Food as Medicine: Treating Toddler Constipation with Banana Flax Muffins

Saturday, April 17th, 2010

These muffins will keep your toddler regular without any fuss. Plus they are super healthy. I use these in combination with the Gluten Free Peanut Butter cookies to treat toddler poop withholding.

This recipe is also reduced sugar.

Banana Flax Muffins

Ingredients

-1/2 cup butter

-1/2 cup sugar

-1 cup mashed bananas

-1 cup dried fruit such as raisins or chopped prunes

-1 tbsp vanilla

-1 egg

-1 cup flour (whole wheat is fine as is white)

-1/2 cup ground flax meal (again, this is available at grocery stores, but usually cheaper on Amazon.com.)

-1/4 tsp. salt

-1 tbsp Cinnamon

-1 tsp. baking soda

Instructions

1.Cream sugar and butter.

2.Add egg, mashed bananas, and vanilla.

3.Mix in dry ingredients.

4.Fill muffin tins and bake for 20-30 minutes at 350F.  Makes 12 muffins.

I give our toddler one every morning for breakfast. Then she gets one peanut butter flax cookie as a snack. Plus some regular prunes. If I keep up with the baking, this food schedule keeps her regular.

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