This year, I flew to Northern California the weekend after Mother’s Day for a belated celebration. As usual, we hopped in the car and drove to our favorite brunch spot an hour away, just outside of San Francisco, despite the rainy weather.
When we arrived, we found a sizable crowd waiting in the restaurant’s lobby, slightly unusual for the late morning. We put our name down on the hostess’s list, then found a bench to sit and wait for her to call our name and lead us to a table.
While in the entryway, we scanned the walls, which were completely covered in photos from patrons. For a long time, the restaurant offered a free breakfast to anyone who snapped a photo of themselves wearing the restaurant’s t-shirt at a landmark anywhere outside of California. We spotted places all over the world, including the Grand Canyon, the Eiffel Tower, Times Square in Manhattan, and Buckingham Palace.
In between pointing out fun vacation pictures, we also scanned the small chalkboard menu board right next to the hostess stand. It shared their seasonal and daily specials: a three egg omelette with sun dried tomatoes, salmon, spinach, and goat cheese; an egg scramble with chicken sausage, green apples, and Brie; and lemon pancakes with fresh blueberries and lemon cream cheese drizzle.
Yet the most tempting option was the seasonal coffee cake: a towering slice of supremely moist and tender white cake topped with sweet cinnamon sugar streusel and filled with fresh peaches and…
Walnuts.
When I spotted that last detail, I internally winced a little bit. I go crazy during peach season and eat as many as I can in any form (fresh, in pies, in crumbles, in bars, in oatmeal cookies, you name it!) but…
I’m rarely a fan of nuts in my baked treats. Especially when it comes to cake.
So I opted for the standard blueberry coffee cake that morning instead (still positively magical and worth every bite!), but when I returned home after my weekend visit with my family…
I baked these Healthy Peach Oatmeal Muffins the very next day to get my peach fix! They’re incredibly moist and fluffy with lots of hearty oats, juicy peaches, and cozy cinnamon.
Yet unlike the restaurant’s coffee cake… These healthy peach oatmeal muffins contain no heavy cream, sour cream, refined flour or sugar! (Plus no nuts!) And they’re just 109 calories!
Even better, they’re great for meal prepping or quick grab-and-go breakfasts and snacks. They also freeze really well, which is probably a blessing…
I can make the entire batch disappear in just a few days if I’m not careful. They’re that good! 
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