{"id":5541,"date":"2020-01-13T12:20:43","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T12:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.babyledfeeding.com\/?post_type=recipe&p=5541"},"modified":"2024-03-28T15:51:09","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T15:51:09","slug":"egg-free-mango-and-coconut-vegan-muffins","status":"publish","type":"recipe","link":"https:\/\/www.babyledfeeding.com\/recipe\/egg-free-mango-and-coconut-vegan-muffins\/","title":{"rendered":"Egg-Free Mango and Coconut Vegan Muffins"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is nothing nicer than a warm muffin on a cold day especially when you know that your muffin is packed to the brim with only good ingredients! Baby-led weaning muffins were one of the very first foods I gave to Oscar and with good reason. They don\u2019t have to be unhealthy, filled with sugar and butter. It\u2019s easy to make refined sugar free muffins when you use fresh fruit; additionally, many pureed fruits can replace some or all of the fat (like oil or butter) in baking recipe and they bake up SUPER moist like these vegan muffins!<\/p>\n

Every single time I post a muffin recipe, I get inundated with messages from parents, mostly Mums asking for an egg-free option. I don\u2019t want to just willy nilly give an egg-free version though until I have thoroughly tested it and voila there you go! Egg-Free and dairy-free muffins!<\/p>\n

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Besides children with egg allergies, I also get a lot of requests for a plant-based muffin and I really have been trying to eat a more plant-based diet myself this year. These vegan muffins were surprisingly good and you would honestly be none the wiser to the fact that they are made with a flax egg and \u2018nare a chicken in sight\u2019 as my Dad would say.<\/p>\n

Flax Seed<\/h4>\n

I\u2019m a huge fan of flax, to begin with as I try to incorporate it into my kids\u2019 diets so much more now that we are vegetarian. It is a good source of omega-3 which is important to our health and growth of our little humans.<\/p>\n

*Omega 3 fatty acids\u00a0are considered essential fatty acids. This means they are necessary for human health but the body can\u2019t make them \u2013 you have to get them through food. Omega 3s come from a family of fats called PUFAs (polyunsaturated fatty acids). Omega 3 fats are also known as EPA (Eicosapentanoic acid) and DHA (Docosahexanoic acid)<\/p>\n

Evidence suggests that omega 3s may be helpful in protecting your heart from heart disease. They do this by:<\/p>\n