Healthy Muffin Mix

Another staple breakfast at our house are homemade healthy muffins. I make some sort of muffin at least once a week so I created my own muffin mix to have on hand. My family loves these healthy muffins. We have our favorite variations, but you can easily adapt this recipe to use something you have on hand.

Here is the basic recipe:
2/3 cup oil (I have used canola and coconut oil, use what works for you)
1 1/2 cups honey (or sugar or sweetener of your choice. I have used less honey and added some stevia.)
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup oatmeal
2 tablespoons flax
1/2 cup sunflower seeds

Choose a variation for your muffin recipe:
Peach Muffins: add 1 1/2 cups mashed peaches. This tastes really good with the sunflower seeds!

Pumpkin Muffins: add 2 cups pumpkin and some chocolate chips. I love to used home grown butternut squash!

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins: add three or so mashed bananas, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, and chocolate chips. If you want to, you can leave out the chocolate chips and just have banana muffins. (These are also yummy with bran. I like to buy bran at Good Earth, pour hot water on the bran to soften it up while you mix up the rest of the ingredients.)

Blueberry: 1 cup of blueberries; you can add a crumble on top, with butter, flour, cinnamon and sugar.

Apple Cinnamon Muffins: 1 cup chopped apple (or applesauce), 1 teaspoon cinnamon; also yummy with a crumble on top.

Zucchini Muffins: Grate 1 1/2 cups of zucchini and add 1-2 teaspoons of cinnamon.

Directions: Mix up and bake in greased muffin pans for 17 minutes at 375 degrees. This makes about 24 muffins, depending on the variation.