Muffins – Namaste Foods Muffins

Diana and I found Namaste Foods products when we were visiting Callicoon, NY. The local grocery store Peck's had a small section of health goods and they had Namaste pizza crust and muffin mix.

The ingredients: sweet rice flour, brown rice flour, evaporated cane juice, tapioca flour, arrowroot flour, rice milk powder, cream of tartar, baking soda, salt, xanthan gum, and vanilla.

The packaging includes nutritional facts which are helpful in watching the calories, unfortunately they don’t provide the data on their website. Each muffin is about 140 calories of which 45 are from fat, not bad.

Directions: Heat an oven to 400F and lightly grease a muffin pan. Combine 2 eggs, ¼ cup oil, and 1 cup of water add in the muffin mix and blend. Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until the tops turn a golden brown. They suggest for added fun to try dried fruit, chocolate chips, etc.

Ease of preparation: It took my wife about 3 minutes to mix up the muffins and get them into the oven. She used a whisk and actually made 18 small ones, we were concerned about overloaded the muffin tray. She added a half cup of chocolate chips, since I’m a big chocolate fan.

Level of Realism: High, the entire family tried the muffins this morning at breakfast and everyone enjoyed them thoroughly. While they weren’t exactly like a muffin you’d get in the store they did have a great texture and the chocolate chips always make them more palatable.

Taste: Everyone thought they were great.

This may become our new standard muffin mix.