4 posts tagged “food”
I know...another food post. This one is healthier than where I got the recipe though!
Double Chocolate Banana Muffins
Original recipe from The Sisters Cafe
Makes 12 muffins
Ingredients:
1/3 cup brown sugar (edited from 1 cup of white)
2 eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
4 mashed bananas (edited from 3 or 1 1/4 cup)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour (edited from all purpose)
1/2 cup cocoa (I prefer dutch process)
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips (edited from 1 cup)
Preheat oven to 350° Spray muffin tins with cooking spray. Beat sugar, eggs and oil in large bowl at med speed until combined. Beat in vanilla and banana at low speed. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in medium bowl; beat into banana mixture at low speed just until combined. Stir in chocolate chips. Spoon batter into muffin tin. It doesn't rise a lot so I almost filled it all the way. Bake for 20-25 mins until toothpick comes out clean.
Preheat oven to 350° Spray muffin tins with cooking spray. Beat sugar, eggs and oil in large bowl at med speed until combined. Beat in vanilla and banana at low speed. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in medium bowl; beat into banana mixture at low speed just until combined. Stir in chocolate chips. Spoon batter into muffin tin. It doesn't rise a lot so I almost filled it all the way. Bake for 20-25 mins until toothpick comes out clean.
It's been a while and I haven't had the chance to read as much as I'd like to lately but I finally started
and I still have only gotten to the 3rd chapter in
I keep setting it aside since I don't have to rush it back to the library.
I really enjoyed Every Secret Thing by Lila Shaara and an looking forward to starting her next novel after I finish the ones I have left from my last batch from the library.
I always look around the new books area they have in front of the check out at the library, at my last visit I picked up
It definitely looks cute and will be my next read after I finish "The Host" which is huge so who knows when that will be ;)
Tally...
has a re-check at the doctors office for some tummy issues he was concerned with at 3:30pm. I sure hope that she's cleared out enough that he isn't concerned anymore. She's been on a weeks worth of Myralax and Benefiber in her drinks. My kid hates veggies, refuses to eat many of them at all without crazy fits. I wish I could put my foot down more with her but I can't stand screaming fits over something like this so I'll just keep trying to offer them and make sure she gets plenty of fruits and fiber rich bread/crackers. A friend has a similar problem with her daughter and gives her Activia yogurt, so I'm also giving her a some to see if this also helps.
Cooking related stuff...
I've been experimenting with my bread maker. Changing things up a little here and there trying to find the tastiest as well as healthiest bread for our family. I usually do 2 cups of whole wheat flour to 1 cup of bread flour for a 1.5lb loaf. I've also replaced the sugar/honey with equal agave nectar and have been adding flax seed, wheat germ and benefiber to give it a heath boost. Matt will eat almost anything so the kids are my biggest critics and so far Tally hasn't complained or refused to eat anything I've made her with the bread. I usually only have one piece when it's fresh out of the oven, so my vote doesn't usually count since I don't make sandwiches for myself. Just like mine warm with some promise spread on it.
I forgot to post my menu plan on Monday but here is a quickie of what has gone on here lately. A little more eatting out than I had planned.
Friday - Out all night so picked up Chick-Fil-A
Saturday - Papa Murphy's at my parents again
Sunday - Chinese Take Out
Monday - Shredded Beef Tacos
Tuesday - Indonesian Crock Pot Chicken
Wednesday - Matt and the kids had pizza and he picked me up some lemon pepper wings at Wingstop
Thursday - Tonight will be breakfast night most likely
I'm thinking about starting a pizza night if I can figure out to make a healthy carb friendly crust that everyone will eat otherwise I'll just work on a really thin white crust or even do something seperate for me with my Flatout bread.
I'm off to finally get my shower before Devlin wakes up from his nap, then I need to make my grocery list, oh fun times.
Hope everyone has a great week!
Saturday - Papa Murphy's at my parents again
Sunday - Chinese Take Out
Monday - Shredded Beef Tacos
Tuesday - Indonesian Crock Pot Chicken
Wednesday - Matt and the kids had pizza and he picked me up some lemon pepper wings at Wingstop
Thursday - Tonight will be breakfast night most likely
I'm thinking about starting a pizza night if I can figure out to make a healthy carb friendly crust that everyone will eat otherwise I'll just work on a really thin white crust or even do something seperate for me with my Flatout bread.
I'm off to finally get my shower before Devlin wakes up from his nap, then I need to make my grocery list, oh fun times.
Hope everyone has a great week!
I kept it pretty simple this week. We didn't go to my parents house like we normally do since they had a retirement party to go to.
Friday- Went to a bbq at one of the schools that Matt takes sport pictures for
Saturday- Pork Chops with broccoli and brown rice
Sunday- Wasn't feeling great so Matt made us egg, ham and cheese sandwiches
Monday- I have Chicken in the crockpot for Crockpot White Corn Tortilla Chicken Tacos
Tuesday- Baked Chicken with onions, garlic and rosemary
Wednesday- Crockpot Brown Sugar Chicken with Pasta
Thursday- leftovers or sandwiches
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Lots of chicken recipes going on, didn't mean to do that. lol I found this site Super Cook while blog surfing one day and for the most part I love it. It does have some quirks when it comes to what cut of chicken you want to use I've noticed it puts all chicken recipes in the mix when you put chicken breast in your list but that's ok..I can work with it. What this site does is you put what you have on hand into the "your kitchen" area and it comes up with recipes from ingredients you already have in your pantry. So I think it will really help on weeks I need to cut back and use what is in my pantry. I love it!
No scrapbooking this week really. I've made some designs for onesies that I'm giving as gifts and I am supposed to be making Matt a design for his business shirt. I bought 2 canvases that I want to decorate for my living room. I finally finished my curtains in the kitchen. Matt fixed our outside drain that was flooding our patio. We picked up portable dvd player finally that we are going to use as our new dvd for the house as well as trips in the car. It was a pretty productive weekend and I don't see it ending for a few days. Have some painting to do, first I'm painting my pantry doors with chalkboard paint and then my oven hood is getting sprayed black with appliance paint.
I'm sure I'll be back later this week...
I made the Orange Crusted Baked Chicken tonight, Matt let me fall asleep on the couch and by the time I woke up it was to late to start the roast. It was pretty good and you could definitely taste the orange. This is from the Weight Watchers New Complete Cookbook. This is also my picture of the day!
Orange-Crusted Baked Chicken
(4 Servings)
2 tbsps orange juice
2 tbsps dijon mustard
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 c whole wheat cracker crumbs
1 tbsp grated orange zest
1 shallot, finely chopped
1/4 tsp freshly ground pepper
4 (3 oz) skinless boneless chicken thighs
Preheat oven to 350F; spray a nonstick baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray. In a small bowl, combine the orange juice, mustard, and salt. On a sheet of wax paper, combine the cracker crumbs, orange zest, shallot and pepper. Brush the chicken on both sides with the mustard mixture, then dredge in the crumbs, firmly pressing the crumbs to coat both sides. Place the chicken on the baking sheet. Bake 15 minutes; turn over and bake until cooked through, 15-20 minutes longer.
Per serving (1 thigh): 179 Cal, 4 g Fat, 1 g Sat Fat, 1 g Trans Fat, 59 mg Chol, 518 mg Sod, 20 g Total Carb, 3 g Fib, 16 g Protein, 18 mg Calc WW Points 3
