Yoghurt and Chocolate Muffins (no egg, flourless and lactose free)

You can hardly believe these muffins have no egg and are flourless and being lactose free that is a bonus however not a requirement; considering I have made these without using a lactose free yoghurt. A scrumptious chocolate no fuss, one bowl... or rather one container recipe that you will want to make over and over. 

Yoghurt and Chocolate Muffins (no egg, flourless  and lactose free)

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makes 6 muffins

1 tablespoon of chia seeds

3 tablespoons water

1/3 cup granulated sugar (white sugar)

1/2 cup Liberté Greek Lactose Free Vanilla Yoghurt

1 cup steel cut oats

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon sodium bicarbonate (baking soda)

a pinch of salt

2 tablespoons of cacao powder 

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/3 cup of semi sweet chocolate chips

Sprinkle the chia seeds on the water. Allow mixture to expand for a few minutes.

Oil/butter a muffin pan or line with muffin baking papers. Preheat oven to 375ºF. 

In the container of a food processor, put all the ingredients, except the chocolate chips. Mix until throughly blended together. (Carefully remove the blade insert and scrape any excess batter back into the container.) With a spatula, incorporate the chocolate chips, into the batter.

Divide the dough into the prepared muffin pan. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre of the muffin comes out clean. Let cool on a rack. 

Hope everyone had a nice weekend. - JD

Corn Pasta

I found corn pasta at none other than Dollarama. Where most things are a dollar however on occasion you can find things for more than a dollar and in this case this package of corn pasta was 2 dollars. As I waited in line a customer noted the pasta in my hand and stated "It doesn't cook nice. It clumps." I appreciated the culinary heads up however went ahead and bought it anyway. 

This corn pasta is made from non-GE corn, lactose free, egg free and is gluten free. A surprising find at the Dollar store. When cooking, I followed the directions on the package which are straight forward and the same as cooking any pasta. How did it cook? Fairly well. It wasn't clumpy... in fact it only slightly clumped after draining when placing the pasta on plates, which can happen with any pasta. Although as soon as I put my homemade meat sauce over top of it, it became loose again. No clumps. It was perfectly fine. So in regards to the customer warning and trying to steer me clear of this product there was really nothing that I found to be bothered about. In fact, I would buy this again.

It is a very bracing snowy day today so I will let my current painting and Christmas baking guide me. Stay warm! - JW