Seeds to Go-Seed Muffin Redux and Update for 2023

Autumn transitions are in full swing! Here in the Albuquerque area, our skies are filled with hot air balloons, fridges are full of this season’s roasted green chili, and temps are dipping to 40 degrees in our mountain town!

The healthy fats of chia, hemp, and flax seeds form the base of this perennial favorite. We keep these in the fridge at the studio (ask to nosh some!) and home for sustenance and joy! The macadamia nut frosting is a special add-on we don’t always do - but it makes them extra yummy and festive when it’s around!

Seed muffin with blended macademia nuts and monk fruit as frosting!

Pure monk fruit powder is available on Amazon and other places, depending on where you live. Pure monk fruit is sweet because of mogroside V, which has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects, aside from being glycemically neutral and lacking the aftertaste and side effects some suffer with stevia. Don’t be fooled by “Monk fruit” blends such as Lakanto - these are heavily blended with erythritol, which may have less than helpful effects on your gut microbiome, along with a strange to some “icy” taste.

Cacao and cardamom

This fall, I’m adding a cup of cacao and two tablespoons of cardamom seeds (you can use ground if you don’t crave the tiny crunch) to our base recipe for extra pow and yum.

Cacao’s Benefits (besides making you feel like you’re having dessert for breakfast!)

“Chocolate reduces chest congestion by improving circulation in major vessels around the heart and by relaxing bronchial spasms, which is also useful in asthma. In one study chocolate was found to be 3x more effective than codeine at reducing cough, without the drowsy side effects. The antitussive quality is due to theobromine, which suppresses the vagus nerve. Meso-Americans also used chocolate to treat fever.” from JoyfulBelly.com

Breaking up congestion and helping with coughs are two things many of us will benefit from right now. (If you’re suffering from allergies consider the Nettle Tea recipe.) Cacao pacifies kapha and can provoke vata and pitta. Cacao is classified as a bitter flavor profile.

Cardamom’s Benefits

“Cardamom is also Ayurveda's most powerful mucus destroyer. As with all aromatics, cardamom is a diaphoretic that opens your pores, encouraging a mild sweat that cleanses the skin, aids low grade fevers, and cleanses the lymphatic system. It is a bronchodilator - helping to improve breathing in asthmatics.” from JoyfulBelly.com.

Cardamom pacifies all three doshas and is classified as pungent in flavor profile.

Seed Muffins - base recipe

Preheat oven to 420 degrees

1 cup flaxseeds

1.5 cups chia seeds

1 cup hemp seeds

1/4 t salt

1 T pure monk fruit powder (more or less to taste)

2 c unsweetened nut milk (more or less to wet)

1T vanilla

1-2 T cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, ginger to taste

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Grind seeds - If you have it, use a VitaMix. You can use a coffee grinder and do small batches, or some blenders. This is the “flour” you’re using, but leaving some seeds whole or less ground can add a great texture to your muffins!

Mix together with dry ingredients in a bowl.

Add nut milk and vanilla and stir til wetted through.

Use silicon cups or coat regular muffin cups with coconut oil. 

Drop mix into each cup.

Bake for 20 min.

Enjoy!