Banana Protein Muffins and my weekend

I've been trying to find ways to use up the vanilla protein powder I bought at Costco a while ago (well, maybe a month or two ago). Well, as you can tell, most of my current recipes have protein powder as an ingredient. This time, it's banana protein muffins.
But, before I get to the recipe, I'd like to talk about my weekend. I had my first driving lesson yesterday. And, guess what. The first thing was the freeway. I had to drive about half an hour on the freeway. I was so scared. I've only practiced twice before in a parking lot before the first lesson with the driving school. Talk about change. The rest of the time was streets, so, that was okay, except that I had to go to the right since there was an ambulance with it's sirens ringing passing by (oh..the perks of the first day of driving lessons). I can't really blame the instructor though. The instructor was still instructing another student and that student lived half an hour away by freeway, so the only way back was to go on the freeway. I was hella surprised and scared to death but things were fine.
Now that I've told you about my weekend, here's the recipe for the banana protein muffins. If you like banana bread, just double the recipe and bake for 30 minutes.

Ingredients:

• 2 scoops vanilla protein powder ( I think the scoop mines came with is 1/3 cup)
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 3 packets low calorie sweetener
• 1 egg (don't double the egg if you're doubling the recipe)
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 ripe banana, mashed

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 F. 
2. In a bowl, sift together the protein powder, cinnamon, baking powder and the low calorie sweetener. 
3. Then, mix in the milk, egg, and mashed banana.
4. Fill cupcake pans 3/4 full and then put them in the oven. 
5. Bake for 15 minutes. 
6. Once it's done, take them out and let them cool. 
7. Enjoy. =) I like eating them with peanut butter 

So, do you guys like banana bread?
Tell me about your first driving lesson. Do you have any stories?

Banana Muffins! Yummy Recipe. :)

Hey Everyone!! Man, It's been really long since I last posted a recipe. Things came up again, and I was too busy and stressed out about some things. Just to be clear, if any of you guys want me to translate any of these recipes into Spanish or Chinese, tell me. Email me (you can find on my profile or my first posts) or post a comment, and I will be happy to do so. I was going to post the 碱水粽 recipe, but it will the next post. I decided more on an American food, because tomorrow is the 4 of July! Independence Day! Yeah! I'm so happy. and excited. The food is banana muffin. xD This is more of a breakfast food, but hey, it's yummy, and you guys can eat it for a family brunch or something for the 4 of July. Just some ideas of what you can do for the 4 of July weekend.
Well, to tell you the truth, I made these banana muffins today because we had a lot of overripe bananas we needed to get rid of. They were too sweet and ripe for us to eat by themselves. We didn't want to waste the bananas either. My family loves these muffins, especially my little brother. Then again, he loves all baked goods. But, hey, who doesn't? Maybe I'll make some red velvet cake next time. I've made it before, but I will try again some other time when I can. I'm rambling off now. Here's the recipe for banana muffins.

Ingredients

In one bowl, combine and mix:

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 - 1 tsp ground cinnamon (optional)

In another bowl:

• 1/4 cup vegetable oil (or melted butter)
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1-2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup milk
• 3 ripe bananas
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips (optional, I usually add it, but I ran out this time)

Directions: 

1. In one bowl, sift and mix together the flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Also the cinnamon, if you are using it. 
2. In another bowl, "cream together" the sugar and the oil (or the butter, if you are using that). Then, mix in the egg. 
3. Peel the bananas, and put them in a plastic ziploc bag. Then, squeeze and mash the bananas. Add it to the sugar mixture. 
4. Then, add the vanilla extract and milk to the sugar and banana mixture. Mix well.
5. Then, combine the sugar mixture with the flour mixture. To do this, slowly pour and mix the flour mixture INTO the sugar and banana mixture. Mix, and combine. Do not over mix it. If wanted, you can add the chocolate chips. If you like adding nuts to your muffins, you can add them at this step.
6. Preheat the oven to 350 F. 
7. Place cupcake liners into a muffin pan and fill them 3/4 way full. If you are not using cupcake liners, spray the pan with pam spray so that the muffin won't stick to the pan after it's done baking. 
8. Bake for 20 - 25 min. After they are done baking, enjoy eating them.

Buen Provecho! Díganme si me quieran que traducir esta receta en español.:)