I love the bright red-ish purple colour of beetroots! It comes from the anthocyanins in the beetroots. These are compounds that occur naturally in plant foods like beetroot as a protective mechanism against environmental stressors including UV light, cold temperatures & drought. The anthocyanins in beetroot have antioxidant capacities that can help reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease, cognitive decline & cancer! They also help keep you looking youthful by keeping your skin & muscles healthy, can fight off some cancers & can even kill harmful bacterial in our bodies! So here is a delicious muffin recipe that you can enjoy and gain all the amazing health benefits of anthocyanins in beetroots. Plus it’s also a great option for kids who need to get an extra hit of veggies.
- 1x 250g pack of Love Beets cooked baby beetroots
- 1 3/4 cups wholemeal flour (or other flour of choice e.g. oat flour, buckwheat flour etc)
- 1/2 cup soy milk (or other milk of choice)
- 1 cup raw, unsalted cashews
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 2 tbs LSA (linseed, sunflower, almond) mix
- 3 tbs cacao powder
- 2 tablespoon coconut oil (melted)
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1.5 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Juice of 1 lemon
- Pre-heat the oven to 180C.
- In a large bowl, mix the flour, baking powder & LSA. Set aside.
- Open pack of Love Beets cooked baby beetroots and place baby beets and beetroot juice into a high speed blender (I use a Vitamix). Add lemon juice, cashews, milk, maple syrup, cacao, coconut oil, cinnamon & vanilla. Blend until a smooth batter forms.
- Scoop beetroot batter out and add to dry ingredient bowl. Mix gently until completely combined.
- Spoon mixture into muffin molds.
- Bake 25 minutes or until cooked through.
- Remove from molds and allow to cool. Enjoy.
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- Note – Love Beets beetroot is available at major and independent supermarkets and greengrocers nationally including
- Aussie Farmers Direct
- Coles
- Costco
- Farmer Jacks (WA)
- Foodworks
- Harris Farm Markets
- IGA
- Thomas Dux
- Other local Green Grocers nationally
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What can i substitute for cashew so it’s nut free?
You could try ground linseed 🙂
Hi what did you use for the icing?
The icing was a combination of coconut, stevia, vanilla, beetroot juice and a few other ingredients 🙂 Once I’ve perfected it, I’ll post the recipe too
Hi what did you use for the icing?
I forgot to ask – what kind of icing did you end up topping them with? Thank you again!
The icing was a combination of coconut, stevia, vanilla, beetroot juice and a few other ingredients 🙂 Once I’ve perfected it, I’ll post the recipe too
Yep! I have those 3 things on hand always so very easy to just grind them myself. Thank you so much!
This looks like a fab recipe! I’m not familiar with the LSA mix – is this purchased this way or do you make the mix?
Hi Laurel, thanks, I hope you love them as much as I do 🙂 LSA is a mixture of ground up linseeds (also known as flaxseed), sunflower seeds and almonds. You can purchase it from the supermarket as a premixed product or you can make it yourself by blending the above 3 ingredients into a power 🙂