Love the fresh flavors of Souplantation? Enjoy the fresh winter flavors from Souplantation with Sweet Orange and Cranberry Muffins.
We received a complimentary meal to facilitate this review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
The new year is upon us, and like so many we are trying to make some changes to our eating habits. In my family of five, we have two meat-eaters and three vegetarians. You’d think that having vegetarian kids might mean that they willingly eat healthy. Vegetables are a struggle, and the list of foods that make the kid-approved list is terribly narrow. Add in that the kids all inherited my sweet tooth, and there’s a lot of room for improvement.
Souplantation Winter Delite Menu
So part of our 2019 plan is focusing on presenting better options, both in nutritional value and also just varied offerings. When we were invited to visit our local Souplantation to sample the Winter Delights menu, I jumped at the chance.
My kids love Souplantation, and visiting as we dived down the path towards better choices was so perfect.
Souplanation is a salad bar and buffet, filled with farm-fresh, made-from-scratch recipes, that’s perfect for families. Matt and I made ourselves custom salads; the kids skipped traditional salads and instead filled their plates with assorted foods like broccoli florets, raisins, and rotini rainbow pasta.
Being able to select their own food, mainly the quantity on their plate, makes my picky eaters a little more brazen in their choices. Plus, Souplantation offers vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-friendly foods to suit our diverse dietary restrictions.
My kids tried some new foods and cheered that there were also some of their favorites available, too. Hello, pizza, garlic bread, and mac and cheese. My kids adore you. Want to know what’s best about those traditional kid favs? The sizes!
As we try to do better, reminding the kids that having their favorites is okay. Have the pizza, but make it a small slice. Eat the muffins, but make them mini muffins.
Sweet Orange & Cranberry Muffin Recipe
We filled up without feeling bogged down at Souplantation thanks filling up our salad plates and sampling other yummy foods. To keep the good food vibes we were enjoying going, I decided to make a Souplantation seasonal recipe at home. These Sweet Orange & Cranberry muffins are a sweet way to celebrate the freshest flavors. I opted to make mini muffins, just like at Souplantation.
| Prep Time | 15 minutes |
| Cook Time | 15 minutes |
| Servings |
regular sized muffins
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Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 3 1/4 cup white flour
- 2/3 cup wheat flour
- 1 1/2 tbsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
Wet Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 3/4 cup canola oil
- 1/3 cup cracked eggs
- 3 tbsp orange juice concentrate
- 2 tbsp orange zest finely minced
Mixing Ingredients
Sugar Topping
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
Wet Ingredients
Mixing Ingredients
Sugar Topping
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray muffin pan with non-stick spray. Combine dry ingredients in bowl and mix until thoroughly combined. Combine wet ingredients in large bowl and mix until sugar is dissolved. Combine cranberry sauce, dry ingredients, and wet ingredients. Scoop batter into muffin pan with 2-oz scoop. Top with 1 tsp sugar topping. Bake for 15 minutes.
Recipe Notes
The recipe yields 2 dozen regular-sized muffins.
I found the bake time needed to be increased. Bake until toothpick comes out clean when inserted.
Trying new flavors in sizes that make sense is part of the reason we adore Souplantation. Nibbling on our yummy Sweet Orange & Cranberry Muffins at home makes me so excited to go back to try more from the seasonal menu!
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Love the combination of flavors going on in this muffin. We like muffins for a grab and go breakfast or for a snack anytime
The orange & cranberry together is so lovely together!
Yes please, these look like tasty muffins! They would make for a perfect breakfast. What a great flavor combo.
I love a good flavorful muffin with cranberries in them. I’ve never thought to add sweet orange in with cranberry but I will have to try them next time. I just bought a bunch of cranberries.
Wonderful! I hope you enjoy them, Terri!
Those muffins look delicious. I’m such a fan of cranberries and I’ve never had orange and cranberry muffins before. I have to make these muffins soon!
I hope you enjoy them, Alli!
Love the combination of these two flavors, and muffins are my favorite to make. They’re perfect keep on hand for snacking or breakfast.
This is one of my favorite combinations. I live by a cranberry bog, so we have fresh ones every fall and I am always looking for ways to use them up because we have sooooo many.
You had me at orange and cranberry. I’ve never had those flavors in a muffin before. This is definitely a recipe I will be trying.
I have to see how I can make these WW friendly. I can just smell those flavors!
Mmmm…these beautiful muffins look so delicious! I can hardly wait to try this recipe. The whole family will love it!
Souplantation sounds awesome. I like that they offer vegetarian and gluten free options.
I bet those flavors together are so good in a muffin. I make a cranberry/orange relish for the holidays and my kids can’t get enough.
I wish we had a place like this near us. That food looked really good! And I love that it’s fresh and all the options for dairy and gluten free.
Those sound so delicious. I love that flavor combo. I had to laugh when I read your profile, I, too, am an over-punctuator!
I wish we lived closer to a Soul Plantation. I love visiting the restaurant whenever we visit family on the West Coast.
I bet the flavors really mix well together and taste fantastic. I should try these muffins soon!
I love the combination of orange and cranberries! Your muffins look so good! I’ll have to make a batch so I can eat for a quick breakfast in the mornings.
That muffins must have smelled so good upon removing it from the oven. Orange and cranberries, what a great combo.
Oh these sound great and such a fab combination of flavours! You cant go wrong with a seat muffin, and added fruit is always a bonus!
Its orange season right now in Florida and this would be a great recipe to try with them. Thanks for sharing
these muffins look so delicious! Orange and cranberries, what a great combo.