Banana Muffins

From 2010-09-17 Matthew Muffins

Matthew enjoyed eating Banan Muffins for lunch today. I am so thankful for Kids With Food Allergies. The recipes available at this site, through membership, have been indispensible as Matthew trials foods and finding new ways to make the foods that he does have.  Today, I took a recipe for sweet potato muffins and pretty much changed everything to make the banana muffins, but I was only able to do this because I had some idea of how much flours vs 'wet' ingredients to add.


Over this last week, I have come to realize that having a child with food allergies is both a privledge and challenge.  I have known the challenge part for some time but the privledge well that is new to me. This week Matthew has started going to Awana, where gets a snack, and Homeschool Co-op, also with snack time. Wow has this been hard. I am so protective of who serves Matthew and what he gets. He only has 10 ingredients in his diet that we know are safe. So protective I guess comes with the territory.  God has used Matthew this week to stretch me.  I have to trust his teachers, I have to trust Matthew and most of all I have to trust God. God will watch over his child that he has given me the privledge to raise.  As Matthew grows, he needs to be able to experience groups and being with peers just like his brothers. I see that God is going to use Matthew to continue to teach me to trust others and to trust him in ways that I currently think are impossible.  For our God is good and gives us good things. I know Matthew will learn to manage his allergies just as we have. He will learn to caustiously trail new foods and when to question the foods being offered. The challenge for me will to be allow him to grow in his independance, by providing safe places for him to do so. He can be and will be a boy who participates fully in life despite his food challenges!

Now for the recipe - so I remember and for any one else who wants to try Matthew's Banana Muffins
1 mashed banana ~1/2 cup
3 Tablespoons Sunflower Oil
1/4 cup Brown Rice Flour
1/4 cup Potato Starch
1-2 Tablespoons Sugar - depending on taste
2 teaspoons - Corn Free Baking Powder
1/4 teaspoon Vanilla Extract - I used vanilla powder.

Mix the banana and oil well. Add dry ingredients, mix well. Make sure the oven is to tempurature. Once the baking powder is wet it starts to react and you want to get it into the oven as quickly as possible.

Fill 6-8 mini muffin cups 3/4 full.  I did not grease the pan and the muffins popped right out after cooling for a few minutes.

Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.

Enjoy - I know Matthew did and I am sure he will again in the future.