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Weight Watchers Recipe of the Day: Skinny Broccoli Cheese Muffins
Skinny, healthy, and delicious broccoli cheese muffins.
If you're one of those people who thinks that muffins and quick breads have to be sweet to be good, I hope these savory broccoli and cheese muffins help change your mind!
Skinny Broccoli Cheese Muffins
Looking for something a little different to highlight broccoli, this week's 38 Power Foods (affiliate link) group ingredient, I happened upon a recipe for fresh broccoli Parmesan muffins, in what has to be the best muffin cookbook of all time, 750 Best Muffin Recipes: Everything from breakfast classics to gluten-free, vegan and coffeehouse favorites (affiliate link).
Read my full review of Camilla Saulsbury's 750 Best Muffin Recipes Cookbook.
Fridays, a group of bloggers, led by Mireya of My Healthy Eating Habits, is posting recipes using the healthy ingredients from Power Foods: 150 Delicious Recipes with the 38 Healthiest Ingredients (affiliate link) by Martha Stewart and the editors of Whole Living Magazine.
If you haven't seen the book, it's definitely worth taking a peek. I'm more pleased with it with each passing week.
The 38 Power Foods are categorized into 5 chapters: 1) Vegetables; 2) Fruits; 3) Grains and Legumes; 4) Nuts and Seeds; and 5) Eggs, Yogurt and Fish.
Along with recipes for each ingredient, there's interesting health information, as well as buying, storing, and preparation tips, making it a useful resource for anyone wanting to eat healthier.
This week's Power Foods Ingredient is you guessed it - broccoli.
Plate of Weight Watchers Friendly Broccoli Cheese Muffins
The Skinny on Broccoli Cheese Muffins
Not a week goes by when we don't eat broccoli or broccolini at least once or twice, which turns out to be a good thing for our health.
Packed with vitamins, minerals, fiber, and antioxidants that act like a broom to sweep away all kinds of cancer-causing free radicals, broccoli is the most nutritious cruciferous vegetable you can eat!
Since I love broccoli and muffins, combining the two seemed like a winning idea.
I adapted the recipe slightly to make it Weight Watchers friendly and divided it in half to make 6 muffins instead of 12. (Portion control is one of my favorite strategies for staying slim.)
How Many Calories and WW Points in these Muffins?
According to my calculations, each muffin has 178 calories and:
6 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
5 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
5 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
5 *PointsPlus (Old plan)
To see your WW PersonalPoints for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site, Click here!
If you like this recipe for lightened up broccoli cheese muffins, be sure to check out some my other Weight Watchers friendly muffin recipes including Skinny Chocolate Banana Muffins, Kiwifruit Muffins, Ina's Chunky Banana Bran Muffins, , WW 2-Ingredient Chocolate Pumpkin Muffins, Low Fat Apple Bran Muffins, and some tips for making healthy muffins
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Skinny Broccoli Cheese Muffins Recipe
Skinny, healthy and delicious savory broccoli cheese muffins are a fun way to increase your intake of vegetables. They're yummy served alongside your favorite soup or salad. Use whatever cheese you prefer or a combination - Parmesan, Cheddar, Swiss, Feta, and Goat are all delicious.
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time20 minutes mins
Total Time30 minutes mins
Servings (adjustable): 6
Calories: 178
Author: Martha McKinnon | Simple Nourished Living
Ingredients
- 1 cup finely chopped broccoli, lightly cooked, drained and cooled to room temperature
- ¾ cup + 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- ½ cup quick cooking oats
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg
- ¼ cup + 2 tablespoons milk
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1-½ teaspoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- ¼ cup chopped scallions (green onions)
- ½ cup coarsely grated reduced-fat cheese
Instructions
Position an oven rack in the center of your oven and preheat your oven to 400F degrees.
Line a 6-cup muffin pan with paper liners.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, oats, baking powder and salt until well combined.
In a small bowl (affiliate link), whisk together the egg, milk, olive oil, sugar, and mustard until well blended. Stir in the broccoli, scallions and ¼ cup of the cheese.
Add the egg broccoli mixture to the flour mixture and stir until just blended. (The batter will be very thick.)
Divide the batter equally among the 6 prepared muffin cups. Sprinkle tops with the remaining ¼ cup cheese.
Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean, 18-22 minutes.
Remove from the oven and let cool in the pan on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Transfer the muffins from the pan directly to the wire rack.
Serve warm or let cool completely.
Recipe Notes
Serving size: 1 muffin
Click here to see your WW PersonalPoints for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site.
6 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
5 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
5 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
5 *PointsPlus (Old plan)
Nutrition Facts
Skinny Broccoli Cheese Muffins Recipe
Amount Per Serving (1 muffin)
Calories 178Calories from Fat 74
% Daily Value*
Fat 8.2g13%
Carbohydrates 20g7%
Fiber 1.6g6%
Protein 7.1g14%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Course: Breakfast, Brunch
Cuisine: American
Keyword: savory broccoli muffins
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Recipe Source: 750 Best Muffin Recipes: Everything from breakfast classics to gluten-free, vegan and coffeehouse favorites (affiliate link) by Camilla Saulsbury and Power Foods: 150 Delicious Recipes with the 38 Healthiest Ingredients (affiliate link) by Martha Stewart.
*Points® calculated by WW. *PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. SmartPoints® values calculated WITHOUT each plan's ZeroPoint Foods (Green plan, Blue plan, Purple plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.
If You Like These Skinny Muffins with Broccoli and Cheese, You Might Also Like:
- Easy Instant Pot Broccoli Cheddar Cheese Soup
- Skinny Chicken Broccoli Casserole
- Lightened Up Recipes for St. Patrick's Day
And here's a fun video from WebMD giving ideas for how to sneak veggies into your muffins...
For more great delicious broccoli recipes, check out the blogs of these fabulous food-blogging ladies who are participating in the 38 Power Foods group today:
- Alyce @ More Time at the Table
- Ansh @ Spice Roots
- Jeanette @ Jeanette's Healthy Living
- Jill @ Saucy Cooks
- Mireya @ My Healthy Eating Habits
- Sarah @ Everything in the Kitchen Sink
- Casey @ Bookcase Foodie
- Bambi @ Adobo Down Under
Martha is the founder and main content writer for Simple-Nourished-Living.
A longtime lifetime WW at goal, she is committed to balancing her love of food and desire to stay slim while savoring life and helping others do the same.
She is the author of the Smart Start 28-Day Weight Loss Challenge.
A huge fan of the slow cooker and confessed cookbook addict, when she's not experimenting in the kitchen, you're likely to find Martha on her yoga mat.
More about Martha McKinnon
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