, and carrots.
3. Mix well.In a separate bowl, mix all dry ingredients (except cranberries) together until combined.
4. Add combined dry ingredients gradually to the wet ingredients and mix until moistened. Leave about 1 tbsp of the dry ingredients in the bowl to coat the cranberries. After coating the cranberries with the flour mixture, add to the batter, and fold in with a spoon until evenly distributed.
5. Pour batter into greased and floured, or paper cup-lined muffin tray.
6. Bake 30 to 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes; remove from muffin tray. Cool completely on wire rack.
7. Serve and enjoy! Make 12 "puffy" muffins, or up to 18 normal-sized muffins.Note: I had a "Momnesia" moment and thought that I had some oranges on hand, which would have tasted delicious with the cranberries and carrot! However, when I went to grab one, I noticed that the only citrus I had was lemons... Oops! So, I used lemon and it turned out fine. If you decide to use orange, you could use half or all of the zest of one orange, and about 2-3 tbsp of the juice. :)