Ingredients:

Sift into a large bowl :

q      1&1/2 cups wholewheat or wholemeal flour

q       1 cup yellow cornmeal

q      1 cup oats

q       ½ cup oat bran

q       ½ cup almond meal

q       4 teaspoons baking powder

q       Small can sliced pears – drained and chopped/diced

q      Good dash of poppy seeds

q       'Santa Fe' sweet spice – good dash (or cinnamon/nutmeg substitute)

q       1 cup Splenda (sugar substitute)

Then add to bowl:

qReasonable sprinkling of semi sweet chocolate chips

q  Chopped almonds (half cup)

In a smaller bowl - whisk:

q       1 & 1/2 cups milk

q      Apple sauce – ½ cup or so

q       1 egg

q       1 eggwhite

q      Dash vanilla essence (or better still pure orange essence)

Preparation:

1. Fold smaller bowl's contents into larger bowl's contents with a spatula.

2. Spoon mix into 2 large muffin pans (with capacity of 6 muffins each) that have been

    lightly sprayed with canola oil.

3. Cook in preheated oven for 25 minutes at 375 degrees.

4. When cooked, turn muffins out on to a rack to cool.