By Jeanne, on July 17th, 2011
It’s that time of year when the population of squash grows at a seemingly exponential rate. You may enter your garden to find a new squash under each leaf, just when you thought you had consumed every squash in sight. We didn’t plant zucchini this year, but we’re still overwhelmed with the amount of squash to be consumed from our CSA and our friends’ gardens. We did, however, plant strawberries. Today we got the first three perfectly ripe and sweet berries that the bugs didn’t chomp first. And there are many more blooms that will soon turn to sweet red berries.
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By Jeanne, on June 22nd, 2011
“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.”
-Charles M. Schulz
I made these muffins for my dear friend Monet. This incredible woman is surrounded by a loving network of family and friends, a darling housecat, and quite a fan base of fellow bloggers. She’s an extremely talented baker, so we all crowd around her blog eagerly awaiting the next recipe from her Austin kitchen, and the accompanying story or treasured memory that is inevitably woven into the prose. Even with such a large web of love and support, a strong soul can find itself worn down and weary in the face of tragedy. And for that, I prescribe double chocolate muffins and a large virtual hug, sent from my kitchen to Monet’s.
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By Jeanne, on January 13th, 2011
I need to prepare for the 2011 LA Cupcake Challenge. I’m not sure what it takes to prepare for such an event. Cupcake visualization? An all-you-can-eat cupcake contest? Avoiding cupcakes for weeks prior to the event? I’m open to suggestions.
Last year, I made it through almost all of the cupcakes. I have been invited to judge the contest again this year, so maybe I can improve upon my ability to put away dozens of mini cupcakes within three hours.
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By Jeanne, on August 9th, 2010
What’s the difference between a cupcake and a muffin? This issue caused a bit of confusion while I was developing this recipe. Many of the sources that I came across wrote about similar recipes, some calling them cupcakes instead of muffins. So how did I make the final decision?
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By Jeanne, on July 15th, 2010
We are lucky to have an abundance of delicious carrots at our local farmers market. It’s one of my favorite purchases every week. They even come with the greens attached. I’m sure there’s a cooking method for the greens, but I haven’t yet experimented with them. Anybody have any recommendations for carrot greens? For now, the carrot greens go to enrich my compost pile. And the carrots this week went into these muffins!
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By Jeanne, on June 2nd, 2010
I just can’t stay away from these Meyer lemons. They were destined to become another pitcher of lemonade when I had a breakthrough moment. I’d been waiting and waiting to buy poppy seeds so I could use them in bread. When we received another batch of Meyer lemons from the farm I mentioned to The Boyfriend that I could make Meyer lemon poppyseed muffins if only we could find poppy seeds at the store. My very astute boyfriend said, “You’ve got a jar of poppy seeds on your spice rack”. Well, surely he must be confusing poppy seeds with something else, right?
I rushed to the kitchen, spun the spice rack around, and there it was. The jar of poppy seeds. So, Meyer lemon poppy seed muffins it was. Right away.
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By Jeanne, on April 21st, 2010
After all of the baking I did last week for the bake sale, I was ready to make some quick and easy muffins! I was all out of fresh fruit (oh, the horror!), and when I opened the cupboard it was the cornmeal that spoke to me. It was begging to be made into rich, buttery corn muffins with just the right amount of crumble.
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By Jeanne, on March 19th, 2010
I’m learning to bake vegan. I really enjoy eating vegan goodies, so naturally the next step is to learn to make them myself. I baked a vegan cake last year (before I started blogging), and it was amazing! This time, I tried my hand at vegan muffins.
I don’t drink cow’s milk, but I do use buttermilk when it’s called for in a recipe. It helps keep muffins tender and lends a somewhat tangy flavor as well. So when I discovered that I could make vegan buttermilk with soy milk and a little apple cider vinegar, I decided to bake some muffins!
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By Jeanne, on January 22nd, 2010
Banana oatmeal muffins are my go to muffin. I always have the ingredients on hand and it’s so easy to whip up a batch. My basic recipe is very forgiving. I can change it up in any number of ways and the muffins still come out delicious.
This time I’ve made them healthier and added a bit of spice. Now I don’t feel so guilty when I reach for one to help me get through those last two hours of the workday!
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By Jeanne, on December 20th, 2009
We finally put up our Christmas lights, 6 days before Christmas! We went out to the street after dark to check them out, and realized that everyone else on our block had lights up. It sure is colorful out there!
With all that Christmas spirit outside, it’s time to break out the cranberries. Christmas snuck up on me this year. I didn’t even notice the fresh cranberries at Trader Joe’s until yesterday.
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