Accidentally healthy strawberry muffins

Life's some sort of huge irony sometimes. For real. Picture me 10 years ago. I was the kind of bookworm 

who'd get perfect grades in class. Except for gymnastics. That one I passed with a C.

I admit I didn't make any kind of effort to make my teacher like me just a hint. The guy was a misogynist, I was a rebellious teenager (sort of). And quite honestly, I didn't get the point of running when nobody's chasing you.

Now look at me... hitting the gym 4 times a week, just starting with my running program. (Nothing fancy, just trying to do some cardio). And more importantly, craving healthy food.

Don't get me wrong! I love chocolate, ice cream and gummy bears, but I must confess I find myself enjoying those 'healthy' things most of my friends run away from. Read 'cardboard' high fiber cereal, celery sticks and giant amounts of fruit. And of course, I'm a big fan of whole wheat.

My friend S is more of the opinion that if you make things healthy, they are for sure not gonna taste as good as if you smothered them in butter. These muffins though, might have made her change her mind.

I had 2 kg of strawberries in the fridge. No kidding, 2 kg bought for ridiculously 4$. And even in my fruit craving peak, there was no way I was gonna eat them all. So I made muffins. Half way through the process I realized I didn't have enough all purpose flour. Then the health accident happened, I added whole wheat flour to them. Oh yeah, and switched milk for buttermilk. And granulated sugar for brown.

And this happened...

I didn't tell S about the 'healthy' component until she'd eaten one of them. Her exact words were:  'wow, they don't taste healthy at all'. That's what I call: Score!

So whether  you are of the healthy kind or not, just make them! Enjoy that tangy taste of buttermilk and the fresh strawberry softness and forget about the fact that the might actually be good for you.

Fresh strawberry muffins

Printable recipe

1/2 cup butter, softened

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 egg

3/4 cups all purpose flour

1 1/4 cups whole wheat flour

2 tsps baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 cup buttermilk

1/2 tsp vanilla

1 1/2 cups chopped strawberries

Preheat oven to 350 F

Cream butter and sugar. Add egg, buttermilk and vanilla extract and mix well. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl. Add flour mixture to butter mixture. Gently fold in strawberries. Spoon batter into muffin pans. Bake for about 20 min or until a toothpick inserted in the muffins comes out clean.