CONTEST CLOSED. CONGRATS TO WINNER SUZANNE BROWN!
Did you know that April 3rd is Whole Grain Sampling Day? All across the world, people will be eating healthy whole grains. Oldways and The Whole Grain Council started this initiative last year to get more consumers to be aware of the health benefits of whole grains along with the fact that they taste great. This year, a virtual toast will be going on at 12 noon. Check out Twitter and Facebook to see how many people will be making this toast.
I love the nutty flavors that whole grains provide. To me it makes food much more interesting. Whole grains are also loaded with all kinds of nutrients such as B vitamins, vitamin C, folate and fiber. Eating 2.5 servings a day can lower your risk of cardiovascular disease by almost one quarter.
Since I love whole grains, I was selected to be an ambassador for this special event. I received a huge box of all kinds of samples to try. I have always been an advocate of eating healthy food which includes lots of whole grains in my family's diet. But I received some new things to try which were even new to this healthy cooking mom. The best part is that The Whole Grains Council has allowed me to give one of these great boxes to one of my lucky readers. This is what the box includes:
Barbara's Bakery Shredded Oats Cereal
Bob's Red Mill Muesli
Goose Valley Brown and Wild Rice Fusion
HomeFree Treats Choc Chip Cookies
Jovial Foods Pastas
Pamela's Products Gluten Free Oatmeal Cookie Mix
Among Friends Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Baking Mix
McCoys Snax
Tasty Bites Rice
Upfront Foods Granola
Way Better Snacks Tortilla Chips
Carl Brandt Mestemacher Rye Bread
Dr Kracker Engine 2 Crispbreads
Freekehlicious Whole Grain Freekah
Frontier Soups Wheat Berry Chili Mix
Nabisco Whole Grain Crackers (Wheat This and Triscuits)
To win all these goodies, all you have to do is leave a comment. For additional entries:
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Leave a separate comment for each entry telling me you follow, pinned, etc. There are 6 possible entries per person!
Please leave your comments by Tuesday, April 2nd at 11:59pm EST. Make sure there is a link to a blog or you leave your email address. A winner will be randomly picked and announced on Wednesday, April 3rd. I will announce the winner on my Facebook page during the whole grains sampling day. Sorry, but you can only enter if you have a US mailing address. Good luck everyone!
I always try to incorporate whole grains into my kids diet. It seems lately my two kids do not always want to eat breakfast. I tend to make muffins so they are easy to eat and they are good for the road. My teenage daughter grabs one and eats it while waiting for the bus. I used whole wheat flour, oats and bananas as I think these ingredients are great for a breakfast muffin. Maple syrup is used as the sweetener to give the muffins a subtle sweetness. Of course chocolate chips were added to make these more appealing to kids and chocolate makes everything better!
Make sure to have some whole grains added to your diet. And don't forget to toast at 12noon on April 3rd!
Chocolate Chip Banana Breakfast Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 large ripe banana mashed
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- 1 large egg beaten
- 3 TBS canola oil
- ¼ cup light sour cream
- ¾ cup whole wheat flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ cup old fashioned oats
- ¼ cup plus 1 TBS mini chocolate chips divided
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375. Use muffin liners to line 8 muffin cups.
- Mix first five ingredients (banana through sour cream) together in a large bowl.
- In a small bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, salt and oats. Add to the wet ingredients and mix until combined.
- Lightly mix in ¼ cup of chocolate chips.
- Portion batter into 8 muffins in prepared pan.
- Sprinkle remaining chocolate chips on top of muffin batter.
- Bake 18-20 minutes, until golden and a toothpick stuck in one comes out clean!
***For full disclosure, the Whole Grains Council provided me with free product and the giveaway. As usual, all opinions are my own.
Yummy - I love whole grains too - that muesli by Bob's Red Mill is amazing!
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I made Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins last week, would have loved to have made them with the whole wheat! Definitely will give it a try. Great giveaway and thank you for the chance!!
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These muffins look delicious Lisa! I'm not much of a breakfast eater either, but I don't think I could resist one of these.
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These muffins look delicious!
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These sound AMAZING and I think my boys would like them, too - SCORE.
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Those muffins look divine!
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I have been trying to incorporate more whole grains into my family's meals. This awesome giveaway would really help me do that.
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Great giveaway. The muffins look amazing.
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The Chocolate Chip Banana Breakfast Muffins look delicious!
I love whole grains, too! If I could convince my family the same, I'd use them all the time.
The muffins look amazing and I love that they're healthier than the typical muffin
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this is not an entry; but a legitimate question regarding these delish muffins.
can you sub out the sour cream? would yogurt (plain or vanilla??) work as well?
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I think you could use plain or vanilla yogurt as well as buttermilk. I alternate those ingredients all the time.
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Looks like a great collection of reliably healthy foods -- it's sometimes hard to weed through what is really "healthy" and other things that claim to be. Thanks for the giveaway!
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That is a clever recipe, I have always thought that zucchini bread (similar to the muffins) could use a jolt a sugary sweetness; chocolate! (why ever not!)
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I would love to win this, I need to add more grains to my diet.
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Cool giveaway. I try my best to do whole grains. Because of my blood work and diet problems. I need to look for these in the big grocery store. I see a couple of things I'd really like to try.
What lovely muffins and what an awesome giveaway!
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We have been trying to incorporate more whole grains into our diet, these would be great to try.
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I have been trying to get healthier and have started with what we eat. More fresh fruits and veggies and whole grains. This is a great giveaway to help me better meal planning.
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Thank you for sharing the recipe. There is nothing better in the world than finding a new recipe, especially for breakfast!
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I'm going to try your muffin recipe. My husband isn't a muffin fan, but with chocolate chips in them I think he may like them 🙂
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