My Sunday was full of cooking and baking because of two products I recently received from a company called Purely Elizabeth.
Elizabeth sent me 2 products to try:
- Ultimate Cacao Muffin Mix
- Perfect Pancake Mix
About Purely Elizabeth (from the website):
We are committed to providing delicious gluten-free baking mixes loaded with health benefits; made of nutritious whole grains and superfood seeds, free of dairy, sugar, wheat and gluten.
The company especially struck my interest when I read that Elizabeth pursued a career as a holistic health counselor at the Institute of Integrative Nutrition because I will be going there in February as well!
Sunday always seems like a nice day to make pancakes! I woke up and started cooking!
About the pancake mix:
At purely elizabeth, our goal is to provide delicious gluten-free baked goods loaded with health benefits. Made with all natural, organic and gluten-free nutritious ingredients, including: millet flour, an ancient grain high in B vitamins; coconut flour, rich in fiber and protein and low in carbohydrates; teff flour, an ancient grain from Ethiopia high in iron and calcium; buckwheat flour, made from a fruit rich in b vitamins and flax seed, hemp seed and chia seeds- superfoods providing excellent sources of omega-3 fatty acids, fiber and protein.
As you can see, the mix is super healthy and nutritious!
Ingredients:Millet Flour, Organic Coconut Flour, Corn Flour, Teff Flour, Buckwheat Flour, Flax Seed, Organic Hemp Seed, Organic Chia Seed, Baking Soda, Organic Cinnamon, Sea Salt
There was a recipe on the back of the package which I will share with you. I had to modify a few things since I was too lazy to walk to the store!!
You will need: 1 egg, 1 1/2 cups of almond milk, 2 tbsp agave nectar, 3 tbsp olive oil.
I had to use skim milk instead of almond milk so my pancakes were not dairy-free. I did not have agave nectar either so I used NuNaturals Liquid Stevia instead.
I stirred the egg, olive oil, Stevia, and 1 cup of the pancake mix in a large bowl. I added slices of banana and chocolate chips as well.
I sprayed a skillet with Pam and added spoonfuls of the mix. I kept the heat on low to prevent the pancakes from burning. I did notice these were harder for me to flip over than usual pancakes. They still came out great!
I also grilled up some bananas because they made a wonderful topping to the pancakes!
The finished product!
My first plate:
They were delicious! They had a wonderful cinnamon taste to them and were soft and fluffy. The chocolate chips and bananas made them extra enjoyable of course! It is hard to believe how healthy they are!
Perfect breakfast!
I decided to make the cocoa muffins later in the day.
About:
Made with all natural, organic and gluten-free nutritious ingredients, including: millet flour, an ancient grain high in B vitamins; almond flour, high in vitamin e and magnesium; flax seed, hemp seed and chia seeds- superfoods providing excellent sources of omega-3 fatty acids, fiber and protein. Plus, a boost of cacao, the highest antioxidant food on the planet!
Ingredients: Millet Flour, Corn Flour, Almond Flour, Organic Raw Cacao Powder, Flax Seed, Organic Hemp Seed, Organic Chia Seed, Aluminum Free Baking Powder, Organic Cinnamon, Sea Salt
70 calories and 3 grams of fiber sounds good to me! I love the ingredients too!
I was a little nervous to make these because I’ve never made muffins before! After breakfast, I went out and bought muffin tins, almond milk, and agave nectar.
The recipe called for 1 egg, 1/2 cup olive oil, 3/4 cup agave nectar, 1/4 cup of rice milk, and 1 tsp vanilla.
The package said to substitute non-dairy milk according to your needs so I figured almond milk would be fine.
I stirred all of the ingredients in a bowl with the muffin mix. I ran out of olive oil after about 1/4 cup so I added in some unsweetened apple sauce just in case. I also added a few extra chocolate chips.
I spooned the batter in the muffin cups, baked for 20 minutes at 375 degrees, and they were ready!
I let them sit for about an hour before taking them out of the tins.
I tried one and was very impressed!
They were incredibly flavorful! They had a cocoa and cinnamon taste and they were not too sweet. They were soft and perfect! I finally had a baking success!
Purely Elizabeth is sold in New York and Pennsylvania. It can also be purchased online here! Elizabeth also makes apple spice and blueberry maple muffins which I plan on trying next! Yum!
What is your favorite muffin flavor?
Have a nice day!
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I love banana nut muffins. But I would seriously give those muffns a chance with those amazing stats.
But I am all about the texture of a muffin… I love dense cakey muffins too like in amish bread.
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Yum!They both look delicious:-) cc
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Girl those pancakes look amazing! I never thought to grill the bananas. Yum!
My favorite muffin flavor is coffee cake, but I just like the tops
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yums those both look so good and are so low in calories!
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I’ve never heard of that! I’d love to try it.
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Yum! These are right up my alley! I am doing a low gluten, wheat free diet for my IBS, and I am always on the look out for new products. These look fantastic.
My favorite muffin flavor has to be good ol’ blueberry, but I also like bran muffins!
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Don’t worry, you aren’t the only one that things he is my husband, he may as well be!
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oh my gosh..for real teasing me with the pancakes and MUFFINS!! i have no good food left here..bahah but you bet when i get home im going STRAIGHT to the grocery store! my fav muffin flava is cinnamon raisin!
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those look & sound so delicious & healthy! i’m jealous
xoxo
shelley
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those look awesome. I love the nutritional stats.
My fave muffin is chcolate chip
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ha! i love the addition of chocolate chips and bananas
such a perfect sunday breakfast for sure. and grilled bananas? girl thats genius.
great review!
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Muffins looks good, I’ll be on the look out for the mix in the store.
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those cocoa muffins look fab!
jenna
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oh man, those pancakes look freak’n awesome!!!!
and i love blueberry and orange muffins…so good. or blueberry lemon.
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Oh lady I want to try these!
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Never made muffins?! For a first go, those look fantastic! Thanks for the reviews
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All the goodies looked so yummy!!
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Mmmm – the blueberry maple muffins sound so good! My favorite muffins are definitely pumpkin. They taste like mini-cakes!!
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What high school did you go to?! I went to Pennsbury! What a small world
Also- I want PurelyElizabeth to sell in good ole Bucks Co!! Everything looks so tasty.
xo bec
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Missy Maintains Reply:
December 7th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
Abington! We def. played you in football or something! I was a dork in the marchind band (colorguard) so that’s how I know!
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these look delectable! such interesting products!!!
favorite muffin flavor? CHOCOLATE!!!!
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I would love to try that mix I have gone Dairy and Gluten Free. Thanks for the review
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oh yes bananas and chocolate chips my fav two
i make my own banana pecan syrup and use it on my waffles! Yum!
For the Banana-Pecan Syrup:
* 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
* 1/2 cup chopped pecans
* 2 small bananas, thinly sliced (3/4 cup)
* 1 cup cane or maple syrup
alter as you wish….like walnuts or cashews and use the syrup of your choice and change fruit out too….other words you can have apple cinnamon with walnuts….but then ….take all and heat til bubbly….turn down to simmer for 5 min. Cool some and pour over you yummies.
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Love this muffins! They are my favorite! If they don’t have them in your store, ask for them. That is how I got my local store to carry them
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It’s easy to make your own healthy and downlike homemade Denny’s pancakes with this easy-to-follow Denny’s flannel cake recipe with healthy ingredients, such as Graham and Canola Oil, served with a dollop of cream cheese and staring maple syrup or love, or create your ain healthy flannel cake toppings.
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