Poppy Seed Banana Muffins

Poppy seed Banana Muffins

3 over ripe bananas, mashed
1 egg
½ cup organic sugar
¼ cup olive oil
½ cup coconut milk
1 tsp poppy seeds
1 tsp dried lavender, chopped or put through a coffee grinder
1 ¼ cups unbleached flour
¼ cup ground flax seed
1 tbsp hemp hearts
2 tsp baking powder
¼ tsp baking soda
½ tsp sea salt 1 tsp vanilla In large bowl, combine egg, sugar and oil. Add coconutmilk, poppy seeds, lavender, vanilla and mashed bananas. In another bowl, combine flour, ground flax seed, salt, baking powder, hemp hearts and baking soda. Add to liquid mixture and mix well. Scoop into 18 greased muffin tins.   Bake at 400 degrees for 20-25 minutes.

Note: You can buy Flax seed at most pharmacies and Health Food stores. It doesn’t cost much but eating it whole doesn’t do you much good. Ground Flax seed is what you need. You can grind your own Flax seed with a coffee grinder (costs about $20) or you can buy already ground Flax seed. The already ground Flax seed costs a bit more, it has to be stored in a light-proof container, in the fridge and it is only good for a few months. You can put ground Flax seed on your cereal every morning or bake with it. Baking with it decreases its Omega 3 value but some recipes just aren’t the same without it. Personally, I don’t use ground Flax seed with chocolate recipes but otherwise I use it all the time. I make a fruit shake every morning with 1/8 cup freshly ground Flax seed. Ground Flax seed is very good for you in so many ways. For any recipe you can substitute ¼ cup flour for ¼ cup ground Flax seed. Buy yourself a coffee grinder. It’s a worthwhile investment!