Coconut Blueberry Chia Muffins

These gluten/dairy free Coconut Blueberry Chia Muffins are filled with lots of fiber and are very yummy!

My husband said, "These are definitely muffins to have around all the time!"

I love the taste of anything coconut and Nutiva has the best organic coconut flour...

Here's the recipe...

Coconut Blueberry Chia Muffins

by Nutiva

Gluten and Dairy Free

Makes 12 Muffins

1 cup Nutiva Organic Coconut Flour

1/2 tsp. sea salt

1 tsp. baking soda

1/2 cup + 2 Tbsp. raw honey (I subbed maple syrup)

1 cup coconut milk

6 eggs

4 Tbsp. Nutiva organic coconut oil, melted

4 tsp. vanilla extract

4 Tbsp. Nutiva organic chia seeds

1 cup organic blueberries

Preheat oven to 350 deg. Sift the coconut flour, salt and baking soda in a bowl. In a separate bowl or blender, whisk honey, coconut milk, eggs, coconut oil, and vanilla. Gently stir wet mixture into dry ingredients and mis in chia seeds. Fold in the blueberries and pour batter into greased or lined muffin tins, until 3/4 full. Bake for 25 mins until muffins begin to turn golden brown and are cooked through. Immediately remove from tins and cool on rack.

*When baking with coconut flour you'll notice that it requires lots of eggs and that's because coconut flour recipes don't call for xantham gum like most other gluten free recipes. The eggs do the binding. 

Preheat your oven and mix it all together in a big bowl and drop them into the baking cups.

Which I love using large unbleached baking cups by If You Care and my Vollrath 1-1/3oz stainless steel disher. Click on the links. 

Pop them in the oven for 25mins.

Let them cool down.

And enjoy!

Strawberry Chia Jam

This jam is so incredibly easy!!!

No Sugar & Pectin-free

Use fresh or thawed frozen fruit.

Add some Chia Seeds.

Opt. sweetener...

Raw Honey, Maple Syrup, Stevia, etc.

Put it all in a blender and then right in the fridge,

so the chia seeds will gel and thicken it up.

Recipe here. I used way less raw honey.

It's great and the kids like it!

 

Simple Blueberry Jam recipe here.

"Pumpkin Pie Chia Pudding"

This actually is really good "pudding." Recipe found at Paleo Omg here. 

I just added about a teaspoon of raw honey. It calls for a tablespoon.

It seems that it would be great with maple syrup too.

I have to stay low glycemic, so I go easy on the natural sugars too.

Her's just looks more appetizing. :)

Organic Chia Seeds

I really love using this and put it in most all of my dishes. I really am in need of some awesome omega fatty acids and calcium. "They are the richest plant source of Omega-3 (the vital fats that protect against inflammation—such as arthritis—and heart disease)." I don't have a gall bladder and after having all my kids I can hardly tolerate eating foods with oil . As long as it's good healthy natural fatty oils and I'm careful about how much I eat, my body is happy! Here is a great website with a post of "10 Uses for Chia Seeds."