I had two large chicken breasts in the fridge that I figured I could parlay into a yummy crock pot meal.
A comment on Courtney’s blog by Corey linked to a recipe on her blog for slow cooker spicy buffalo chicken sandwiches and I was immediately sold.
Though I am a big fan of my own pulled buffalo chicken sandwiches, I wanted to try something new and Corey’s recipe seemed like a winner.
Her recipe called for sautéing veggies and chicken in a skillet before putting them in the crock pot, but I detest dishes, so I put everything in the crock pot at once. (I omitted the red pepper because I didn’t have one on hand.)
After cooking for about five hours on low, we had spicy buffalo chicken, ready for eatin’!
It was really good! Ryan and I both liked it and agreed we would definitely make it again, though I must say that if I was really in the mood for traditional buffalo chicken flavor like I imagine it (think buffalo wings!), I’d stick to my pulled buffalo chicken.
We served our chicken over steamed broccoli with a side of muffins!
The muffins we ate were homemade oatmeal banana flax muffins that I made yesterday as part of my latest freelance assignment. Packed with whole grains, oats, healthy fat and banana, they are moist, wholesome and totally delicious.
Oatmeal Banana Flax Muffins (Makes 6 muffins)
Ingredients:
- ¾ c. whole wheat flour
- ½ c. old fashioned oats
- ¼ c. firmly packed brown sugar
- 2 tbsp. ground flax seeds
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- ½ tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- ¼ tsp. salt
- 1 egg white
- 2 ½ tbsp. canola oil
- ¼ tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 small banana, mashed
- ½ c. milk
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line muffin pan with six paper muffin cups
- Combine whole wheat flour, oats, brown sugar, flax seeds, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder and salt
- In a separate bowl, mix together egg white, oil, vanilla, banana and milk
- Gradually mix flour mixture into egg mixture until batter is combined
- Divide the batter into the six muffin cups
- Bake for 15 – 18 minutes
I think they’d make a great breakfast on the go.
And speaking of which… See ya tomorrow for breakfast! 
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Heck yes, I have all the ingredients! Although I’m out of muffin cups, and I hate baking muffins w/o them (the pan is terrible to clean!). Will be making these soon! 🙂
Those look super yummy! I would maybe have to throw some chocolate chips in 🙂
oh my gosh your dinner looks so good! i’ve always only used the crockpot for meals in the winter- i really need to change this… thanks for posting!
My hubbs would be SO on board with buffalo chicken anything as long as they tasted like the wings 🙂 Muffins look good too! Will have to give those a try. Love your recipes!!
I love that these are almost vegan! Banana and flax are my two fave ingredients in ANYTHING.
I have a great recipe for vegan muffins Katelyn, I make them all the time and give my neighbor a batch every time I make them too!
2 ripe bananas, mashed
1.5 c water
.5 c sugar
2 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup oats
2 tsp baking powder
.5 c coconut
1 tbsp cinammon
Combine, bake at 350 degrees for about 18 minutes. I will warn you though, they go moldy in about 1 week, so freeze what you wont eat right away!
If you are looking for vegan recipe, I have a few on my blog (dailymaiermusings.blogspot.com), just click the recipe tab on the right!
ohh I love oatmeal muffins! These look wonderfully moist and delicious and of course wonderfully healthy! 🙂
Good for you for creating so many great new recipes! 🙂
Everything about that dinner looks delish! Definitely banking those recipes (as well as your recipe for buffalo chicken sandwiches) in my keepers list. 🙂
Those muffins look delicious!!! Thanks for sharing your recipe! What is your latest freelance project about? 😀
recipes featuring oats. 🙂 i’ll link to it when it’s up!
Old bananas were staring at me today. I had an oatmeal banana loaf recipe I spotted on another blog and since I have a lot of bananas, I might be able to make these too + coconut flakes because I love the texture of coconut flakes in muffins.
Looks like it turned out great! I love your idea of serving it over broccoli! That would make for an awesome low calorie, delish meal! I do agree that my recipe does turn out to be a sweet-tangy flavor….. so I can’t wait to give yours a try! Thanks again for the shout out in your post!
XO
We loved your recipe! So glad I stumbled upon it today. I’ll definitely be back to your blog!
MAN oh MAN! The name of those muffins alone had me totally hooked! I’ve got some bananas turning brown on me and I think I know EXACTLY what I’m going to do with them now 🙂
Those muffins would be a great breakfast – they are so healthy! They look mighty tasty as well!
Those muffins sound ridiculously close to a recipe I used to have for healthy banana muffins with this nut streusal on top. Unfortunately, I lost it. I’d give my left arm for that recipe!
Two things to note:
1) After seeing your pulled bbq chicken, I am salivating at the thought of visiting 4 Rivers Smokehouse. It’s been a while 😀
2) I bake-tested a similar muffin recipe, how cool is that! 😀
I make simliar muffins to these at home! they always turn out fabfabfab. I add walnuts to mine though and maple syrup 🙂
Just starting my fitness/style blog! So exciting. I love following your blog!
Funny story: I was studying abroad in Florence while you were traveling in Italy! We were in the same town – millions of miles from the US. What are the odds? Seriously…
I have a lovely banana bread recipe similar to these muffins:
1 1/4 cups whole grain flour + sprinkle of baking yeast
1 cup raw sugar
1/2 cup cream cheese or vegan substitute
1/4 cup protein powder of choice
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tbsp cinnamon
salt + vanilla to taste
3 mushed bananas
Warm the cream cheese and stir in the dry ingredients. Stir in eggs, then mix in the mashed bananas (lumps are okay). 350 for 60-70 minutes.
The cream cheese makes banana bread extra moist- that’s the Hawaiian secret! 🙂
Mmmm they look delicious! I’ll have to make them myself sometime!
Random question… When you run with Sadie, do you wrap the leash around your waist or hold it in your hand? Haven’t figured out what works best with Zeke yet.
Yum Butta! Although, I never think to put butter on muffins, although I always think to put nut butter on them.
The muffin recipe sounds great! Will it be published in a magazine or on another website?
I wish I had one of those muffins for breakfast tomorrow! I made muffins today too, but I’m almost considering them cupcakes b/c they’re a litte decadent 😉 More like a dessert than breakfast.
I have been craving buffalo chicken like this and am so excited you shared this! Adding this to my food list for next week!
Those muffins look awesome too 🙂
I love muffins for breakfast! I did a strawberry banana flax version about a month ago that are probably my favorite.
http://hungryhealthyhappy.wordpress.com/2011/05/27/strawberry-banana-flax-muffins/
I’m with you on throwing those veggies right into the crock pot – if I wanted to cook, I wouldn’t be slow cookin’! 🙂
I was craving some form of banana bread today, so definitely making those soon:) Thanks for sharing.
I’m jealous of your recipe-writing skills! I always come up with ideas but never know where to start with measurements and such. Your dinner looks delicious!
Looks like a yummy recipe! I love baking with flax – I use it an egg replacer when I’m on a vegan kick and sprinkle it over pretty much everything for some omegas! 🙂
Hey Courtney! I gravitate to the word vegan and love exchanging recipes! I changed to a vegan lifestyle over 2 years ago and LOVE it. If you have any great recipes, let me know!
I post a lot of mine here:
dailymaiermusings.blogspot.com
I love freezing muffins! It makes it so easy to have a healthy breakfast when in a rush! This is why I hate when people say they don’t have time to eat healthy–they just haven’t figured out how to do it!
This recipe looks great! 🙂 I checked it out via Courtney’s blog and definitely booked mark it. Glad to see it turned out delicious!
I just made the BEST muffins from HEABs website! Almond butter banana nut muffins. Ohhh boy they were unreal… these look kind of similar 🙂 LOVE muffins
I love banana muffins….but hate bananas. Go figure. But bananas go well with whole wheat flour, so that makes ’em super tasty!
um, DROOL! love the dinner idea…and i’m always down with muffins as a side dish 🙂
YUM on the dinner! Looks delicious!! 🙂
Yum, this looks like a good way to sneak some extra veggies into your dinner!
I just got some ground flaxseed–perfect for making those muffins!!
yum, yum, yummy!!!!! i am dying to make muffins! Do you think almond milk would work in place of regular milk? How about whole wheat pastry flour instead of just plain whole wheat flour? I’m not sure if there’s a difference, but just checking!!! I can’t wait to try these out!!! 😀
I make a banana loaf which is almost the same recipe except I think it involves some flaxseed and applesauce action instead of the canola oil! It’s so delicious but i won’t lie, everything tastes better miniature (ie in muffin form)
Looks great! Nothing’s better than a recipe that you always have the ingredients for!! I’m always looking to make oatmeal muffins.
i love me some healthy, on-the-go muffins!
muffins that don’t give you muffin tops > muffins that do 🙂
Oooh, man, the picture of the muffin with melted butter looks ah-mazing 😛 xyx
Both look great! I wish I had a slow cooker 🙁
Has anyone got any suggestions for an alternative to canola oil? It’s not available in Ireland (unless it’s called something else that I’m not aware of)
You can definitely use vegetable oil!
Great, thanks!
Awesome muffins. They look delicious! 🙂
Yummy! Your dinner looks delicious!!! Do you have some more for my plate!
Have you ever seen the “Muffins” video? The long name of these muffins remind me of “Israeli Palestinian Conflict Muffins”!
If you haven’t seen it (and think that I’m crazy) go here now and watch it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tcR19y7GPM
I like to reheat these kind of homemade muffins (sliced) in the toaster oven the next day. So good!
That chicken looks tasty. The muffins look even better! 🙂
Those muffins look so good! Can’t wait to make these! Thanks!
yum those muffins look amazing and so easy! ill have to try them!