Low Calorie Blueberry Muffins

April 29, 2023

A delicious, healthy and nutritious breakfast muffin recipe! What's more, they are simple to make and you only need 20 minutes to make them. Low in calories, high in protein and a great snack too.

Blueberry Muffins

Blueberry muffins are the perfect way to start the day. They're packed with protein and fibre, and they can be modified to make them vegan, gluten-free or dairy-free.

They're also easy to make because all you need is flour, baking powder, egg whites, yoghurt or non-dairy alternative flax seeds and chia seeds) blueberries, some chocolate, an oven and a muffin tin!

Cinnamon also adds a nice flavour to these muffins, but you could also try adding nutmeg or ginger for an even more unique taste. Yoghurt and protein powder are both great ways to add protein, while coconut flour is a great flour substitution for fewer carbs and fewer calories. 

Blueberry Muffins

SUBSTITUTES

Here are all the ingredients and substitutes that you need to make these delicious healthy Blueberry Muffins:

  • All-purpose flour: if you want to make it even healthier, you can use oat flour. If you don't have oat flour, you can add in blender oats and blend for a couple of seconds. 
  • Coconut flour: coconut flour is a great flour substitution for fewer carbs and fewer calories. Otherwise use more of any of the flours mentioned above, just use double the quantity of coconut flour.
  • Protein: For this recipe, I recommend using casein or vegan protein. If you use whey protein, you may need to add some more flour. If you don’t have protein at all, replace it with more all-purpose flour.
  • Baking powder: You can replace it with bicarbonate soda
  • Cinnamon:  Cinnamon also adds a nice flavour to these muffins, but you could also try adding nutmeg or ginger for an even more unique taste.
  • Egg whites: if not restricted on calories you can use whole eggs. Otherwise, you can replace it with more yoghurt.
  • No-calorie syrup: There are plenty no calorie syrups out there, but what I use most is from Myprotein. You can also replace it with honey, agave or maple syrup or any other liquid sweetener you like.
  • Yoghurt: my favourite yoghurt is Greek, but Skyr or quark are always great options. Also, plant-based would work well.

Low-Calorie Blueberry Muffins

Recipe by Frixos Dimitriadis Course: Breakfast, snacksDifficulty: medium
Servings

8

muffins
Prep time

10

minutes
Cooking time

20

minutes
Calories

133

kcal
Total time

30

minutes

A delicious, healthy and nutritious breakfast muffin recipe! What's more, they are simple to make and you only need 20 minutes to make them. Low in calories, high in protein and a great snack too.

    Ingredients

    • Dry Ingredients:
    • 50 g 2/5 cup all-purpose flour

    • 50 g 3/7 cup coconut flour

    • 50 g 1/2 cup protein powder*

    • 14 g 3 tsp baking powder⁠

    • 1 tsp 1 tsp cinnamon⁠

    • Wet ingredients
    • 150 g 5/8 cup egg whites

    • 200 g 1 cup no-fat Greek yoghurt

    • 80 g 1/4 cup no-calorie syrup⁠

    • Toppings:
    • 80 g 1/2 cup blueberries

    • 50 g 2/7 cup chopped dark chocolate

    Directions

    • Add all of the dry ingredients to a bowl and mix to avoid clumping, then add in your wet ingredients with the dry. Mix until you have a cake batter-like consistency.
    • Add the blueberries and the chocolate chunks to your mixture and stir again.
    • Spray your moulds with nonstick cooking spray, then take a cookie scooper and divide the mixture between the 8 muffin moulds.
    • Bake in preheated oven for 20-25 minutes at 180C, or until cooked through. ⁠Take them out and place them on a cooling rack when they're done.

    Notes

    • *I recommend using casein or vegan protein for this recipe. If you use whey protein, you may need to add some more flour. If you don’t have protein at all, replace it with 50g of all-purpose flour and more sweetener.
    • You can store these in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5-7 days!
    Blueberry muffins

    Nutrition facts

    Nutrition information per serving (makes 8)

    134

    Calories

    (kcal)

    11.2

    Protein

    (g)

    15.3

    Carbs

    (g)

    3.1

    Fats

    (g)

    5.5

    Sugars

    (g)

    3.1

    Fibre

    (g)

    1.0

    Sat. fat

    (g)

    48