Bite into this: Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Muffins!
Hi friends! I feel like it’s been awhile since we’ve chatted, I miss you!
That’s why today I invite you to have these Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Muffins with me and pour yourself a warm (or iced!) cup of coffee or tea and put your feet up. Let’s talk!
So, I’ve got some big news that will explain why I’ve been missing in action (MIA) these past few weeks, and why your inbox will be a little lighter these next few months. Ready for it?
I’m co-authoring a book!
WHAT?!
That’s what you’re thinking, right? 🙂
YAAAASSS, I’m not fibbing!
My wonderful friend, Sara Haas, and I are knee deep in writing, recipe testing and editing our 2017 cookbook on fertility and nutrition. Seriously, I still pinch myself when I say that out loud!
Thus, my mornings, days, and nights are spent in front of the computer writing and in the kitchen recipe testing, while still juggling my other commitments of teaching, freelance writing and consulting. If you told me 3 months ago when I was struggling with the self-employment thing that this would be my life right now, I would not have believed you!
Bottom line, I appreciate your support, your encouragement and your friendship through this transition.
I can’t imagine my day without this outlet to share my recipes, thoughts and Lizisms with, so thank you from the bottom of my heart!
Now, what to expect?
I’m going to still deliver to you a post per week (sometimes maybe two!), but I will be stopping the Wind Down Wednesday series for now. Fertility Friday will still be in motion, with Sara and I continuing to rotate every week! (PS- Are you following her too? If not, I highlight encourage you to do so! She’s been my personal teacher since she’s a trained chef, and I promise you, my recipes are improving because of her mad skill!)
And lastly, these Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Muffins!
I wanted to share this pumpkin twist with you because every July I get excited because I realize we are halfway through the year, and that means it’s only 6 months until Christmas!
I love Christmas time because not only do Mr. CEO and I get to spend time together decorating our tree and playing with our “Bears” family (yes, we have an entire collection of Chicago Bears snowmen), but also because we get to reunite with my sisters under the roof we grew up in!
I get to make them delicious treats (like these Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins) and we get to laugh, cry, and drink (yep!) while catching up on old times. It’s priceless to me!
So, I end now with these delicious Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Muffins as my gift to you!
Thank you, thank you, thank you for your support! It means the world to me!
Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Muffins
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup milk of choice
- 1 cup pumpkin puree 7.5 oz
- 1/2 cup applesauce unsweetened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 3 tablespoons chopped walnuts
- 1/4 cup chopped chocolate pieces
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375*F.
- In a large bowl, mix together the sugar, egg, milk, pumpkin puree, applesauce and vanilla extract. Set aside.
- In a smaller bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger and salt.
- Slowly add the dry ingredients into the wet, stirring with a spatula until all is well combined.
- Add in the walnuts and chocolate pieces.
- LIne a muffin tin with 12 liners and portion batter evenly amongst them. Bake for 18-24 minutes, until lightly browned.
- Remove and let cool.
- Enjoy or freeze for up to one month for best quality.
Notes
I added pumpkin so we could taste a little more of the holiday season in them, but you can surely sub the pumpkin for banana, and use more cinnamon instead of ginger!
SO excited for you Liz, and Sara too!! Also, I think you were reading my mind about pumpkin right now! I was planning to break out my last can of pumpkin this week to use for something since it’s “Christmas in July” lol! Now I know what to make with part of that pumpkin, these look really yummy! 🙂
Thank you Amber! It’s people like you who’ve inspired us to keep going on this ride, so thank you so much for your continued support! One day we will meet, eat, and share many laughs in person! Until then, let’s continue to indulge in these muffins, okay 🙂
That would be absolutely fabulous! But yes, until then….more muffins 🙂
I am so happy for you! Your website, blog, and positive energy are an inspiration to me! I hope to write a cookbook someday too. Maybe when the kids go to college, ha! Good luck with the cookbook writing! Oh, and we are on the same page with both posting whole grain muffin recipes today. 🙂
Thank you so much Maria- that is so kind of you to say! I saw your zucchini muffins this am too, and, OMG, please save me one!
Congratulations, Liz!
Thanks so much Tina! You are so kind to follow my blog still, I think of my UCSD family often! Many big <3 go out to you all!
Congrats on the cookbook! And I wish I could reach through the photo for a muffin 🙂
Ah, thanks Dianna! I am virtually sending you one right now!
Yay! So excited for you and Sara! Such amazing news and so well deserved. Also these muffins look awesome! Saving this recipe now!
Thanks Jessica! And, as I echo what I said to Amber, it’s you ladies who keep my flame alive! So, thank you, thank you, thank you! I know I can always count on “Nutritioulicious” to pop up in my email and remind me why I do what I do! You rock!
Kicking back with you, these muffins and an iced coffee would be so much fun! Someday we’ll make it happen. And it goes without saying, I’m SO excited for you and Sara!!
YAAAS! I am hoping we can make it happen soon, I’ve been brainstorming a BIG idea!! Stay tuned, as soon as I can get it out on paper, it’s coming your way!
I’m so excited for you and Sara! Congratulations, and thank you for all the work you’re doing !
These muffins are a perfect way to celebrate Christmas in July! Now if all the cheesy Hallmark movies would come on, I’d be one happy girl! 😉
If I already didn’t like you enough Melanie, you said Hallmark movies and you sealed the deal. It’s official, we just became best friends! My husband pretty much disowns me from the time Thanksgiving hits through Christmas with the TV movies, I am obsessed. And, the real big kicker, so many of those movies are filmed in my hometown! Apparently one of the directors lives there! A recent one actually was filmed in the church we got married in!! HAH, I felt famous 🙂
Congratulations on your book! That’s awesome and so needed!! (And these muffins looks fantastic!)
THanks Marisa! I was eyeing your three ingredient cookies this morning, perhaps we can swap?!
Yay! I knew this, but exciting that it’s live and finally “out there”. So excited for you both! Now, hand me a muffin 🙂
Thank you Alex 🙂 Done- sent to SLU for you!
These sound delicious and how cute are those little cases?!
Thanks so much! 🙂 Very kind of you!