High Fibre/ Low Fat Muffins - Only 1 Weight Watchers Point

[jjsmiles 3]

Hi everyone,

I have been looking for Breakfast or snack ideas that are low calorie, low fat and still taste good. I will tell you that I can tolerate anything as long as I chew, chew, chew. I made both of these recipes on the weekend and am enjoying both, although I wll add some other spices to bring more flavor when I make them again (eg. cinammon or apple spice etc). I counted calories, fibre and fat from each of the ingredients that I used, so the counts are accurate according to the ingredients I used.

Fiber One Muffins

1 cup whole wheat flour

2 tsp baking powder

1 3/4 cup Fiber One Cereal

3/4 cup fat free milk

1/4 cup honey

2 egg whites

1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce

1 medium banana, mashed

Makes 12 muffins.

Preheat oven to 400 F. Spray muffin tins with non stick spray. In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl, combine Cereal and milk and let stand for 2-3 minutes. Add the honey, egg whites, and beat well. Stir in applesauce and banana. Add flour mixture and mix only until dry ingredients are moistened. Fill muffin tins. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until lightly browned.

Nutritional Info: Per muffin

Calories: 92.3

Dietary Fibre: 5.125 g

Fat: 0.3 g

Low Fat Blueberry Bran Muffins

1 1/2 cup wheat bran

1 cup non fat milk

1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce

1 egg

1/2 cup honey

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1 cup whole wheat flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup blueberries

Makes 12 muffins.

Preheat oven to 375 F and prepare muffin tins with non stick spray. Mix together wheat bran and milk and let stand for 10 minutes. In a large bowl, mix together applesauce, egg, honey, and vanilla. Beat in bran mixture. Sift together whole wheat flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Stir into bran mixture until just blended. Fold in blueberries. Scoop into muffin tins and bake 15-20 minutes, until tops spring back when lightly tapped.

Nutritional information: Per muffin

Calories: 94.16

Fibre: 4.5 g

Fat: 0.75 g