I am a sucker for a special and subsequently, I love it when items are in season because they are really cheap so I stock up on them. Blueberries are wonderful because they freeze beautifully and can be used the whole year round. Most recipes account for people using frozen Blueberries. The added bonus is that these are kind of healthy.

BLUEBERRIES HAVE A LOW GLYCAEMIC INDEX AND ARE HIGH IN ANTIOXIDANTS. THEY ARE NATURES ANTIDEPRESSANTS AND HELP FIGHT INFLAMMATION IN THE BODY

After moving to Cape Town – I had a good look at my pantry and realised I have some ingredients that are almost too old to use so before they got bad I wanted to use them. One of these ingredients was Wheat Bran. This is how this recipe came about. Enjoy 🙂

Blueberry Health Muffins

Makes: 12
Prepartion & Cooking Time: 40 Minutes

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups of Wheat bran

1 cup boiling water

1 egg

1/2 Cup of oil

1 tsp almond essence (optional)

1 cup flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup blueberries (frozen or thawed)

Icing

Rind and juice of 1 lemon

1 cup icing sugar

Method

Preheat oven to 180C
Pour boiling water over wheat bran and mix in
Mix in the oil, egg and almond essence to the bran mixture
Add the flour, baking powder and salt to bran and mix well
Fold in blueberries and spoon the mixture into a greased muffin tray (or lined with muffing cases)
Bake for 15 minutes
While baking mix the lemon rind and juice with the icing sugar
Remove the muffins from the tray and let cool
Drizzle with icing