Orange Carrot Muffins

I bought a juicer a few days ago & I hate food going to waste...so I searched for things to do with the leftover pulp & found All About Juicing, and they had soooo much information! I took their recipe & tweaked it a bit. The end result was delicious! I took them to our office's Christmas party & they got an A+ from everybody! Even prompting a few to have seconds and thirds! It's a fairly easy recipe, don't get too scared of all the ingredients!

Ingredients


2 cups flour
1/4 cup carrot/orange pulp (after juicing)
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup stevia
1 tbsp orange zest
2/3 cup orange juice (made fresh juice just for this occassion!) 
1/4 cup applesauce (unsweetened)
1/4 cup smart balance butter
1/3 cup egg whites

Topping

1 tbsp meltedbutter
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon

***Keep in mind, these are the ingredients I used...be creative & alter what you need!***

First mix the dry ingredients & then stir in the wet ones. I made mini muffins (and got 35) but you can use the regular muffins & should make around 12'ish. If you're doing the minis, bake at 350 for 10 mins, if you're using the reg cupcake tins, bake for 20-25 mins.

Once you put the batter into the cupcake molds, combine the "topping" ingredients together & sprinkle over each muffin. Voila!

The nutritional information below is based off of 1-cupcake size muffin.

Calories 121
Total fat 2.3g
Saturated fat .3g
Cholesterol 0mg
Total carbs 21.8g
Dietary fiber .9g
Sugars 4.9g
Protein 3g

Good points

No cholesterol
High in selenium
High in Vitamin C

NO BAD POINTS!

Bon appetite!

xo,
Nancy