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Receta Healthy Cornmeal Avocado Muffin Recipe with Cheddar Cheese
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Ingredientes
- Other avocado recipes:
- Cookin’ Canuck’s Shrimp, Corn & California Avocado Pasta Salad
- Cookin’ Canuck’s Black Bean Sliders with Creamy California Avocado Sauce
- I Wash…You Dry’s Frozen Mango Lassi with Sweetened California Avocados
- Gimme Some Oven’s Grilled Pineapple, Chicken & Avocado Salad
- Dine & Dish’s Smoky California Avocado Tortilla Stacks
- A Southern Fairytale’s Creamy Avocado Sorbet with Candied Pistachio Brittle
- Healthy Cornmeal Avocado Muffin Recipe with Cheddar Cheese
- From the kitchen of Cookin Canuck. www.cookincanuck.com
- Ingredients
- 1 cup cornmeal
- 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup low-fat buttermilk
- 1/3 cup smashed avocado (about 3/4 avocado)
- 1/3 cup + 3 tbsp grated Cheddar cheese
View Full Recipe at Cookin' Canuck
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