These healthy Juice Pulp Muffins are a great way to use up all that leftover fruit and veggie pulp you have leftover after juicing making these muffins super moist!
Okay so don’t be scared by the title of this post.
These muffins are actually delicious, nutritious and won’t make you feel bad about wasting all those veggies when you juice! I wrote a detailed post at the beginning of the year on why I love juicing so much, and YES I still do! Juicing has become a part of my morning routine and when I need a bit of a detox, I’ll go ahead and juice for a few days along with some added protein and salads. It just makes me feel SO much better! Well one of the main questions I had (as well as most of you) was what can you do with ALL that colorful pulp you have leftover from all your yummy fruits and veggies?? There is so much amazing fiber left over that it’s just so sad to throw out and I just cringe at the thought of wasting such healthy, clean produce! Sooo I did a little research as well as some trial and error (that’s the FUN part!) and found a great recipe using all this pulp in the form of MUFFINS!
Seriously folks, who doesn’t love a good breakfast muffin? Or dessert muffin? Or even a post-workout muffin?? Yes as you can see muffins are great ANY time and since they are packed full of fiber, they’re also deliciously healthy for you too. Luckily for you, if you already have your pulp ready, making the muffins is the easy part!
Any combination of fruits and veggies will work for these muffins and experimenting can be fun too! For this specific recipe I just used one of my favorite morning juices which consists of kale, carrots, green apples and ginger. Carrots are great for these muffins because they produce a lot of pulp and are so good for you! These muffins have a great flavor without being overly sweet, so if you do prefer SWEET muffins feel free to be generous with your honey or other sweetener.
Another idea would be to throw in some protein powder if you’re looking for a great post-workout snack!
Juice Pulp Muffins
Ingredients
- 3 cups whole wheat pastry flour
- 1/4 cup flax seed meal
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 Tbsp baking powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 2 cups fruit/veggie pulp, I used approximately 1 bunch kale, 4 carrots, 2 green apples and 1 large chunk of fresh ginger
- 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 1/2 banana, mashed
- 1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk
- 1/2 cup maple syrup, or honey
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Handful of rolled oats
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, flax meal, salt, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg together. Then add in the pulp followed by the yogurt, banana, almond milk, maple syrup/honey and vanilla extract.
- Mix until just combined and add more almond milk if too thick.
- Add batter to lightly sprayed muffin tins and sprinkle with rolled oats. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes. Muffins will be done when a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean. Enjoy!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
mm, those look delicious! I don’t juice, but I bet I could find some fruit pulp to add to these muffins. I love that you’re using all the fruit and not wasting anything!
This is such a great idea! I usually make crackers in the dehydrator with my leftover juice pulp, but I think muffins would be tasty and nutritious!
Yum!
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I always feeling bad throwing away all the pulp leftover from juicing. I’m curious to try this out!
This recipe sounds amazing – can’t wait to try!!
These look absolutely delicious! I’m a vegan, do you think this could work with soya yogurt.. or even coconut yogurt, instead of dairy yogurt?
I love that you used flax meal in these! I love the stuff.
I used coconut yogurt and it worked brilliantly! We also juiced a lot of beets and used that pulp because my toddler wanted “pink muffins” 😉 enjoy!
What a cute idea!!! 🙂
This is a great idea. I hate food waste. It makes me cringe when I have to throw something away. Can’t wait to try this out!
I saw the name of this post and thought, I need to see these! 🙂 Great recipe, I love a muffin that I can eat post workout, or for breakfast that are full of nutrition! 🙂