Now, this is a topic dear to my heart (and stomach).
Celia Brooks Brown's almond muffin recipe is the ultimate in low carb - I've never managed to get a really decent rise on it but that's possibly because a) our oven is weird and b) I don't have a muffin tray. It worked very well for PhilT I believe.
Recipe is here on day 20, and there are loads of variations on that theme through the rest of my journal:
progress-f4/topic6427-60.htmlEdit: sorry, that was lazy of me, here's the recipe (you might want to up the baking powder quantity); numbers after ....s are amount used, calories, cabs, fat, protein, fibre:
Almond Muffins CBB p27 - I did 1/3 of her recipe for a theoretical 4 muffins
soya flour, 424c/C16.0/F20.0/P39.0/Fi12.0/100g
......... 75g 318.00 12.00 15.00 29.25 9.00
almonds, ground, 640c/C6.9/F55.8/P21.1/Fi11.8/100g
......... 50g 320.00 3.45 27.90 10.55 5.90
baking powder
......... 5ml 0.00
pure via (stevia based sweetener) 2c/C0.47/F0/P0/Fi0/0.5g/5ml *
......... 7.5ml 3.00 0.71 0.00 0.00 0.00
salt, pinch 0.00
eggs, brown, 151cal/C0g/F11.2g/P12.5/Fi0g/100g
......... ~54g x 2 of 163.08 0.00 12.10 13.50 0.00
cream cheese, almette, 270c/C3.0/F26.0/P5.9/Fi0/100g
......... 50g, CBB says 45ml 135.00 1.50 13.00 2.95 0.00
vanilla essence
......... 1/3rd tbsp ~= 4ml 0.00
almond essence
......... 2ml 0.00
sunflower oil, 125c/C0/F13.8/P0/Fi0/15ml
......... 45ml 375.00 0.00 41.40 0.00 0.00
almonds, flaked, 645c/C6.5/F55.8/P25.4/Fi7.4/100g
......... 4g 25.80 0.26 2.23 1.02 0.30
total 1314.08 17.66 109.40 56.25 14.90
single muffin (==1/4 of cake) 328.52 4.41 27.35 14.06 3.73
* printed recipe asks for 15 tbsp sweetener for 12 muffins, or 5 tbsp for 4 - not quite right methinks, but you decide
Method: 1. mix all dry stuff (except almond flakes) in one bowl 2. mix / beat all wet stuff in another bowl 3. add the wet stuff to the dry stuff and mix well but don't over mix 4. squish (it doesn't pour) into greased flan tray (or muffin tray if you have one) 5. sprinkle the almond flakes on top 6. bake in a pre-heated oven at 180C for about 20 to 30 minutes 7. remove from oven when nicely golden and let stand for 5 minutes before tipping out onto a wire rack 8. eat warm with butter ... mmmm...
And I'd really recommend CBB's cardamom cake (it is essentially a variation on the muffins), day 35:
progress-f4/topic6427-105.htmlNote that they're low-carb rather than low-calorie - as you said, you'll need to exercise portion control to reduce the latter (but I do eat them on repair days too).
FatDog