Does Your Breakfast Need a Kick In the Pants? Energy Muffin Recipe

The finished product!
I experimented with a recipe last night I received from Tryad Personal Training's monthly email newsletter. I competed in a sprint adventure race last summer, and the Tryad team finished almost two hours ahead of my team. I decided Daniel Maialetti and his team's newsletter suggested this recipe, it was worth trying!

I'm always looking for crap-free food, and sometimes the best way to find it is to create it yourself. This is a great-tasting muffin recipe with no added crap, and no added sugar. The natural sweetness comes from the blueberries and bananas. As I discovered this morning, they're great for breakfast!

The Recipe
1 cup mashed banana
2 egg whites
1/2 cup water
1/3 cup refined coconut oil (almond and walnut oil work too)
2 cups wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 cup frozen blueberries, left to thaw in a strainer
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare 18 standard-sized muffin cups with paper liners. In a large bowl, combine banana, egg whites, water and oil. Add the flour and mix. Gently fold in blueberries. Immediately spoon batter into muffin cups. Bake for about 20 minutes. Remove muffins from tins and cool on a wire rack.
      Nutritional Analysis: One serving equals: 98 calories, 4g fat, 13g carbohydrate, 2g fiber, and 3g protein.

      I made a few changes to my second batch and thought they turned out much better than the first. I added 1/4 cup crushed walnuts and 2 teaspoons of honey. Stretching the batter to 18 muffins made them seem a bit small on the first batch, so I used the second batch to make 15 muffins, and liked the size of the second batch more. These changes affect the nutritional analysis, of course, but most recipes can use a bit of a personal touch. Enjoy!