Like a lot of you, I am a tough working mama. More often than not, I really feel like I maintain the work-life steadiness in an honest place, doling out my power and time to whoever wants it most for the time being amongst household, workers, mates, and canines. My daughters are assured, comfortable people who know they’re cherished and adored. However I nonetheless have Mother Guilt. 

When my husband is on the town, he’s the breakfast chef on this home. My ladies come upstairs to search out their loving dad within the kitchen, able to whip up something their little bellies crave. Pancakes on a Tuesday? No downside. Egg sandwich with avocado and cream cheese? Achieved. Cereal? By no means.

However when he is out of city, it is a very totally different story. I am upstairs, cramming luggage stuffed with operating gear, in all probability whereas Instagramming no matter cleaning soap I am utilizing within the bathe, and my ladies are on their very own. They forage like little chipmunks within the kitchen and discover sufficient scraps to get them to lunchtime. They pack their very own lunches, keep in mind their very own musical devices, collect their very own athletic tools for the day. More often than not I inform myself that I am instructing them self-sufficiency by my neglect, however sometimes I really feel somewhat responsible. So, a number of days in the past, I made a decision to rise up on the daybreak and switch my mother guilt into muffins. It could really feel simplistic, and even antiquated, however in some way I felt just like the candy scent of heat muffins would make my massive ladies really feel liked in a manner solely I may present—even my wonderful husband would not do muffins. 

I needed a gluten-free muffin (so I may have some) with a lot of protein to nourish their vegetarian our bodies for a number of hours till snack time in school. I scoured the web and my pantry, and got here up with a recipe for Mother Guilt Muffins. I had them baking within the oven once they got here upstairs, noses twitching curiously on the candy scent within the air. They had been pleasantly shocked to search out me there, gluten-free flour swiped throughout my cheek, proudly overrated with motherly love. 

GLUTEN-FREE BANANA PROTEIN MUFFINS

Preheat oven to 350 levels. Makes 18 muffins.

Dry Elements

Combine collectively the next:

• 1 cup GF flour (I used Bob’s 1:1)
• 1 cup Pamela’s GF pancake combine
• 1/4 cup brown rice flour
• 1/4 cup almond flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 T hemp seeds
• pinch of salt
• pinch of cinnamon

Moist Elements

I gave these a fast whirl within the blender:

• 3-4 ripe bananas* (see word under)
• 2 T maple syrup
• 1/4 cup plain, greek yogurt
• 2 T floor flax seeds
• 3 T almond butter
• 2 eggs

Technique

Combine moist and dry elements collectively till simply mixed, toss your Mother Guilt within the bowl on the final minute, and scoop into oiled muffin tins (about 2/3 full). Bake for 13-Quarter-hour, till they move the toothpick check.

The outcome? A gentle, dense muffin that is not too candy, and exceptionally scrumptious simply out of the oven with a contact of butter. They every ate three, and I took two to work for my mid-morning snack. They saved effectively for the following day, too. Actually, I simply completed one—all this muffin speak made me hungry!

*A fast word in regards to the bananas I used on this recipe. I at all times have frozen bananas within the freezer. I slice them and lay them flat in a gallon-size ziplock bag (which I wash and reuse, after all). I am guessing that about 3-4 bananas slot in a bag that manner, so for this recipe I simply pulled out one bag, put it within the fridge in a single day, and used it for the muffins the following morning. 

Whereas I am positively not saying that it is best to ever have Mother Guilt, or that you must make muffins to alleviate it in case you do, it did make me comfortable to shock my small individuals with this small effort.

With love and muffins from us to you,