I tried to make these into adorable little bundt cakes and it just didn’t work as I had hoped. I swear, the only thing that is sure to work in this world is silicone muffin cups. Nothing sticks to that sh*t. I wonder if there are adorable mini bundt cake liners out there. Now that’s something worth investing in.
Let’s talk about the Golden Globes. First off, what the hell was up with George Clooney’s wife’s gloves? So many ssssss. But really, what’s up with that? White gloves? And Jennifer Aniston? Come on. Jen, you’re the most gorgeous human of all time and you showed up to the GG wearing an updo like the one I sported at my first homecoming dance. I didn’t have a date…for a reason. Your new stylist has failed you. But for real, just go naked next time. The fashion police would eat that up! And then you don’t have to pay for a stylist! Win win. You’re welcome.
The Golden Globes make me miss living with girls. Don’t get me wrong, I love living with my boyfriend, but when awards season begins, I need ladies in my life. We used to plan our entire weekend around these awards night. Sorority style. We’d make dinner together, drink wine (not me because wine tastes like rotten cat piss – I would just eat dessert), watch all the pre-show dress shenanigans, judge the sh*t out of people’s outfits even though all we really wanted was to be those people, then hated every second of the actual Golden Globes because we knew none of the movies they were talking about. BREATHE. I’m pretty good at run on sentences. This year, the boyfriend wasn’t home so I was able to do all of the above by myself but it just wasn’t near as fun. Meaning catty. I swear I’m a good person. Swear.
But let’s talk about what’s really important about the entire night…Chrissy Teigen’s pony tail. I envy pony tails like that. All I want out of life is volume in my hair. Instead I’ve been given lifeless, blonde hair that often times looks like I’m balding, which means I just need to dye it. I’ve literally read on the internet that people think I have an eating disorder because my hair is thinning. Say whaaaa? Unfair. I see these voluminous pony tails and look at mine and it looks like a limp ween in comparison. Not offensive, just pure fact. My lawd, a woman is about to chew me out in the comment section for that last sentence.
I would say the Golden Globes did their job sufficiently. They reminded us how odd Matthew McConaughey has become after transforming into his character from True Detective and how stupid hilarious Ricky Gervais is, sober or whatever he was while on stage. That Katie Holmes jokes…you’re good, my man. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler should just do Bill Cosby impersonations all day, every day. And now that they’re done with the Golden Globes, I honestly will probably never watch it again. No one is as funny. Except Jimmy Fallon. Ok, I would watch it for Jimmy Fallon. BUT THAT’S IT.
Chocolate Chip Espresso Banana Bread Muffins
- Yield: 12 muffins 1x
Ingredients
- 3 brown bananas, mashed
- 1/3 cup maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 eggs
- ½ cup almond butter (or other nut/seed butter)
- ¼ cup coconut flour
- 1 teaspoon instant coffee grounds
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- pinch of salt
- 1/2 cup Enjoy Life Mini Chocolate Chips
- organic powdered sugar or powdered maple sugar, to garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a muffin pan with oil.
- In a large bowl, mix together bananas, maple syrup, vanilla extract, eggs, and almond butter.
- Then add coconut flour, instant coffee, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt and mix well. Fold in chocolate chips.
- Pour mixture into 12 muffin cups and place in oven to bake for 25 minutes.
- Let cool before removing from muffin cups. Garnish with powdered sugar.
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Can I leave out the espresso?
yep
Can I replace almond butter with coconut oil?
no
Once I’m ready for a treat again (I’m doing a Whole30, sort of), I’m going to make these with my new food crush, Crio Bru. I might replace the coffee and the chocolate with used Crio Bru grounds. I’m not sure how that will work out but I can’t bring myself to throw them away and this might be just the right recipe to use them in.
Can you use normal butter instead of nut butter?
no
I once read that to get a voluminous pony you just do two ponytails. One right on top of the other. I haven’t tried it, so I probably shouldn’t be dishing out advice I haven’t tested, but I figured it was worth passing along!
i’ve seen that on pinterest, need to try it!
I have thin blonde hair. I hear ya on the skimpy pony tail. They look sad. I only wash my hair every other day (which has stopped the thinning). On non-wash days, I use dry shampoo and do the sock bun thing and it looks like I have a ton of hair and is nice enough to wear to work.
my layers don’t work in a sock bun and i SO wish they did 🙁
I really need to get myself silicone muffin liners, it’s something I’ve been putting off for no good reason. These look delicious as usual, I actually just bought a donut pan and want to try out one of your recipes!
they are the best!
Use parchment paper muffin liners
Can I use tapioca flour instead?
instead of coconut flour?
The flours all confuse me! Lol I have since figured out that they’re both totally different! For some reason I thought this called for almond flour instead of coconut (iiidddioooottttt) but luckily I read it again!!! Can’t wait to make Saturday!!!!
Omg you are so funny! I totally relate to the ponytail comment. I’ve dreamed of hair extensions for so long! Can’t wait to try these muffins. I’ll have to use sunflower butter. Though. My little one has a nut allergy:( I know, makes it a little challenging to be paleo..
Oh, but they do make silcone mini-bundt pans!
http://www.amazon.com/Freshware-SM-109RD-8-Cavity-Silicone-Cornbread/dp/B004GGI2T0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1421107978&sr=8-2&keywords=mini+silicone+bundt+pan
Those are the little, little ones. I have the next size up (6/sheet) and they work great! I’ll have to give these a whirl!
boom. you’re the best!
spot on juli. i mean the weirdest thing is like why is no one even talking about how bad jen’s hair was?! and sweaty, everyone was so sweaty!
and so orange! was it the stage lighting or did everyone just get intense spray tans?