Breakfast Resolved - Blueberry Muffin

It's been very gloomy for past couple of days. And certainly not warm enough to stay out in the balcony to enjoy the warmth for last few days of this year. Just wanted to be in bed curled up inside warm blanket, drinking some warm hot chocolate and some breakfast in bed. But have no fear, breakfast is here!!! (I had to say that :D) 

I found this power muffin recipe online but changed the recipe to my liking (and to my family's). It's easy to make and nutritious to eat, in my opinion!

Blueberry-Oatmeal-Quinoa muffin!!!! When you hear the name, it might not sound fun or yumm at all but trust me it is... I usually make it on Sunday evening and most of the time lasts until Thursday or Friday for me and my husband for breakfast.

Mix the dry ingredients; flour, sugar, oatmeal, quinoa, baking powder, baking soda and pinch of salt. Make sure the baking soda and baking powder is the right amount 1 teaspoon each...otherwise your muffin will be twice the size of the muffin pan... it does happen!!!!

Mix of Dry Ingredients

In a separate bowl, add melted butter and eggs. Beat the mixture well. Add greek yoghurt and vanilla extract. I recommend using greek yoghurt instead of non-fat greek yoghurt. The taste is way better with regular greek yoghurt. But if you prefer non-fat, you should definitely try it.

Mixture of Wet Ingredients

Add the mixture of wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix it well. You can either use kitchen aid mixer if you own one or you can just mix it with spatula. Finally add blueberries or any kind of berries. I normally make it with blueberries but blackberry and strawberry muffin also tastes good. If you want to spice it up, you can use mix of berries like raspberry and blackberry. And if you love berries, add as much as 2 cups!!

Mixed and Ready to Cook Muffin Batter

Heat the oven to 350F. If you have aluminium or tin muffin pan, coat the pan with oil. I just bought silicon muffin pan and it's easy. You don't need to coat with oil. But make sure that when you put it in oven, you put it on top of cookie sheet or it will droop on the sides... telling from the experience!! Anyways, put the batter on the muffin pan and put it in oven.

Muffin Ready to put in Oven

Bake the muffin at 350F for 25 minutes. After 25 minutes, turn off the heat and let the muffin stay in the oven for 5 minutes for golden brown top. After that, take the yummy muffin out and is ready to serve.

Yummy Blueberry Muffin

You can keep muffins in fridge or in oven after it cools and use it for the rest of the week. Make sure you don't put muffins are not in zip lock or plastic bag. It molds easily in plastic bag. So to keep it fresh, put muffin in fridge or oven and microwave it if you are serving the next day. Enjoy the muffin and let me know your thoughts! :)

Recipe: 40 minutes

• 2 cups of all-purpose flour
• 1 cup of rolled oatmeal
• 2/3 cups of sugar (less if you don't want to be sweet, this is a reduced sugar amount)
• 5 tsp of quinoa
• 1tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 12 ounces of greek yoghurt
• 2 eggs
• 4 tbsp melted butter
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract
• 1-2 cups of blueberry

1. Heat the oven to 350F.
2. In a big bowl, add flour, oatmeal, sugar, quinoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Mix it well.
3. In a separate bowl, melt butter. Add eggs and mix it well.
4. Add greek yoghurt and vanilla extract to the mixture and combine the mixture.
5. Slowly add the wet ingredients (yoghurt mix) to the dry ingredients and combine it well.
6. Add the berries to the mixture.
7. Put the batter in the muffin pan and then place it in the oven.
8. Bake the muffin for 25 minutes and after that, turn off the oven and keep the muffins in the oven for around 5 minutes until golden brown. And your muffin is ready to serve.