Nina’s Beauty Muffins
What is collagen powder and how can we use it to make delicious muffins?!
My mother is a huge resource for healthy eating and lifestyle habits. When she moved to Boston alone as a 16 year old girl from Iran she did what any teenager would do — she binged on fast food. After many months of eating pizza, french fries and donuts, she found herself feeling unhealthy and with a serious case of psoriasis. After trying the western route of harmful medicines and treatments, she decided she needed to heal herself from the inside out by changing her eating and exercise habits.
Today, we have regular catch up calls (I live in NYC) about life, family and — her latest health and beauty discovery (Lucky me!) This time around it was about the wonderful world of odorless, tasteless Collagen Powder.
Collagen Powder is the latest supplement on the tongue of every beauty brand and health guru. Powdered collagens are the hydrolyzed form of gelatin, meaning that the proteins are broken down into individual peptide (amino acid) chains so the powdered collagen doesn’t gel like gelatin.
As an excellent source of protein and calcium Collagen contributes to glowing skin, growing hair and stronger nails. It not only supports skin elasticity (smaller pores) and combating the signs of aging (less wrinkles) but it also great for digestion and joint/bone health.
Some ways I consume collagen powder (Two tablespoons full)daily are:
- My morning coffee or tea at night (Tart cherry tea recipe to come)
- Smoothies
- Glow Soup (Post with recipe to come)
- Beauty Muffins (Recipe below)
- In anything..no really, since it has no taste or smell and dissolves right away you can literally add this powder to whatever food or drink you want!
Try Collagen Powder from Vida Glow
Nina’s Beauty Muffins Recipe
Makes about 9 muffins
1 ¾ cups fine almond flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon fine grain sea salt
3 Tablespoons of chia seeds + 1 Teaspoon for muffin tops (or however much you like)
2 big tablespoons of collagen powder*
3 tablespoons of honey
4 Tablespoons melted coconut oil
1 Teaspoon of apple cider vinegar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 large banana, mashed
2 handfuls of berry of your choice
almond milk (or regular milk) to add wetness as needed
*I used Great Lakes Gelatin Collagen Hydrolysate — pure unflavored kosher beef from Thrivemarket.com.
INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9-cup muffin pan with unbleached parchment liners. (or don’t use any liners like I did in the image)
In a large bowl, whisk together almond flour, baking soda, salt, collagen and 3 Tablespoons chia seeds.
In a bowl, combine coconut oil, apple cider vinegar, honey, eggs, and vanilla — place in a bigger bowl with hot water to keep coconut oil melted so all ingredients combine seamlessly.
Pour wet mixture into bowl with dry ingredients and stir until nicely combined. Fold in mashed bananas and blueberries, add milk if needed to create better consistency
Divide the batter into the prepared pan, 3/4 filled in. Add teaspoon of chia seeds to top of each muffic. Bake for about 55 minutes (I like them well done). Take them out, drizzle coconut oil on top of each muffin so the top is glazed.
Let cool — Enjoy!
Thanks for reading, please leave love and comments below — you can shop Collagen beauty items HERE.
