Muffins With Nuts and Bananas

Ingredients:

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 egg whites
2 bananas, mashed
3/4 cup white sugar
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
Zest from half a lemon
1/4 cup walnuts, chopped

How to cook:

Preheat oven to 350. Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In another bowl, mix egg whites, bananas, nuts, sugar, oil and lemon peel. Add egg mixture to flour mixture  – stir till well combined. Fill muffin pan with butter. Bake for 25 minutes until they are golden brown. Kali oreksi! 

Chocolate Pancake

Ingredients:

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• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1/3 cup cocoa powder
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup whole milk
• 1/2 cup low-fat buttermilk
• 2 large eggs
• 3 1/2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• butter for griddle, if needed
• fresh strawberry and banana slices
Chocolate Sauce
• 225 grams chocolate chips 
• 1 cup heavy cream

How to cook:

• Preheat the electric griddle to 350 degrees. In a bowl, mix together granulated sugar and cocoa. Stir in light-brown sugar followed flour, baking soda and salt. Make a well in center of dry mixture and set aside. In a separate bowl mix together milk, buttermilk, eggs, vegetable oil and vanilla. Pour wet mixture into dry mixture and whisk to blend. Butter griddle if necessary, pour batter onto preheated griddle 1/4 cup at a time and slightly spread batter in a circular form outward  and allow to cook until bubbles begin to appear on the surface, about 1 minute. Then carefully flip to pancake to opposite side and cook until done. Serve warm topped with chocolate sauce, strawberries and bananas.
• For the chocolate sauce:
• Place chocolate chips in a medium heat proof bowl. Bring heavy cream just to a gentle boil in a small saucepan over medium heat. Pour hot cream over chocolate chips and stir until chocolate has melted. Note that chocolate sauce will thicken as it cools, also if you want a thinner consistency you can add a few more tablespoons hot cream. Reheat as needed in a bowl over a pan of simmering water. Kali oreksi!