We celebrated Father's Day with a potluck picnic in the park (say
that 3 times fast!) I made muffins for the picnic that Kevin described
as "salad muffins" when he saw all the ingredients laid out on the
counter...carrots, zucchini, apples, raisins, walnuts. They were a hit
with the 6 to 60 year old crowd! I did nothing to this recipe and
followed it ingredient for ingredient. People were asking for the
recipe so instead of re-typing it, here is the link.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Banana Oatmeal Chia Seed Muffins
With no brown rice syrup on hand to make my go to energy bars for the week I opted to use some of the bananas that are slowly starting to take over my freezer. Like the Lemon Chia Seed Muffins, I used the Jean Pare Muffins and More cookbook as a starting point. You could doctor these up with nuts, chocolate chips, or raisins. I decided to keep it basic. Like the lemon chia seed muffins, I found that the batter is kind of elastic for lack of a better term and the muffins turn out almost chewy. I think this is a function of the chia seed getting a gelatinous coating around them when introduced to liquid. In addition to adding chia seeds, the other modifications I made were halving the sugar, substituting apple sauce for canola oil, and adding some cinnamon.
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Grilled Strawberries and Basil Vanilla Gelato
I started this blog in the depths of winter when I was likely to be found in my "uniform" of track pants and hoody by 6:30 and unlikely to leave the house after that. The nice weather and longer days have changed that...they always do. Heading out at 8:00pm seems totally normal and PJ's do not get put on until right before I go to bed. I just really like to be outside during the spring and summer. Instead of puttering around my kitchen as I do in the fall and winter, I putter in the garden, talk my dog for, another, stroll around the park, or go for a spin on my bike.
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