Healthy 74 Calorie Banana Muffin Recipe

anyone who knows me knows that i LOVE to make low fat/calorie versions of food... it doesn't always work out the way i envisioned them, but most of the time, i have a new recipe to add to my "someday when i write a cookbook" stash! well, i love muffins. a lot. i knew that there were about a million ways to make a healthy muffin, but naturally, i wanted the fastest, easiest, lowest calorie, lowest fat recipe! it's a lot to ask for, and i didn't exactly find it, so i ended up taking bits and pieces from several recipes, and putting my own spin on it! ;) let me just say, they turned out DELICIOUS! trust me, you want to make these too!!

Healthy 74 Calorie Banana Muffin Recipe:

 - makes 10 muffins

2 bananas (mashed)

1/2 cup of whole wheat flour

1/2 cup of quick oats (oatmeal)

1 egg

1 Tbsp baking powder

 1/2 tsp baking soda 

 1 tsp cinnamon

1/8 tsp salt 

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

6 packets of stevia in the raw (or any sweetener that you prefer. just keep in mind that the 74 calories is with stevia in the raw, which has no calories)

 1/4 cup applesauce

preheat your oven to 350 degrees, and get two bowls- one for wet, and one for dry ingredients. put all of your dry ingredients (flour, oatmeal, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, stevia) into a bowl, and mix until combined. in a separate bowl, mash your two bananas. after they are mashed, add in applesauce, egg, and vanilla, and mix until well combined. now add the wet and dry ingredients together and stir, stir, stir! 

break out that muffin pan, and pop in those cupcake liners! now fill them with your yummy muffin batter and bake for 15-20 minutes. let them cool, and you are ready to devour only 74 calories of pure heaven! 

next, i am going to try these with bananas and blueberries, and maybe greek yogurt instead of applesauce?! the possibilities are truly endless!

xoxo,

paige

Things I ♥ Thursday {Linky Party}

happy thursday, friends!! i am up early today, so i can make these muffins that i found on pinterest, before my family gets up! i thought they would be a fun {and healthy!} morning treat! ;)

this week we are doing a LINKY PARTY!! so write up your own things i love post, and link up! i can't wait to see what you are loving!

xoxo,
paige

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coffee date

i got this idea from the beautiful casey, and thought it might be fun! would you like to join me for some coffee? ;)

if we were having coffee together, i would probably tell you that i am SO tired.

that i haven't been sleeping well, and i have no idea why.

i would tell you that yesterday was race day! i finished my first 5K in 30:19!

i would tell you that it felt amazing. to achieve my goal. to have all of my hard work pay off. i would tell you that you can do anything you set your mind to. i would tell you that if you don't think you can do it, at the very least... just take the first step. surprise yourself. you can do it.

i would tell you that this weekend was incredible. i saw so many people that i haven't seen in ages, and talking with them really encouraged me. i feel so refreshed. so renewed. it's amazing how God puts the right people in your path just when you need it.

i would tell you that i am ready for summer. swimming is my favorite thing in the world. i can't wait for sno cones, summer nights, and sunshine.

i would tell you that my dreams are changing. i am changing. this year has taught me so much already. and we are not even half way through it! i can't wait to see what else God has in store!

happy monday, friends!

xoxo,

paige

Things I ♥ Thursday

happy thursday, friends! it's another week of things i love thursday! starting NEXT week, this will be an official linky party, so GET READY!! i can't wait! ;) i have not spent nearly enough time on pinterest this week... like none at all! boo! that is why i love thursdays... an excuse to browse!

here is what i am loving this week...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

xoxo, 

paige

7 Questions

hello lovelies! i am participating in gentri lee's "7 questions" linky party again this week! you should too!
  

an awkward photo of me: mustache tattoo...

  
1. Are you a thrift shopper? YES. I have to go to the thrift store AT LEAST once every week. I seriously wish we had more thrift stores around here, because I would go every day! ;)

2. You just had a very bad dream, what do you do? I don't usually have nightmares, but when I do, I usually wake up for a second, remember it was a dream, and go back to sleep!!

3. What is your favorite flavor of Ice Cream? Mint chocolate chip! It has been my favorite since forever! And mint fro-yo? ohmygoodness. SO delicious!

4. What do you do with your money? (spend it, save it, invest it, bury it, etc)... I am SUPER frugal. I always have been! I usually save like 85-90% of my money, and leave myself a teeny bit to spend on fun things (thrifting, fro-yo, lunch out, etc...). The way I see it, every penny I am spending is one less that I will have to pay for a car, house, and all of that crazy stuff that I will have to deal with in the near future!


 5. What was the last quote or statement you heard that really hit you? "Lose ONE friend, lose ALL friends, lose YOURSELF". Do I have any boy meets world fans in the house? please say yes! ;)



6. What do you do when you're driving alone? (ex: dance, sing, listen to talk radio, etc) 
I listen to the radio! Usually k-love (christian radio station), or a country station (remember... I live in Texas)! :)

7. Did you watch the premier of Bachelorette? If so, who was your favorite bachelor? Ummm... I don't watch the Bachelor or the Bachelorette! I know! Such a square! hehe ;) I have only seen it once... I think it is kinda silly to find love on a reality tv show, but that is just me!

xoxo,

paige

a journey.

i don't really talk about my journey very much here on the blog... but today i wanted to share, because this week marked the 17 pounds lost point for me. and i think at this point, i am ready to share! last year was a hard year for me in many ways. and because of that, i really wasn't concerned with what i was eating, or exercising at all. my aunt and her family lived with us for a few months. her husband is italian, and he cooked almost every night. in case you didn't know... italian food is not exaaaaaactly healthy. by the time the moved out in september, i was at my all time heaviest, and felt pretty bad about myself.  by october i had put on even more weight, and was ready for a change... a BIG change. i needed change so badly. i was sad. i was depressed. i hated the way that i felt. one morning i woke up and decided that i was going to become the person that i wanted to be. i could actually do it. i could have a dream and achieve it. i knew i could. january came around. i had lost about five pounds. it took a lot of re-training my brain, my body, my "comfort zone", but i DID IT! i took up running again. the first time i went running, i ran half a mile and almost DIED! so out of shape... so sad! but it was a start! i kept at it. i started drinking more water. i started cutting out the fried foods that i had grown so accustomed to eating. i kept going. it was a new year. i made a new years resolution that i didn't think i could keep. NO MORE SODAS. NO MORE SWEET TEA. that was big for me. i live in texas. sweet tea IS water here! but it has been FIVE months, and i haven't had a single sweet tea, or a soda! i feel SO much better now! i had no clue that all of that sugar was making me feel horrible! 

my second new years resolution was to run a 5k this year. but... i could barely run half a mile! how was i ever going to do such a thing? silly.... i tried to talk myself out of it a million times! i honestly, didn't think that i could do it. but guess what? one day i went out for a run. i ran. and ran. and ran. i didn't track my distance while i was running, i just kept going until i felt like i couldn't go anymore. well, when i stopped, i looked at my pedometer. 2.4 miles!!!! what? i can't run that far?! yes. i could. i kept running several times a week for the next few months, and i started getting faster. running farther. i can run this 5k. this sunday, i will be. at 7 am, i will wake up and achieve my goal. i can't wait! God has brought me SO far over the past 8 months, and i couldn't be more thankful. so i want to encourage you. i want to tell you that if you have a dream, BELIEVE in yourself! believe that God will help you achieve it. don't give up! i NEVER thought that i could lose 17 pounds. i didn't know that i had that much to lose. i just set a goal, and went for it. and i ended up going BEYOND it. i know you can do it!

xoxo,

paige