THE CLAIM
Anyone on a low carb diet knows that there's only so many days you can eat eggs and bacon for breakfast. Atkins offers a low-carb muffin recipe that prepped and fully cooked in under five minutes. Click the link in the photo caption to be taken to the recipe and photo source.
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THE TEST
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Second, a teaspoon of cinnamon per muffin? That's a lot by most muffin standards. Third, microwave? For just a minute? What?
What if we told you that it not only works, but works well? No joke! Guinea Pig Karen has now made these mulitple times in her 1-cup pyrex dishes without an issue. "I was skeptical, and they smelled kind of funky coming out of the microwave, but they're actually really good!" she says. "They're like bran muffins!" The consistency is somewhere between a muffin and bread, and go very well with butter or cream cheese. We're not sure how they would toast, as the recipe recommends, and we didn't feel a need to try.
One down side is they're not pretty. This 'muffin' is less muffin-shaped, and more like a lopsided hockey puck. But when you're talking about a breakfast that rings in at about 2g carbohydrates, 10g fiber and 12g protein, you can't get much better than this.
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Some tips from Guinea Pig Karen:
- The recipe doesn't specify, but use Golden flaxseed meal.
- Use oil instead of butter in the recipe. It's just easier to measure.
- When stirring this together, stir it for a good minute to make sure everything mixes thoroughly.
- These are FILLING. One is satisfying, and it's hard to get through two.
- Maybe try adding some blueberries or chocolate chips if your diet allows!
CONCLUSION
Great for what it is: a fairly healthy, low-carb recipe.
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