Trying A Delicious New Lactose-Free Blueberry Muffin Recipe with #Lactaid

This post is brought to you by The Motherhood and LACTAID®. Although I have been compensated for my time, all thoughts and opinions are my own.
We had the opportunity to try out Lactaid in May and have been huge fans every since then. My husband is extremely lactose intolerant as well as my son and my niece. I, too, cannot consume much lactose or my stomach will be a mess, so I used to just avoid dairy products when possible. However, now I've learned that this isn't at all necessary. Lactaid is a perfect lactose-free substitute and is actually 100% dairy!

What is Lactaid?
As I mentioned in my last post, Lactaid provides the delicious creamy taste of dairy without the stomach discomfort I often experience. This awesome product actually provides the lactase we need to break down lactose. This product only differs from other dairy products because of the added lactase enzyme for those of us who are lactose intolerant. You can read more about Lactaid and find some amazing recipe ideas on the Lactaid website.

My family loves muffins, so we were inspired by the delicious blueberry muffins we found on the Lactaid website under their recipes tab. All of our blueberries and blackberries are ready for picking, so we picked some fresh blueberries AND blackberries to put a twist on the recipe and give it a try. The kids were so excited.
First we got all of our ingredients together, including the most important:

LACTAID, of course (it tastes and looks like regular milk!):

Fresh blackberries picked from our yard:

Blueberries we picked earlier in the week and had frozen:

Once all of our ingredients were mixed, the baking begin and boy did they smell delicious... and yes, the boys picked the Christmas tree shapes for our muffins for some reason!

Once they were finished, I had to keep the boys away until they cooled off, which was very tough!

My husband is a huge fan of LACTAID and we have purchased several gallons since our first review purchase. He loves the 2% milk and the kids said they cannot tell a difference in the taste at all. I know I can't!
Here he is enjoying his muffin before they all disappeared. These were gone within 24 hours, so I know this is a recipe we will use again and again!

Here is the recipe in case you'd like to give this easy recipe a try, too:

Lactose Free Blueberry Muffins

Serves 6

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Prep Time

15 min

Cook Time

30 min

Total Time

45 min

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour

3/4 cup granulated sugar

2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 beaten eggs

3/4 cup LACTAID® Reduced Fat Milk

1/2 cup melted butter or cooking oil

1 tablespoon finely shredded orange peel

1 cup fresh blueberries or frozen blueberries, thawed

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease six 3 1/2-inch muffin cups or line with large paper bake cups. Set aside.

2. In a medium bowl stir together flour, 3/4 cup sugar, baking powder, and salt. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture; set aside.

3. In a small bowl combine eggs, LACTAID® Reduced Fat Milk, butter or oil, and orange peel (if using). Add all at once to the flour mixture. Stir just until moistened (batter should be lumpy). Fold in blueberries.

4. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling each about 2/3 full. If desired, sprinkle with coarse sugar. Bake in a 350 degree oven about 30 minutes or until golden. Cool in muffin cups on wire rack 5 minutes. Remove from muffin cups; serve warm.

Notes

If you prefer standard-size muffins, spoon the batter into twelve 2 1/2-inch muffin cups and bake in a 375 degree oven about 20 minutes or until golden.

In our first post about Lactaid, we talked about our interesting and educational conversation with Melissa d'Arabian, who is a spokesperson for Lactaid. She recently appeared on The TODAY Show introducing Lactaid and a great lactose-free recipe, Chicken with lactose-free creamy mushroom sauce, that looks absolutely delicious. Check out the video and let me know what you think!


This post has been brought to you by The Motherhood and LACTAID®. I have been compensated for my time, however all thoughts and opinions are my own.

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When I was about 8 years old, I came home with a stomach ache almost every day. My parents were at a loss until going to the doctor and finding out I was lactose intolerant. The chocolate milk I had to drink each day with school lunches was a big no no for my stomach and something I had to forgo from them on. Luckily, I've never been much of a milk drinker, but some of my favorite foods are made with milk and those are things I just cannot do without! It just so happens that I not only married someone who is lactose intolerant, but we also have a lactose intolerant son. We, as a family, love to eat and try new dishes, so we don't let this issue stop us at all. After all, I cannot live without my blueberry muffins and pastas, especially pasta with cream sauces!

I had a very informative discussion with Melissa d' Arabian, a celebrity chef and LACTAID Brand Spokesperson along with Michelle Harrington, R.D. and LACTAID Regulatory and Nutritional Affairs Manager all about what it means to be lactose intolerant and what LACTAID can do for those who suffer from it. I learned so much from them and had to share the information with my readers!

What does it mean to be lactose intolerant?
By definition, it means the small intestine does not make enough of an enzyme called lactase and, in order to digest lactose, the body needs this enzyme. Since lactose is in the sugar of milk and other dairy products, these cause adverse effects when ingested. What type of effects? It varies depending on the person and while I can handle small amounts of milk, my son can get very sick to his stomach just by drinking it.

What is LACTAID?
This delicious product provides the delicious creamy taste of dairy without stomach discomfort! LACTAID actually provides the lactase our bodies need to break down lactose! This means LACTAID products are 100% real dairy. The only difference is the added natural yeast-derived lactase enzyme! They have many great lactose-free products, including milks, cottage cheese, ice-cream and eggnog.

LACTAID has provided a freedom of food choices for our family. We are not limited in our daily meal selections because we can use LACTAID products in place of those with lactose. Plus, there are some delicious recipe suggestions on the LACTAID website that I cannot wait to try out. We will be trying out LACTAID all this month and reporting back shortly with more thoughts, information and our favorite recipe we've tried with it. We've already made blueberry muffins with it and, of course, they were a hit. Actually, the boys seemed to like them more than usual because they were gone 2 days later!

In our next post, we will write all about cooking with LACTAID, so check back for the next post. Until then, how about a giveaway?

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Leave a comment below telling why you would like to win OR a recipe you would like to try out with LACTAID! Be sure to leave your email address, too, so I can get in touch with the winner.

This giveaway is open to US Readers 18+ years of age and older. It ends on Monday, May 27th at 11:59pm. Good Luck!