Flax Seed Muffin - 50 Ways to Make Your Muffin

Flax seed Muffin w/ 5 Blackberries

Ester, a long time blog reader here, sent me a recipe over a year ago and she swore by this little muffin. Honestly it didn't sound very good - a muffin that is only an egg and ground flax seed? No thanks. After reading Dr. William book Wheat Belly and completely giving up grains in October, I started making the recipe from his book. It is the same, except you make a pancake/tortilla out of it. He recommended microwaving it on a plate or wax paper, but I preferred cooking it on the griddle.

Jorge Cruise appeared on the Dr. Oz show and made the same muffin in a coffee mug and when he popped it out, it looked like one of the molten lava cakes or chocolate souffle. Okay, yes I've been on a very low sugar diet for a low time, so my "sugar glasses" skew this sort of thing....

With my egg aversion and no grains, breakfast is very difficult. So finally I broke down and made the Flax Seed Muffin, and I am hooked! It's my goto breakfast now and is perfect for any diet you are doing. Low sugar, no sugar, Atkins, Belly Fat Cure, Fast Track, Paleo, Weight Watchers... you name it. Here is how I make mine. After I've had my morning coffee, I reuse my cup and add these ingredients:

Basic Ingredients:

• 3 Tblsp Ground Flax seed (I get mine at Costco)
• 1 tsp coconut or olive oil
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 egg

I mix it up in the cup, making sure to blend the baking powder really well. I microwave mine for 65 seconds. Make sure it is a coffee cup and you don't need to prep it/grease it. I pop it upside down, one knock on the counter and it slides out. I don't use any sweetener in mine, not even Stevia, because usually I'll mix something else in. These options add a little sweetness to it and keep it interesting. Because it is not, in fact, a chocolate souffle.

Options:

• 1 tsp Stevia (most people will want to include this)
• Handful of Blueberries (10) or Blackberries (5)
• 1 Tbsp Raw Cacao (raw cocoa)
• A few chocolate chips (5)
• 1 Tbsp Nature's Hallow Jam
• Pumpkin Butter - 1 Tbsp Pumpkin Puree, 1 Tbsp soft butter

 Flax seed muffin w/ chocolate chips

Plain

Blueberry

Cheddar & Jalapeno

Chocolate

And how does it taste? It's great. I love it. I have it every morning, no joke. The key here is to not sweeten it way up folks.  It is a really simple muffin that is nothing but good stuff. If you use My Fitness Pal the One Minute Muffin - Flax-  Instant Flax Muffin looks like it has about the info already entered for you.  I entered my own remembered meal and it came up with 0 sugar and 13 grams of carbs, 10 grams of fiber and 11 of protein. So an S/C Value of 0/1. Be sure and add your sweeteners or fruit too to get an accurate count.

It reminds of that old Paul Simon song "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" and this should be called "50 Ways to Make Your Muffin".  (ps. I named my blog with his Me & Julio in mind...)

Update: Apparently Jorge has Minute Muffin Fever too! He has just posted a video and pdf file with several variations on the muffin. You can check out his variations HERE.