Diabetes whether Type 1 or Type 2 do not stop you to live your life. It is just that you have to eat healthy and stay fit. Exercise and eating right food is mandatory for diabetic patient. The below-mentioned muffin recipe adds nutritional value to your breakfast and you can enjoy your life.

Tasty Breakfast Muffins

Muffins are just perfect for your breakfast table. They are energy booster and start your day flawlessly. The recipe of muffin is full of incredible ingredients that will add fibre, minerals and vitamins. Muffin is a popular breakfast item that satisfies your hunger and gives you great satisfaction.

Ingredients:

• 125 mL of whole wheat flour
• 175 mL of all purpose flour
• 10 mL of baking soda
• Pinch of salt
• 1 mL of ground cinnamon
• 50 mL of brown sugar
• 25 mL of wheat germ
• 175 mL of raisins
• 250 mL of plain yoghurt of low fat
• 45 mL of canola oil
• Egg- 1
• ½ orange zest
• 45 mL of orange juice

Methods:

• Breakfast is the time where you have to eat like a King and one should take more fibre in a particular day. That is why; everyone suggests you to eat high fibre cereal in the morning. The muffins are dietary fibre that is made of wheat germ, whole wheat flour and raisins.
• The embryo of wheat grain is wheat germ and it contains high level of nutrients. Wheat germ will give you folate, magnesium and vitamin E.
• You must preheat the micro oven at 200ºC. Then, you have to line up all the muffin cups with the paper liners or you can also coat them with cooking spray. Then, you must set aside for a sometime.
• Take a big bowl and you need to sift the salt, baking soda, cinnamon and flours. Make a well in the centre of the bowl and stir wheat germ, raisin and sugar.
• Then, you need to whisk juice, yoghurt, oil, orange zest and egg. Slowly, you need to pour the mixture into the well and even to the ingredients that are dry and then you need to stir together. You need to mix until the dry ingredients become moisten. You should not overmix all the ingredients as well as do not beat the ingredients.
• Take a spoon and insert the mixture in each muffin cup. You need to fill the cup only about 2/3 full.
• You need to bake the muffins for 15-20 minutes and the muffins will rise
• Take a toothpick and peak in the centre to check whether it is done or not.
• Keep aside for two to three minutes and cool it off.
• You can eat them when they are slightly warm or you can eat when they are completely cooled.
• Take an airtight container and you can keep them in freeze for three months.

Try some muffin variations for your breakfast:

• Use chopped prunes or dry dates
• For spice and carrot muffins, add nutmeg and stir small grated carrot in the flour mixture. You need to stir with wheat germ. You can also reduce the raisin amount to 50 mL
• Walnut and blueberry muffin is a fantastic muffin where you need to add blueberries and chopped walnuts. The preparation time is about 15 minutes; cooking time is 20 minutes for 12 muffins preparation.

Nutritional Value:

• Calories of 149
• Fat calorie of 36
• Fat of 4 g
• Saturated fat of 1 g
• Cholesterol 17 mg
• Carbohydrate of 25 g
• Fibre 2 g
• Sugars 13 g
• Protein of 4 g

Muffin is really tasty breakfast item that will give you more satisfaction at the breakfast table. You can enjoy the item at a gap and it is worth for diabetic patient.