Healthy Single-Serving Apple Pie Quinoa Flake Protein Muffin Recipe

Healthy Microwaveable Apple Pie Quinoa Flake Protein Muffin

You can make this Apple Pie Quinoa Flake Protein Muffin in 5 minutes flat! It's low fat, sugar free, gluten free, and vegan, but without the healthy taste.

Winter break is so close I can almost taste it, but boy am I busy!  Should I be surprised?  No, I’m in college and finals are right around the corner.  I feel like everyone is running around like a hamster on a wheel.  You know the kind, the oh-my-gosh-I-have-three-exams-tomorrow-how-will-I-EVER-survive-the-world-is-coming-to-an-end-because-my-coffee-mug-is-empty-why-why-WHYYY-*head clunks on desk*-*snores* kind.

But I’m feeling pretty chill (except I agree with the oh-my-gosh-my-coffee-mug-is-empty part).  Do you wanna know why?  I’m coping with the suddenly drastic (and totally excessive) amount of schoolwork due to:

1.  Coffee (duh)

2.  Easy peasy microwave “bakes!”  Especially this 100% delicious and nutritious Apple Pie Quinoa Flake Protein Muffin  🙂

You can make this Apple Pie Quinoa Flake Protein Muffin in 5 minutes flat! It's low fat, sugar free, gluten free, and vegan, but without the healthy taste.

Soft, moist, sweet and cinnamon-y, this muffin is filled with healthy fats, fiber, protein and complex carbohydrates to provide sustained energy and steady blood sugar levels throughout the day so I can focus in class and party hard later…  juuuust kidding! and complete all of my assignments.

You can make this Apple Pie Quinoa Flake Protein Muffin in 5 minutes flat! It's low fat, sugar free, gluten free, and vegan, but without the healthy taste.

It helps tremendously to enjoy a decadent-tasting dessert for breakfast on mornings where I am crunched for time.  I feel happy, calm, energized, full and satisfied for a full day of work.  With such a quick and easy recipe, you will be too!

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Healthy Microwaveable Apple Pie Quinoa Flake Protein Muffin

Servings: 1 serving
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Spray a 5" baking dish with cooking spray.
  • In a medium-sized bowl, stir together the flax, apple pie spice, sweetener, and salt. Stir in the almond milk and applesauce.
  • Stir in the protein powder, then stir in the quinoa flakes. Pour batter into the prepared dish and microwave for ~5 minutes, or until surface springs back when tapped. Let cool slightly, then dig in!
Nutrition Facts
Healthy Microwaveable Apple Pie Quinoa Flake Protein Muffin
Amount Per Serving (1 muffin)
Calories 330 Calories from Fat 63
% Daily Value*
Fat 7g11%
Sodium 380mg17%
Carbohydrates 46g15%
Fiber 8g33%
Sugar 9g10%
Protein 21g42%
Vitamin A 300IU6%
Vitamin C 8.3mg10%
Calcium 250mg25%
Iron 4.5mg25%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Bread & Muffins
Keyword: Single-Serving

Wow, what a balanced breakfast!  With only 330 calories, 7g of healthy fats, 8g of fiber and 21g of protein you are almost guaranteed to feel full for hours.  Personally, I like eating a higher calorie breakfast because it keeps my hunger at bay until I am finished with my morning classes so I top my Apple Pie Quinoa Flake Protein Muffin with some Homemade Almond Butter or Cinnamon Raisin Peanut Butter.  Deeeelicious  🙂

You can make this Apple Pie Quinoa Flake Protein Muffin in 5 minutes flat! It's low fat, sugar free, gluten free, and vegan, but without the healthy taste.

Some delicious toppings include: your fav nut butter, diced apples, pure maple syrup, raisins, natural whipped cream, a dash of apple pie spice or cinnamon, crumbled pecans or walnuts, etc.  You’ve gotta try this recipe for yourself.  You will fall in love!

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With love and good eats,

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– Jess

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23 comments on “Healthy Microwaveable Apple Pie Quinoa Flake Protein Muffin”

  1. I can’t get over how awesome this is. Seriously.
    21 grams of protein! And all that fiber, too.. definitely a balanced breakfast. Plus it looks totally delicious!
    Pinning!

  2. Can I just use quinoa or are quinoa flakes something else?

    • Quinoa flakes are very similar to quick-cooking oats so I wouldn’t recommend using quinoa… precooked quinoa might work in this recipe, however, it won’t hold up like a muffin. It would probably turn out like baked oatmeal but more crumbly. Delicious, just crumbly 😉

  3. Is the protein powder just for nutritional benefit or is it necessary to the mufins structure?

  4. Ok, this was yummy, yum-o.5 stars

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  12. It’s not sugar free…applesauce has sugar and even the nutrition label you posted has sugar on there. Just frustrating because it is misleading. Otherwise, sounds like a tasty little recipe.

    • In the baking world, “sugar free” means no added sugar (white sugar, brown sugar, evaporated cane juice, corn syrup, HFCS, etc).
      To some, “sugar free” means no refined sugar, so honey or maple syrup is okay, but on this blog “sugar free” means no added dry AND wet caloric sweeteners added.
      Really though, there are natural sugars in everything. Even broccoli! There isn’t really such thing as 100% sugar-free fruit because of the natural sugars, but this recipe is added sugar free 🙂
      -Jess

  13. I’m going to use real sugar or agavae nectar. About much does 4 packets of stavia equate to?

  14. hi looks v delicious. can we replace applesauce by fresh apple juice?

  15. Can I substitute flaxseed with 1 egg white ??

  16. I used oats instead of quinoa flakes and didn’t use protein powder. It ended up with a texture of cookie dough rather than a muffin. Yummy!5 stars

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