Reduced Fat Banana Choc Chip Muffins

These are dangerous. I can eat a whole batch in a day, which totally defeats the purpose haha.

-Ingredients-

-3 overly ripe bananas

-3/4 cup white sugar

-1 egg

-1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce (instead of butter!)

-1 tsp baking soda

-1 tsp baking powder

-1/2 tsp salt

-1 1/2 cup flour

-Directions-

-Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

-Mash the bananas well in a large mixing bowl.

-add the sugar and egg while continuing to mix.

-add the applesauce and then slowly begin to add in the dry ingredients, letting the batter build up.

-mix in the chocolate chips! (best part)

-distribute into muffin tins and bake for 18-20 minutes.

Energy Balls!!

**Update: I am making these tomorrow morning and have been able to calculate the nutritional facts thanks to my SparkRecipe Calculator. I love that thing!**

If you love snack bars/energy bars or whatever you want to call them, then you will love this recipe. Everyone I have given a taste to has raved about how good they are. In fact...I'm eating one right now, haha!

-Ingredients-

-1 cup dry old fashion oatmeal

-1 cup dried cranberries

-1/2 cup ground flax seed
-1 scoop protein powder (mine has 25g protein per scoop and is chocolate flavored)

-1/3 cup honey

-1/2 cup peanut butter (heaping)

-1 tsp vanilla

-1/2 cup soynuts
-1/4 cup unsalted sunflower seeds
-You can change up the ingredients a lot! The nutrition facts will change, however. 

-Directions-

-Combine dry ingredients in a deep bowl.

-add peanut butter and mix well.

-add honey, mix.

-add vanilla, mix.

-roll into about 15 balls and place in Tupperware, then refrigerate.

-proceed to lick the honey/peanut butter mixture off your hands. 

Thank you Melissa Bender for this wonderful recipe! benderfitness.com