Today I was off from work for President’s Day, so I decided to try my hand at a couple of new recipes. First, I went to the store to get ingredients for pumpkin spice muffins, and what do you know, there is a PUMPKIN shortage, and so there have been no pumpkins since Christmas! I was so bummed out, but decided to make some banana muffins courtesy of my friend Jen’s recipe. They came out looking good, but they didn’t have a ton of taste. I did not make them right..apparently I was supposed to use really ripe bananas, like, brown, sitting out for a week. They have the most flavor. Well, mine had a couple brown spots but that’s about it. I can definitely see them tasting good if I did them right, not that they are bad, just a bit bland, but I am going to eat the rest with peanut butter! So here ya go:
Preheat oven 400F. Spray 18 muffin pans with nonstick spray.
Ingredients
1 ½ c. wheat flour
¾ c. quick cooking oats
½ c. plus 1 T. brown sugar
1/3 c. ground flaxseed
1 ½ tsp. baking powder
¾ tsp. ground cinnamon
¼ tsp. salt
3 small over ripe bananas chopped
¾ c. skim milk
3 egg whites
3 T. canola oil
¼ c. granola
Preparation
Stir flour through salt. Make a well in the center of mix.
In a separate bowl, combine banana through oil and mix until smooth.
Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients until just wet.
Scoop mix into muffin pans.
Sprinkle each muffin w/ granola.
Bake for 17- 19 minutes on 400®F. Cool in pan for 5-10 minutes. Finish
cooling on wire rack.
here are a couple pics I took:
ya live you learn, next time I will do them right!
Ok so my next experiment was taco soup. Most of you know I don’t like a lot of veggies, and try and find ways to slip them in that I can’t really taste. A girl made this for Bible study last week and it was really good so I decided to try my hand at it! I learned on this one too. I used Original rotel and it was a little too spicy for me, (I don’t like spicy though) so next time I will use mild rotel. Also, I did not do the stewed tomatoes.
Dump the following in a pot and heat on Medium on stovetop:
1 lb of cooked ground beef
1 can whole kernel corn
1 can Ranch style black beans
1 can rotel tomatoes-original
1 can stewed tomatoes (optional)
1 packet of taco seasoning mix
1 packet of ranch seasoning mix
Toppings: Cheese, Chips, Sour Cream
I usually double the recipe to last a few meals.
The last thing I made was chocolate covered strawberries, and I did the SAME THING i ALWAYS do, I cooked the chocolate too long, burnt it, and it got chunky. ug! So don’t make fun of how non-smooth they are. By the way, it’s Jen’s fault I made these! Her husband made her some and I wanted some!
So basically I learned a lesson with each thing I cooked today. I guess that’s how life is! We experiment and learn so we can do it better/right next time!
Today was strength training, I did abs and arms, may go to the gym for cross training tomorrow, we will see! Hope everyone had a good day!
I think the muffins look delish! And like you said – there’s nothing a smear or 2 of peanut butter can’t fix
Love your bloggie! I’ve gotta say – I was instantly drawn to the name! SASS(Y) is probbbbably my favorite word in the English language
well I got the name from my doggie, Sassy (my older one). Also my basketball coach in HS called me Sassy, so it’s always just kind of been a part of my life! Thanks for posting!
That is the exact same way that I make my Taco Soup and I love it!!!! It is one of my favorite dishes.
really? too funny! I really like it!
Now I want chocolate covered strawberries! I love them!
haha that’s why i made them! A friend had some and then i just had too! I ahvent made any in a year or so!
How lovely to have President’s Day off! Have you tried green monsters (www.greenmonstermovement.com) as a way to sneak in vegetables? I put at least two cups of spinach in with lots of frozen blueberries (enough to make it purple), bananas, yogurt, and milk. Delicious.
interesting. can you taste it at all? I need to look into this!
Oh man, I have kitchen frusterations every other day! If I didn’t, I’ d post a new recipe every day! Thankfully, I’m not too picky of an eater, and I can enjoy my creations even when they aren’t perfect. For instance, I’d definitely still enjoy those strawberries of yours!
haha yes yes the strawberries were still yummy! Unfortunately I am very picky so I have a hard time finding recipes I like anyway lol! i am working on it though!
Everything looks yummy. I am the same way, I have to make my mistakes first and then I will get it right the second time.
it was all good, my husband loved the taco soup, so I am glad to ahve a new recipe to throw into the mix!
yum, taco soup sounds good! Not sure if my husband would eat it, though…
I am going to try the muffins, though!
It’s Jens muffin recipe, I was impressed with how easy it was.
why wouldn’t he eat the taco soup?
haha…I don’t know…maybe I will ask him if it sounds interesting some day. He doesn’t really like chili-type stuff…
does he like tacos? tastes like a taco yum yum
do you buy ground flaxseed or do you grind it yourself?
I buy it already ground and keep it in the freezer
Hehe yay! Your muffins look exactly like mine. I’m sure they’ll grow on you
Taco soup looks good too!
hehe you would never eat the taco soup, but it is good!
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Heather- I made the banana muffins today! They are yummy!! My bananas were pretty ripe (I’d been waiting all week to use them for this lol) so they were good!
I did throw in some splenda because I was nervous it wouldn’t be sweet enough lol, and I added a little nutmeg because I love that flavor! Yum!
yay I am glad you made them! I was worried about them not being sweet enough but surprisingly they were fine for me. Yum nutmeg sounds good! Just remember, they will go bad a lot faster than normal muffins b/c of the wheat flour, etc. so freeze them if you dont eat them all in a couple days!