Magic Muffins for a Low Carb Lifestyle: Low Carb 15, #3

By Rene Averett

Have you been on a low-carbohydrate diet and found yourself frustrated with the lack of low-carb bread products? Oh, sure, there’s a few out there, but the flavor is sadly lacking or, in some cases, non-existent. Do you think that making a low-carb roll or muffin is too difficult or you wouldn’t use all of it if you made a loaf?

Well, tasty low-carb bread is not out of your reach and it is not difficult to make. The low-carb Magic Muffin is a quick-to-make batter bread that you can do in single servings with a variety of flavors. It is sturdy enough to hold up to a hamburger or can make a delicious dessert cake. Does that sound terrific to you?

Magic Muffins for a Low-Carb Lifestyle is a booklet with twenty recipes for various flavors of bread, pancakes, waffles, and cakes made with a basic recipe and easily accessible ingredients. They are mouth-wateringly good and satisfy that craving for bread. Remember, low carb doesn't have to be boring.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Pynhavyn Press
• Release date: Aug 21, 2017
• ISBN: 9781540132307

Rene Averett

Rene Averett blogs regularly on her Skinny Girl Bistro site where she shares information about low carb foods, living a low carb lifestyle and many recipes. She lost 150 pounds in 2010 using the Atkins Diet and is sharing her weight loss recipes via her low carb cookbooks.  Rene hails from El Paso, Texas a good many years ago. She has lived in Los Angeles and Las Vegas and has made her home in Reno, Nevada since 1977. The latter part of her career centered on doing technical writing for a large gaming manufacturer and she enjoyed it right up until her retirement. She is now pursuing a career as an author and e-book publisher under Pynhavyn Press. She is a proud member of the Fiction Writers Group and the High Sierra Writers. She is inspired by the view of both the beautiful Sierra Nevada Mountains and the Virginia City Foothills from her house in South Reno that she shares with her long time companion, a dog, and three cats. In addition to cooking, she attempts a bit of gardening, plays the guitar and sings, and loves to read. She writes fantasy, urban fantasy, and paranormal suspense novels as Lillian I. Wolfe and suspense romance under Riona Kelly. Feedback is welcome. You can contact her via her website at: http://reneaverett.me/skinnygirl/ or at [e-mail] You can also connect at her Facebook page, Skinny Girl Bistro at: https://www.facebook.com/sgbistro Follow Rene on her Low Carb Pinterest page at: https://www.pinterest.com/reneaverett/low-carb-ideas/

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Introduction

Have you been on a low-carbohydrate diet and found yourself frustrated with the lack of low-carb bread products? Oh, sure, there’s a few out there, but the flavor is sadly lacking or, in some cases, non-existent. Do you think that making a low-carb roll or muffin is too difficult or you wouldn’t use all of it if you made a loaf?

Well, tasty low-carb bread is not out of your reach and it is not difficult to make. The low-carb Magic Muffin is a quick-to-make batter bread that you can do in single servings with a variety of flavors. It is sturdy enough to hold up to a hamburger or can make a delicious dessert cake. Does that sound terrific to you?

Magic Muffins for a Low-Carb Lifestyle is a booklet with twenty recipes for various flavors of bread, pancakes, waffles, and cakes made with a basic recipe and easily accessible ingredients. They are mouth-wateringly good and satisfy that craving for bread.

I have been a yo-yo dieter for most of my life and I learned a lot about how to lose weight and how to gain it. How to keep it off is the trick. Add to that, how to keep it off while still enjoying the foods I love is the challenge. I knew that if I couldn’t find a way to enjoy my favorite foods while still maintaining a very low-carb lifestyle, then I would fail once again to keep the weight under control.

Bread is always a challenge when you’re trying to keep the carbs down. The sad fact is that the wonderful, gluten-filled flours are not low in starches and carbohydrates. Add real sugar to it and one blueberry muffin can cost you 27 net carbs in your daily plan. And I love muffins. Let’s face it, I love food!

However, you can have your muffin and eat all of it, too! The basic recipe I use is very versatile and can be easily adapted. I start with microwaving the muffin, then you can either eat it that way or you can cook it a little more to make an even tastier, sturdier muffin bread that will hold up to your toppings or a hamburger. I admit, this began as an Atkins Muffin-in-a-Minute, but I’ve added to it, so it isn’t quite as low-carb as a MIM, but it is more satisfying.

Besides microwaving, you can also bake these in the oven or a toaster oven. They just take about 15 to 20 minutes or so, depending on the ingredients. In a few places, I’ve included the baking instructions and