Early Morning Get up and Go

I have started my full marathon training, my husband has as well. With our little one at home one of us usually has to get up early morning (5am-ish) to get our miles in.
The first day I got up early I just had a quick and easy 3 miler to do. I got dressed, laced up my shoes, stretched and out the door I went.

I quickly realized that I had forgotten to eat. After some thinking about this mistake I decided to make some strawberry banana muffins. A quick and easy thing to eat before heading out the door.

The recipe I used is pretty simple. I modified it slightly and just used one banana (it calls for two).
They turned out really yummy and after trying one before my 5 mile run this morning, they did the trick to keep my stomach happy while running.


Here is the recipe I used…remember you can add the 2nd banana if you choose too!

½ Cup (1 Stick) of Butter (melted)
¾ Cup Light Brown Sugar
2 Eggs
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 or 2 Bananas (Mashed)
1 Cup Fresh Strawberries (Cut into bite size pieces)
2 ¼ Cups Flour
1 ½ tsp. Baking Powder
¼ tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Cinnamon
½ tsp Salt

Preheat oven to 350. Grease a cupcake pan or use cupcake liners.

In a medium bowl slightly beat the eggs, add brown sugar, vanilla, and the melted butter. Add the mashed banana and mix together.

In a larger bowl add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Add the strawberries a little at a time and make sure the pieces are well coated so that they don’t sink to the bottom of the muffin while cooking.

Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until blended but DON”T over mix the batter, it will cause the muffins to be chewy.

Fill up 12 muffin liners with the batter and cook for 20 minutes (or until toothpick comes out clean). Remove from pan and let cool on rack.
Enjoy!