Blueberry Quinoa Protein Muffins

Hello! Here is my first of hopefully many posts! I decided to create a blog to track all of the new, yummy foods I've been discovering so that I can weed through all of the spam on Pinterest and focus on the important things that they sometimes leave out (nutritional facts being #1)!

These delicious, anytime muffins are just under 110 calories each! 19.5 g of carbs, 3 g sugar, and 14.3 g of protein! They are a great way to start the day and get energized.

This is notably my first experience EVER with Quinoa, not to mention using it in an unconventional way. It worked great and a lot of different fruits could be substituted into this recipe if you don't like blueberries or are wanting a change.

Ingredients:
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup cooked quinoa (when I did this, it was one cup uncooked, which obviously expanded when cooked, but I threw the whole thing in)
1/2 cup lightly-packed brown sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 egg (I used egg whites)
3/4 cup skim milk
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 heaping cup blueberries (I used frozen)

Instructions:
1. Preheat your oven to 400. Lightly grease a 12-muffin tin and set aside.
2. Whisk together the dry ingredients: whole wheat flour, brown sugar, baking soda, salt and nutmeg, then stir in the cooked quinoa.

3. In a separate bowl combine the egg, milk, vegetable oil and vanilla extract, then stir in the dry ingredients.

4. Fold the blueberries into the batter, then spoon into the muffin tins (I like to use an ice cream scoop).

5. Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown.

Yum!