BANANA NUT MUFFINS

Ingredients:
2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 cup fine whole grain bulgur
• 1/2 cup ground flaxseed
• 1/2 cup finely ground walnuts
• 1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tbsp baking powder

• 1/2 tsp baking soda (sodium bicarbonate)
• 2 cups soy milk
• 2 cups mashed ripe bananas
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 cup dates
• 1 tsp liquid vanilla or 1/4 tsp granules (no sugar added)
Method:
Preheat oven to 375F (190C). Heat 1 cup of soy milk, pour over bulgur and allow to soak for 15 minutes while preparing the other ingredients. Coat the muffin cups with a little oil. Remove the pits from the dates and chop coarsely. Put 1/2 cup dates in blender with 1 cup soy milk and the bananas. Blend until smooth. Add the other 1/2 cup dates and blend just until dates are in small pieces. Add lemon juice and vanilla and mix. In a bowl place the whole wheat flour, ground flaxseed, ground walnuts, coarsely chopped walnuts. Add cinnamon, baking powder and baking soda and stir dry ingredients well. Mix liquid ingredients into dry ingredients including soakedbulgur. Stir just until mixed. Spoon mixture into muffin cups filling each to the top. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until lightly browned. Remove from pan and place on a cooling rack. Serve warm or cold. Note: You can use oats instead of bulgur.