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Tempeh Mole Muffins

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Deciding on food is hard.

 

There are so many tasty options!

I saw 2 recipes I wanted to try (well, 3 really)… so I just made them all into 1 for an over-achieving Meatless Monday recipe!

MMAZ

 

This week we are supposed to choose a recipe someone else linked up using last week’s secret ingredient, dark chocolate.  Hopefully Heather will forgive me for bending the rules a little.  Especially since the first recipe I was inspired by was her own Tempeh Protein Muffins!

My version of the Tempeh Muffins

 

Inspiration recipe #2 was from the link up – Sarah’s Cinnamon Cocoa Mole with TVP Chorizo.  She used her mole as a sauce for her chorizo… but I decided to mix it all in one, and use tempeh.  And make muffins.  Don’t you love the creative process?!

I’d made Seiten Chorizo in the past, so here I used that recipe and Sarah’s to inform my mix of spices.  If you try this recipe, feel free to play around and change it up to suit your palate.  My combo was a smokey, savory mole with a fun swirl of sweetness throughout thanks to the sweet potato.

Tempeh Mole Muffins

 

I ate my mole muffins with a Mexican-inspired salad.  Local arugula with red bell pepper, raw zucchini, and a drizzle of lime juice.

Lastly, I chopped up a few plantain slices I broiled with coconut oil, cayenne, and cinnamon.

Tempeh Mole Muffins

 

Don’t forget to check out Heather’s link up to see what everyone else made this week.  I wonder if anyone braved my Chocolate Avocado Cookies???

I think this ia all pretty marvelous… and I know my Diva girl, Katie would agree, so I’m joining her link up again this week!  Check out all the Monday marvelousness:

Marvelous Monday

Katie… we missed you this weekend at Blend!!!

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Tempeh Mole Muffins

Tempeh Mole Muffins

  • 8 ounces tempeh
  • 1/4 C egg whites (or 1 flax egg)
  • Juice from 1/2 lime
  • 1 T nutritional yeast
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1/2 inch piece fresh ginger, minced
  • 1 tsp oregano
  • 1 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • 1 tsp ground coriander
  • 1 tsp cocoa powder
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes (optional)
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric
  • 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
  • 1/2 C mashed sweet potato

 

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Coat muffin tin with cooking spray & set aside.

place tempeh, egg, and lime juice in a food processor and pulse (I used my Vitamix). Add all remaining ingredients and pulse until mixed.  Manually stir in sweet potato, leaving chunks throughout mixture.

Divide batter evenly between 6 muffin containers.  Bake for 15 minutes, or until browned and set. Remove from oven and allow to cool.

Using a knife, loosen the muffin edges from the pan and transfer to wire rack or plate.

Approximate nutritionals (per muffin): 108 calories, 3.4g fat, 29.7g sodium, 11g carbohydrates, 4.8g fiber, 1g sugar, 8.7g protein

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I’m still smiling from the marvelous Blend Retreat this weekend!  I can’t wait to recap it all for you!!! 🙂

Have you ever made your own mole?  Chorizo?

Do you make an effort to go meatless on Mondays?

 

Comments

  1. I eat pretty much meatless (except for the occasional meat craving) and dairy-less daily for allergy and preference so I don’t necessarily try to make Monday’s meatless. Sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn’t.
    I love that you made muffins from tempeh, since I’m not a huge tofu fan, but tempeh I like…a lot.

  2. I’ve never made my own mole (the traditional recipes intimidate the hell out of me) but I absolutely adore it! Anytime I see it on a menu, I absolutely have to have it. And I’ve only tried the pre-marinated tempeh, which I wasn’t a fan of. I think I need to try working with the plain stuff and seeing what I come up with.

    • I felt the same way about the preflavored stuff – it’s SO salty! Plain is where it’s at. 🙂

    • Sorry!!! They were great plane snacks though… 😉

      MUCH better today – I slept 12 hours Sunday night!

      Miss you already. For real.

  4. if it werent for my d*mn jerky Id be mainly meatless always.
    MOLE?
    I JUST learned what that was a few years ago—now I need to try it, err, place it in my MOLE HOLE.

    • LOL! Now I can’t eat… errrr… put mole in my mole hole… without laughing.

  6. Mmmmmm I would love to try out both versions!!!!!!!!!!! I have never made mole before! But yum I think tempeh and sweet potato would be sooooo good together! It’s been farrrrrr too long since I’ve had tempeh!

  7. So creative!!! How do you think this stuff up!!! 😉 You know me, lazy PLUS I don’t have at lats half the ingredients! 🙂 They sure look good though.. I would say a mini meal for me.. Honest, never had tempah!

    • Same here – next year for sure. Hopefully sooner now that we will be one the same coast. 🙂

  12. I’m still smiling, too! 🙂

    I actually have a mole sauce recipe in my queue . . . I just haven’t finished it (forgot to get some good pictures, really). Bob and I eat lots of vegetarian meals, and I’ll often shoot for Monday’s dinner to be meatless, but it’s not a strict rule or anything.

  13. This is the first time someone has actually used one of my recipes as inspiration for #MMAZ. I know we are only on the fourth letter, but I was wishing and hoping and wishing and hoping and realizing that I tend to make such weirdo recipes that probably that would never happen.

    But you are a weirdo like me.

    This is almost like when I made TVP sausage crumbles and baked them in a pancake. Almost.

    P.S. I love that this happened, because I was totally having a “confused about vegan proteins” moment when I commented on Heather’s tempeh muffins and told her I wanted to make them with my tempeh sausage. Except what I meant was my TVP sausage. So you kind of did it for me.

    P.P.S SO great to see you this weekend. CAN’T WAIT UNTIL WE ARE CLOSER TO EACH OTHER!!!

    P.P.P.S. Hows Lucy?

  14. These are the perfect for me to bring to my night class! I love anything you can bake in a muffin tin because it fits perfectly in my purse and looks uniformed! Thank you for sharing such a delicious treat! Excited to see blend retreat photos, wish I was there! Love + Shine Courtstar

  16. MISSED YOU and everyone too! I am going next year and hope you will be as well! I might go to HLS this fall too, not sure, have you ever went?!

    Love you girl!

    • I’ve never been to HLS… wasn’t planning on it, but you never know… Blend next year for SURE! 🙂

    • Mole is a great dish – the traditional sauce takes FOREVER, so this may be a good place to start. 🙂

  19. Mole is one of those things I always mean to make, but never do because HELLO 73 ingredients. I like your take on it.

    • Let me know if you do! I love tempeh – but you can steam it if you find the taste to be too sharp/sour. 🙂

    • I did! Check the recipe – there’s cocoa powder. It’s what makes it “mole”-like. 🙂

    • Really?! I wonder what changed it. I was worried these were going to turn out too moist. Moist… ewwww.

  24. Yeah, I was ogling both the tempeh muffins AND the mole recipe too. And here you go, combining them. Tempeh muffins have GOT to happen, I’ve never baked with tempeh! Hmm, bet I could bake a “bun” with them ;D

  25. I love the way your foodie mind works! Genius to combine the two AND use the sweet potato! I’ve only tried mole sauce once…actually it was when I tried my first raw dish at Cafe Gratitude a couple of years ago and all I can remember is how PAINFUL it was! Man, that shit was HOT! I think I should try making it at home (you know since I’m obviously a bit of a pansy), that way I can take the heat down a notch…or hell, maybe I’ll just leave it out entirely! Hey, I’m a member of the weird foodie club, I don’t need any justifications (like calling it “mole”) for adding cinnamon and cocoa to a savory dish! 😉

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