Calling all domestic-goddesses (or the wannabees)

If you’ve ever tried Starbucks Skinny Blueberry muffins, then you’ll understand why I knight them as heaven on earth. They are moist, delicious, and highly-addictive. But at 304 calories per muffin, your waist-line isn’t, well, on the line.

The trick to make them so skinny? They use apple sauce instead of sugar and egg whites only, which is known to reduce the calories a great deal. Plus, the blueberries count as one of your five-a-day!

Here’s the recipe. Save some dough and make your own!

3 cups unbleached flour
1 cup sugar
1 tablespn baking powder
1/2 teaspn salt
1 cup skim milk
2/3 cup applesauce or pureed pear or 1/3 cup melted margarine
2 egg whites
1 1/2 cup blueberries
vegetable oil spray

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Blend dry ingredients and set aside. Combine milk, apple or pear, egg whites and blend well. Add to the dry ingredients and mix with a fork until just blended. Gently fold in blueberries. Spoon batter into muffin tins lightly sprayed with vegetable oil. Bake until golden brown. Makes 12 muffins.