DELICIOUS & EASY Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Oh man I wish I had this recipe when I was pregnant! It's sooooo good and soooo pregnantly nutritious with all the folate and protein, etc. but a little high on the cholesterol. But look on the bright side, out of the 11 grams of fat, only 3 is saturated!!!!

Ive tried other recipes and so far this one is the best...I even got a thumbs up from my mother in law, and she doesn't like "Canadian" food (she's from Mauritius). I got it from the Canadian Living Magazine. The only difference is that I usually omit the buttermilk because its not exactly a staple ingredient in my home that we always have on hand...but still turns out soooo yummy. Let me know how it turns out for you!

Ingredients

2-1/2 2-1/2cups cups(625 mL) (625 mL) all-purpose flour 1 1cup cup(250 mL) (250 mL) packed brown sugar1-1/2 1-1/2tsp tsp(7 mL) (7 mL) baking powder1 1tsp tsp(5 mL) (5 mL) baking soda1/2 1/2tsp tsp(2 mL) (2 mL) salt2 2eggeggs1 1cup cup(250 mL) (250 mL) buttermilk1 1cup cup(250 mL) (250 mL) mashed bananabananas1/3 1/3cup cup(75 mL) (75 mL) vegetable oil1 1tsp tsp(5 mL) (5 mL) vanilla3/4 3/4cup cup(175 mL) (175 mL) chocolate chips

Preparation:

In large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

In separate bowl, beat eggs; blend in buttermilk, bananas, oil and vanilla. Pour over dry ingredients. Sprinkle with chocolate chips; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened.

Spoon into greased or paper-lined muffin cups, filling three-quarters full. Bake in centre of 375°F (190°C) oven until tops are firm to the touch, 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool in pan on rack for 5 minutes; transfer to rack and let cool.

Nutritional Info
Per muffin: about	-
cal	305
pro	5 g
total fat	11 g
sat. fat	3 g
carb	50 g
fibre	2 g
chol	32 mg
sodium	264 mg
% RDI:	-
calcium	6%
iron	14%
vit A	2%
vit C	2%
folate	16%

Pregnancy Glories!

Welcome To Pregnancy City!

As a 24 yr old mother of 2 gorgeous & umm 'active' boys, I decided to create this blog for the following reasons:

1. A love of children
   
2. A desire to share my 10 yrs of academic, professional and 'hours of surfing' knowledge on pregnancy & child development
   
3. To do my best in creating a solution to my past/present frustrations of not being able to find immediate online answers during those times where emotion has clouded the logical "just wait til tomorrow or next week".

A little about me and my own pregnancies: I had my first child 33 weeks the day after my last uni exam for. Talk about good timing! However, it was a close call; that day I wasn't feeling well. Just could not get out of bed and had a very heavy head with bad headaches. Relatives got worried and took me to the walk-in-clinic, where the doctor proceeded to tell me that he could not do anything for me and just sent me home. I felt worse and found out my family doc was on holidays so I had to go to the hospital. Thank God because after a few minutes the Dr. came and told me that I had suddenly developed hypertension and baby's heartbeat was going down, plus I was dilating so I would have to have an emergency C-Section in 10 mins. Apart from my husband fainting all went well and I gave birth to a 3 pound mini-baby who was actually completely fine and did not even need to be in an incubator. Yay for happy endings.

Oh ya Did I mention I was using 2 methods of birth control while i got pregnant?

In June 2009 my 2nd son was born. (being pregnant during final year exams is even more stressful).That too was via C-Section but at least this one was 4 pounds instead of 3!

During those times, I saw every kind of pregnancy related challenge and symptom  in the books, including those I never knew existed.

The best part is that i was diagnosed in 2006 with polycystic ovaries due to extremely irregular periods throughout my life and told I may not be able to have children. Hahahaha...

By Gods grace me and my babies have always been fine. I have now chosen to be a full-time mother and it has been one of the biggest blessings in my life.

It is my pleasure to share my knowledge and thoughts that will hopefully provide useful information at the time when you need it most!!! 

I will be adding new info every day so hang in there!