Raisin ?Bran? Muffins

I don’t often have nothing to offer photo-wise for the introducting to today’s recipe. But today I actually have nothing. Save for this:

It’s been a crazy couple of weeks with weddings, new businesses, a house hunt, researching new cars, day to day life, etc. It’s hard to find time to do anything.

What I did manage to make time for was baking. I needed something to offer both my oldest boy (the picky eater) and my youngest daughter (the voracious foodie), but I also wanted it to be healthy for me. I’ve been doing the Insanity workout for about five months now. Results are amazing, but it’s a lot of upkeep. Food is fuel yes, but to me it better be damn good if it’s going in my mouth. There’s no sense in eating it if it ain’t good, right?

So I had to come up with a healthy muffin, because that’s what I really wanted to make. Easy handheld food even a three year old can work with. Immediately my mind went to bran muffins. Too bad I didn’t have any bran in the house. What I did have was wheat germ, a much healthier alternative to bran. Bran may have fiber going for it, but the germ has protein, potassium, iron, vitamin E, folate, phosphorus, riboflavin, calcium, thiamin, zinc, magnesium, essential atty acids AND it’s great source of fiber. Take that bran.

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