About two weeks ago was my last day working at Cedar Fort. It was very sad, but since I love me a good party, I made sure there was food and cards and gifts for my wonderful coworkers. I posted about the bookmarks over on my stamp blog (and I'll eventually post the cards, too), but a few people in the office asked me to post the recipe for the banana muffins I brought in that day. Which I totally forgot to post. Until today! It's my "healthy" recipe for muffins. Yeah, yeah, I know that most muffins really aren't actually that healthy, but these are adapted from a recipe that was basically for un-frosted cupcakes. So comparatively, they're healthy.
Healthified Banana Muffins
3 large (very ripe) bananas
1/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup plain applesauce
3/4 cup wheat flour
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 (maybe 1?) tsp cinnamon
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
Add-ins (optional) :
a few handfuls of chocolate chips (and/or white chocolate chunks - yum!)
walnuts
Directions:
Preheat oven to 325. Line muffin tins with paper liners.
Mash bananas. Mix in sugar, then add egg & applesauce. Stir in flour, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon. Stir in any add-ins, if desired.
Fill muffin liners 2/3 full. Bake for 20-25 minutes, until toothpick inserted into middle comes out clean (except maybe some melted chocolate from the chips).
Another option, especially handy if you're running low on chocolate chips, is to melt about 1/4 cup chocolate chips with a little bit of oil (coconut oil works very well), then drizzle with a spoon over the tops of the muffins.
To contain the mess, transfer muffins from pans onto a sheet of wax paper or plastic wrap, with the muffins touching each other, then drizzle. Can also use which chocolate (or vanilla candy melts) the same way.
When chocolate is still warm, sprinkle chopped walnuts on top, if desired.
Enjoy within about 3 days, since the applesauce makes the muffins go stale a bit quicker than oil or butter would.
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Saturday, March 2, 2013
. . . And We're Back!
It seems I never know what to write here on the blog (which is why we keep having these months-long silences -- sorry!). But I figured we've been silent for too long and should probably give some sort of update. So you guys know we're still alive and all that.
Wow, last time I wrote was back in November. Since then, Darren finished up Fall semester and is well into Winter semester here at BYU. He changed his major (back in September) to IT, and he's really loving his classes so far. It seems like it's a perfect fit for him. Still about 3 more years to go (well, more like 2.5 now!), but we're really glad with the path he's chosen. It's something he's good at and seems to enjoy (mostly), and there will be plenty of employment opportunities with an IT degree, too. His health has been a lot better than it was a year ago, and we're definitely excited about that (as you can imagine).
Not a whole bunch had changed for me between November and February -- until just before Valentine's Day, when I was hanging out with my cousins after their adorable kids (set of twins in one family, adorable little girl in the other) were blessed in church. Jonathan, Tara's husband, told me that his company was looking for an office manager, and would I be interested? Well, I already have a job, but I could handle a few extra hours per week, and hey, that meant a little extra income. Turns out that it was a HUGE blessing that I took the job when I did, because shortly thereafter (as in, a few days after that), Cedar Fort decided that they're making some departmental changes and that my part-time editing position would no longer exist in a few weeks. Long story short, the Lord definitely has a plan for me, and I'll be working at SmartyStreets fully part-time (as in, instead of at Cedar Fort) after next week. Crazy how fast things can change!
Work on my cookbook has also (finally!) progressed. Amy and Christian came over just after Christmas (or was it before?) and took some photos of meals, processes, step-by-step, etc., so that I can put together a mock-up of a few recipes to present to the board when we next pitch my book. I also (finally!) wrote up my marketing plan. Now I just need to brainstorm a title and figure out if I want it targeted at college students, newlyweds, or another specific market, and we'll be ready to present! Joanna -- my acquisitions editor -- says that I have a pretty solid book going, but it just needs those little nudges of focus. If I can get those things taken care of, they'll probably (not definitely, but likely) accept my book for publication! Yay!
So Happy March, everyone. Let's hope Spring gets here soon!
Wow, last time I wrote was back in November. Since then, Darren finished up Fall semester and is well into Winter semester here at BYU. He changed his major (back in September) to IT, and he's really loving his classes so far. It seems like it's a perfect fit for him. Still about 3 more years to go (well, more like 2.5 now!), but we're really glad with the path he's chosen. It's something he's good at and seems to enjoy (mostly), and there will be plenty of employment opportunities with an IT degree, too. His health has been a lot better than it was a year ago, and we're definitely excited about that (as you can imagine).
Not a whole bunch had changed for me between November and February -- until just before Valentine's Day, when I was hanging out with my cousins after their adorable kids (set of twins in one family, adorable little girl in the other) were blessed in church. Jonathan, Tara's husband, told me that his company was looking for an office manager, and would I be interested? Well, I already have a job, but I could handle a few extra hours per week, and hey, that meant a little extra income. Turns out that it was a HUGE blessing that I took the job when I did, because shortly thereafter (as in, a few days after that), Cedar Fort decided that they're making some departmental changes and that my part-time editing position would no longer exist in a few weeks. Long story short, the Lord definitely has a plan for me, and I'll be working at SmartyStreets fully part-time (as in, instead of at Cedar Fort) after next week. Crazy how fast things can change!
Work on my cookbook has also (finally!) progressed. Amy and Christian came over just after Christmas (or was it before?) and took some photos of meals, processes, step-by-step, etc., so that I can put together a mock-up of a few recipes to present to the board when we next pitch my book. I also (finally!) wrote up my marketing plan. Now I just need to brainstorm a title and figure out if I want it targeted at college students, newlyweds, or another specific market, and we'll be ready to present! Joanna -- my acquisitions editor -- says that I have a pretty solid book going, but it just needs those little nudges of focus. If I can get those things taken care of, they'll probably (not definitely, but likely) accept my book for publication! Yay!
So Happy March, everyone. Let's hope Spring gets here soon!
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