Healthy Lemon Poppyseed Oat Muffins

 

Summer may be coming to an end, but the flavor doesn't have to! Lemons are tart, refreshing, and always remind me of summer sunshine.  That's why I decided to tweak my usual blender banana muffin recipe to include the fresh flavor of lemon! 🍋

If you look through my blog, you'll see this muffin recipe in many different flavors. I'm always experimenting with different flavor combinations. These muffins always hit the spot as an after lunch (or dinner) sweet treat that uses all natural ingredients (NO fake sugars!) so you don't have that crash later. Heck you could even have one with your morning coffee!

Healthy Lemon Poppyseed Oat Muffins

~2 cups oats, blended to flour-like consistency*

~1 tsp baking soda

~1/2 tsp salt

~1 T poppyseeds

~2 ripe bananas

~2 T honey

~1 medium lemon, juice and zest

~2 eggs

Preheat oven to 350. Blend oats in food processor or blender, place in bowl. Add baking soda, salt and poppyseeds. Blend bananas, honey, lemon juice and zest, and eggs together. Combine dry and wet ingredients in bowl. Line muffin cups (12) and spray with cooking spray, fill 2/3 full of batter. Sprinkle tops with poppyseeds (optional). Bake 12-15 minutes or until done in center. Enjoy!

*If you want more texture, you could leave a cup of oats whole. Could also substitute whole wheat flour for oats.