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Blueberry Banana Bran BLW Mini Muffins

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Muffins are a great portable snack for infants, toddlers, children, and adults. They are great at any age! Sometimes getting enough fibre into the diet can be hard, but these fibre-packed Blueberry Banana Bran BLW Mini Muffins help you meet your fibre recommendations for the day. Add this easy muffin recipe to your meal prep, keep some on hand, and store the rest in the freezer for days ahead. Enjoy!

BLUEBERRY BANANA BRAN BLW MINI MUFFINS

Author: Andrea Carpenter, RD

Recipe Type: Baby Food; Sides, Snacks, and Apps

Serving: 40 mini muffins

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1 mashed ripe bananas

  • 1 large eggs

  • 1 TBSP ground hemp hearts

  • 1 TBSP ground flaxseed

  • 1/2 package store-bought plain bran-muffin mix

  • 1 tsp cinnamon

  • 1/4 CUP frozen blueberries

  • 1 1/4 CUP water

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Mash the ripe bananas in a bowl.

  2. Add egg and blend into oil and banana mixture.

  3. Mix the hemp hearts, flaxseeds, cinnamon and water into the banana mixture.

  4. Add the muffin mix and gently fold until just combined. Do not over-mix or the muffins will have a tough texture.

  5. Gently fold in the frozen blueberries.

  6. Line a mini muffin tray with parchment muffin liners to prevent sticking. Alternatively, spray the muffin tray with coconut oil.

  7. Bake at 400 degrees for 7 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow to cool completely before storing in airtight containers. These muffins also freeze well.

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When your kid won't 'go': Managing Childhood Constipation

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When your kid won't 'go': Managing Childhood Constipation

Constipation is a common childhood problem. It happens often at two points early in a child's life. The first time is generally around the time when baby starts eating solid foods and starts to shift from a full fluid diet to having milk/formula and solids. The second time it commonly occurs is around toilet training. Sometimes children don't like the experience of toilet training, start to hold their bowel movements, thereby causing constipation. Beyond these two more common times, constipation unfortunately, can strike at any point.

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Kale and Wheat berry Salad

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Kale and Wheat berry Salad

Check out this hearty and satisfying salad!

I particularly like to make a large batch that I can keep on hand for a few days, to eat a side dish or a main course.

Kale is one of my favourite greens to use in salads, because of it's benefits: packed with nutrients such as fibre, folate, vitamins A, C, K, and potassium, to name a few. It's also a hearty green so it can handle a dressing or marinade without wilting.