Mug Muffin

Eating breakfast is one of the most important things you can do when trying to lose weight. I have made it a priority in my everyday life to wake up at least a half hour early so that I have enough time to prepare myself breakfast. If you are a college student, like myself, you may not have enough time to prepare yourself breakfast, or waking up a half hour earlier may not be ideal (considering we barely get any sleep as it is). So, I wanted to find a breakfast that I could make that was not only healthy and filling, but also quick and easy to make. Eating healthy is hard especially when you're in college, however if you start your day off right with a healthy breakfast you will most likely eat health consistently throughout the day. Also, I wanted something filling because as college student our days can get pretty hectic, so we can't always predict the next time we are going to eat. After doing some research I came across a recipe that was everything I had been looking for. I found it in a book called The 100 by Jorge Cruise. All you have to do is combine the ingredients listed below in a mug and pop it in the microwave for only 50 seconds. I tweaked this recipe a little so I will show you the original recipe and then my recipe and you can decide which one works best for you.

Jorge Cruise original Mug Muffin Recipe

1 egg
1 packet of stevia
1/4 cup ground flaxseed
1 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. coconut oil

*combine all ingredients in a mug and mix thoroughly. Then place in the microwave for 50 seconds.

Topping:
* While this is in the microwave prepare your topping. I like to to this with either the peanut butter or chocolate PB2. PB2 is a powdered peanut butter or chocolate that becomes a paste once you add water. I like to use this because this muffin is extremely dry, especially without the coconut oil. If you don't like PB2 you can also put butter or jam on top or I like to take protein powder and add water to it so that it becomes a liquidy consistency and dip the muffin in it.

(When I made this recipe I found that if the coconut oil wasn't already melted prior to mixing it in the mug that I would get chunks of coconut oil when I ate the muffin)

My Tweaked version of the Mug Muffin 

1 egg
1 packet of stevia
1/4 cup ground flaxseed
1 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 tsp vanilla extract

*combine all ingredients in a mug and mix thoroughly. Then place in the microwave for 50 seconds.

Topping:
* While this is in the microwave prepare your topping. I like to to this with either the peanut butter or chocolate PB2. PB2 is a powdered peanut butter or chocolate that becomes a paste once you add water. I like to use this because this muffin is extremely dry, especially without the coconut oil. If you don't like PB2 you can also put butter or jam on top or I like to take protein powder and add water to it so that it becomes a liquidy consistency and dip the muffin in it.


Side Note: if this seems like a lot, you can measure all the dry ingredients out the night before and place it in mug so that in the morning all you have to do is add the wet ingredients and simply mix it all together.