The Quiet Rise

What do you do when it’s Friday night, raining, and 50 degrees? On May 22! Brrrr… You make muffins.

But the days of sugar overload are gone. The days of mindless eating are gone. My old trainer used to repeat: “We eat with intention.” Well… with intention, we eat.

These are protein brownies disguised as muffins. You can bake them as one large brownie and cut them into squares, or — if you’re always on the go like me — split them into muffins. They are high in protein, chocolatey, pleasantly sweet, and fluffy to my taste.

Try them and see if they fit your intention. 🙂

Ingredients:

3 cups sweet potato

3/4 cup peanut butter

1/2 cup cocoa

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 egg

3 egg whites

2 tbsp honey

3 scoops of paleo vanilla protein powder

5-6 Enjoy Life chocolate chips on top of each muffin for decoration.

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 350 F (170 C) degrees. Prepare a muffin pan with liners.

Peel and mash the sweet potato until smooth in a large bowl. A few small chunks are fine. Add the remaining ingredients (the order doesn’t matter) and stir with a fork until smooth.

Divide batter evenly to fill all liners in the pan about 2/3rds full. Add 5-6 chocolate chips on top of each muffin.

Bake in the pre-heated oven for 20 – 25 min.

Enjoy!

Macros:

Total batch (19 muffins):

• Calories: 2,380 kcal
• Protein: 142 g
• Carbs: 221 g
• Fat: 109 g

Per one muffin:

• Calories: 125 kcal
• Protein: 7.5 g
• Carbs: 12 g
• Fat: 5-6 g