Comments on: How to make a healthier muffin

By: Sakshi Kapoor

Sakshi Kapoor — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 05:56:14 +0000

Healthier! This was actually ironic. It seems like having this would burst multiple flavors in your mouth. Looks amazing.

By: The Curious Baker

The Curious Baker — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:06:18 +0000

What a lovely blog!LOVE the pic of a muffin in a teacup..genius! I love quirky things like that…Not sure how to add your RSS feed so went for email updates instead :)

By: Nathalie

Nathalie — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:28:50 +0000

I’d never have thought of the mango-lime-ginger combination but it really sounds delicious!
Thank you for the tips to make them healthier. I’ll feel a bit better when eating them now :)

By: Katie

Katie — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:59:08 +0000

This looks fantastic – i think i’ll have to try it immediately I have LOTS of studying to do (one might ask why I’m cruising food gawker looking at recipes) but im sure my brain will work better after I’ve eating one of these muffins!

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:43:12 +0000

Excellent tips, now I can eat twice as many ;P

By: Y

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:13:31 +0000

Looks like a great muffin. I like a bit of wholewheat/wholemeal flour in my muffins, and fruit as well.

By: Paula

Paula — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:51:11 +0000

One nice alternative to icing is to make an oat topping, by mixing a few handfuls of coarse oats, with muscavado sugar or honey, a pinch of cinnamon and a little olive oil. This create a crumble like topping which is great on fruit muffins such as apple, pear, or rhubarb. I don’t know if its any better for you calorie wise, but the oats provide some added fibre and it tastes great.

By: Sophie

Sophie — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:42:59 +0000

Kathryn – yes, I think is why my baking efforts always tends to centre around muffins!
Hippolyra – I’ll definitely give the soy milk a go
Susan – I must experiment with cottage cheese muffins a bit more. They seem like a perfect option for breakfast in particular
Hi Other Sophie! Canola oil is always a type of rapeseeds oil and vegetable oil is nearly always rapeseed oil but occasionally has other oils in there too (hope that makes sense!). We don’t get canola as such in the uk which is why I always mention vegetable oil at the same time.
Re other low fat substitutes, I know a lot of people bake with prune and date purees or soft mashed banana (or you can try something more whacky like cooked butternut squash)

By: Sophie

Sophie — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:33:55 +0000

Thanks for sharing these healthy tips with us :). I’m always looking for ways to bake healthier, especially now that I don’t have a gallbladder!
Is pure canola oil still considered vegetable oil? I’m a bit confused :).
Also, I tend to cook with applesauce instead of oil or butter, do you know of any other substitutes that will make for a moist baked good?
Thanks!

By: Susan from Food Blogga

Susan from Food Blogga — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:33:52 +0000

I just love to experiment with low-fat and healthy muffins. Your suggestions are great. I also like using non-fat yogurt or cottage cheese to replace some of the fat in the recipe.