I made some apple flax muffins today for the beginning of my sugar reintroduction. They were pretty good but I think the recipe author and I have different ideas of how big a medium apple is. I should have just stopped dicing after the first one because I think I had way too much. I ended up eating some rather than putting it all in. I also think my muffins were slightly overdone despite checking them at the lower end of the recommended cooking time, but I probably should have checked them earlier. I usually do when I haven’t made a recipe before but I got distracted.
They turned out fine regardless. Not crazy delicious, but I don’t really expect that from a ‘healthy’ muffin. Anyone looking for a healthy alternative to a standard sugar and fat filled breakfast muffin would probably be happy with these. I stuck most of them in the freezer and I’ll happily eat them over the next week or so, minus my ‘no sugar’ days on Sunday and Monday.
I will probably make them again, but I think I might sub some of the whole wheat flour for white because then I can probably get my husband to eat them and they would still be reasonably healthy.
Breakfast
Two apple flax muffins, one with a little butter. This was about 350 calories. Plus maybe 30 calories worth of apple that I ate because it wasn’t going to fit in my muffins.
Lunch
Lamb meatballs, baby spinach, cilantro, sour cream and tahini on a flour tortilla with Brussels sprouts on the side, about 460 calories.
Dinner
Chicken stir fry with soba noodles and vegetables. I made a honey/soy/ginger/sesame sauce which was alright. Like so many things, it would have been better with garlic. This was about 450 calories.
Macros
According to the Fitbit app, my split today was 45% carbs, 32% fat and 23% protein and I ate nearly 1300 calories.
My Food Journey 
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