Apple Cinnamon Muffins

Asher and I made these Apple Cinnamon Muffins for his snacks and school this week (and Mommy's too).

I was so proud of Asher for wanting to help cut up the apples, he was so good at it too! The apples were cut into perfect little chunks and it was pretty great for me cause in my opinion that's the worst part of making apple anything! The peeling, the cutting.... blueberries are way easier!!

Then he also scooped the batter into the muffin tins after he lined each of the cups for me.  Once they were in the oven he offered to wash the bowl, and dry it as well as turn on the dishwasher for me!

I mean WHAT A MAN!

He tells me he wants to be a chef when he is like daddy (grown up).  We discussed that he would be able to go to school to learn all he needed to know to be a chef when he was older and that he could come home and teach mommy everything he learned each day... or that we could both go to school together!  That would be fun (for me)!

The muffins were ready just before he was ready for bed tonight so he tried one out for his bedtime snack and he approved!

Here is the recipe for our Apple Cinnamon Muffins

Ingredients

1/2 cup of coconut oil
3/4 cup organic cane sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 1/4 cup milk

1 1/2 cups flour

1/2 cup rolled oats

1 teaspoon baking powder 

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon Himalayan sea salt

1 teaspoon cinnamon

2 cups chopped apples

Instructions

1. Mix all dry ingredients together in a medium-size bowl
2. In a mixer beat that coconut oil and cane sugar together and until creamy
3. Then mix the egg and vanilla together with the coconut oil and sugar.
4. Add the dry mixture into the wet mixture and stir until just combined but don't over mix. 
5. Add in the apples. 

Optional Topping

1/4 cup coconut palm sugar

1/4 cup flour

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

2 tablespoons coconut oil

Mix until crumbly and add to the top of each muffin before baked

Bake until golden brown for about 20 minutes on 350 degrees.  

Here are Asher's muffins ready to go for school
tomorrow.  In the little reusable bag I found
at the Parksville market this summer!

Banana smoothie for Weight gain

Back In October Asher got really sick and lost a couple precious pounds. He is already a light weight so we knew we needed to do something to get the weight back on him. 

At the time we bought a package of extra calorie Boost, I know yuck! But at that time we needed to add calories to his diet and that was the easiest way! And it worked. I avoided looking at the ingredients list... 

Then I did a little research on how to help kids gain weight and I learned that flaxseed oil was great to add to almost  anything because it is flavourless and adds a good fat. I started adding it to his pasta, drinks you name it and it worked! 

Lately Asher has been maintaining his weight but we would like to see him gain a bit more since he is still a light weight, probably due to a relatively healthy diet with little junk food or sugar. Which is a good thing, but he is very lean! 

He loves smoothies and always wants one when Gord and I drink our Shakeology, so I made a super simple smoothie for him this week a couple times. Banana, whole milk and about a Table Spoon of Flaxseed oil. 

Might look gross with the oil on top but he LOVES it and it mixes in well! 

And guess what! He gained a pound this week! Love that! 

Out with that nasty Boost and in with the Banana Smoothie for snack time!