Banana and Walnut Muffins from the Liver Cleansing Diet

Banana and Walnut muffins

This is the first batch of anything sweet I've baked this year, because I am trying to be true to my promise to shed the final 5kg.  I haven't jumped on the scales yet, but I'm still getting the calls from the counselor as paid for by NSW health on the Get Healthy Program and she thinks I'm doing OK.  

Do you remember this book, published in 1996?  My mum put me on to her and I actually visited her as a patient too.  She solved an on going problem I'd had, which other doctors hadn't been able to.  It had nothing to do with liver cleaning, but my respect for her grew so much, that I thought I'd give her food a go too.

I made quite a few of the recipes from Sandra's book and must share a few of them here with you at some point. But the banana and walnut muffin recipe is one I have made over and again the last 17 years and it is da bomb in terms of a healthy treat.  No it's not as good as a cake laden with sugar, chocolate and all manner of naughtiness, but if you want to cleanse your liver this is a way to do it with something sweet.

I often serve these as a breakfast muffin accompanied by a fruit platter.  They are best served straight after baking.  As the boys walked in from sailing on Sunday, they caught me shoving a batch of these into the oven.  This was owing to the fact that I had two over ripe bananas, which were beyond eating and I find food waste abhorrent.   It's probably a money thing, but also I hate to think of all the resources that have gone into producing and transporting something, only to throw it out.  No thanks.

Before I give you the recipe, lets talk styling for a sec.  The Chinoiserie plate I bought at an estate auction in a job lot, the linen was a side of the road find and the mug was bought for the big Beach House brat at the Titanic exhibition held some time ago in Melbourne   Thanks mum.  It is a replica of a steerage mug (third class) and the BHB loves it.  

Oh and the roses and babies breath were from a valentines bouquet from Mr Beach House. God love him. I don't want to sound ungrateful, but I probably will.  That flower lady who appears at Mr Beach House's factory on all the big ones, Valentines Day, Mothers' Day etc really sucker punches him every time,  $25 for five roses and a bit of babies breath, that were dead by the 16th.  I have told him he is under no obligation to purchase, even though I very much appreciate the sentiment.  I think he's scared of her.

Banana and Walnut Muffins to Cleanse the Liver

2 ripe bananas, mashed

4 dessert spoons honey

4 dessert spoons olive oil

2 teaspoons vanilla essence

1.25 cups wholemeal self raising flour

3 tablespoons walnuts

Oil spray for greasing the muffin pan

You can add a tablespoon of LSA, but I rarely do.  Although I do believe this stuff has great liver cleansing properties.

Preheat oven to 180 C or 375 F

Mix bananas, honey, oil in a large bowl.  Fold in remaining ingredients and mix.  Spoon heaped dessert spoons of the mixture into a non stick muffin pan.

Bake for approximately 20-25 minutes. Make 10 Muffins.

Post script:  I made another batch of theses the other day, but had I no wholemeal self raising flour.  Instead, I used 1.25 cups of plain wholemeal flour, with 1 teaspoon each of bi carbonate of soda and baking powder.  The result was a beautifully golden, light and delicious muffin. I also topped this batch with some colourful seasonal fruit.  So dang healthy.

For all my other backing delights go here.  Although I cannot guarantee they are healthy, only delicious.

Here's to a healthy week beach dwellers.
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