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"Muffins aren&amp;#x27;t usually on the &amp;quot;healthy&amp;quot; list, but who can resist them? Especially when they have the words &amp;quot;chocolate&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;chip&amp;quot; in their titles? I cannot. So I was really excited when I stumbled on Baking Backwards, a yummy blog by Danielle Dewar&amp;amp;#8212;because it just so happens that she posted a fantastic healthy recipe for chocolate chip muffins a few days ago. Just look at them: Would you ever know that they&amp;#x27;re vegan and gluten-free? They&amp;#x27;re also mega-muffins that are filled with superfoods like chia seeds, banana, dates, quinoa, and maca. (I love recipes that are secretly even better for you than you think they are.) &amp;quot;I created it when I officially went gluten-free and when I started to cut refined sugar out of my diet as much as possible,&amp;quot; Danielle says. (She&amp;#x27;s a &amp;quot;passionate home cook&amp;quot; who was an assistant pastry chef in a fancy patisserie in Toronto and ran a gluten-free baking business that made energy cookies for yoga studios and health food stores.) &amp;quot;Gluten and refined sugar make me feel very ill, and I realized that though there were many dessert blogs and books devoted to living without one or the other, there wasn&amp;#x27;t a lot out there about trying to get by without both. I love dessert and wanted to share delicious recipes for sweets that would be more than just gluten-free&amp;amp;#8212;they would be super healthy!&amp;quot; That&amp;#x27;s why her recipes feature foods that are full of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and essential nutrients&amp;amp;#8212;and these muffins are no exception. There&amp;#x27;s no sugar at all, aside from the vegan chocolate chips that have brown sugar (Danielle has a swap if you need one), and the ingredients are full of protein, vitamins and minerals, and good fats, with possible anti-inflammatory benefits. Also: they&amp;#x27;re chocolate chip muffins. &amp;quot;Desserts don&amp;#x27;t have to be unhealthy. They can provide lots of essential nutrients and still taste great and look fantastic,&amp;quot; Danielle says. A-men. Are you a muffin fanatic? What are your favorite healthy muffin recipes? More yummy recipes: * Healthy BBQ-perfect recipes * Bob Harper&amp;#x27;s PB&amp;amp;J oatmeal (and why it helps with weight loss) * 7 recipes ready for the grill Photos: Danielle Dewar/Baking Backwards View the Healthy, Tasty Treats notebook on Springpad"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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