Do You Know the Muffin Mom?

This is the most AWESOME blog–my new site for sharing all of the fantastic muffin recipes I’ve been inventing over the years! Check it out at http://themuffinmom.wordpress.com/

This is bad–VERY BAD

Oh dear; the Baking Bites blog has a recipe up for HOMEMADE GIRL SCOUT COOKIES.
I bake–a lot. I am in SO much trouble now!

Crockpot Meatless Sloppy Joes

We made these DELICIOUS sloppy joes yesterday and they were a hit! My kids even ate them! 
Rather than meat, this recipe calls for brown rice and beans. However, I think I would like to substitute wheat grains next time, because when they puff up, they resemble ground beef more than rice and beans do!
 
Ingredients:
1 tsp [...]

MIYM Tortillas!

Thank you, Frizzlefry, for teaching me how to make the most delicious melt-in-your-mouth tortillas! If everyone knew how to make these, the tortilla manufacturing business would be done for!
http://melissaastle.blogspot.com/2008/05/tortilla-tutorial.html

Whole Wheat Crock Pot Pizza Dinner

This recipe is something I threw together the other day in an attempt to mimic the success of my Crockpot Meatless Mexican recipe.
The result: tastes just like pizza, and the kids loved it. Heart-healthy AND the kids will eat it. Perfect! Here’s the recipe:
Crockpot Whole Wheat Pizza Dinner
4 cups of Simple Marinara (see recipe, below)
OR
1 [...]

Meatless Mexican Crockpot Dinner

Wow–this tastes so good that even my kids will eat it!  (As long as I top it with grated cheese, that is.  Mine looks like the photo)  Here’s the recipe:
Meatless Mexican Meal
2 T. canola oil
1 small onion, diced
1 clove garlic, minced
Add oil to a skillet; saute the onion and garlic in the oil, then add:
2 [...]

Flour-Free, Butter Free, Healthy Breakfast Cake!

Do not be put off by the chocolate chips called for in this recipe; semi-sweet and bitter chocolate are heart-healthy and full of antioxidants (unlike their unhealthy milk chocolate counterparts!)

Flour-Free, Butter Free Breakfast cake
Serves: 8Both chickpeas and mayonnaise keep this butterless chocolate cake moist and nutritious.
INGREDIENTS
1-1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 cups garbanzo beans (chickpeas) – cooked if fresh, [...]

The DISH on Fatty School Lunches

Wow–I only recently learned about the politics behind our childrens’ school lunches when I read a book called The Culprit and the Cure.  Here’s what I learned:

The nation’s school lunch programs are funded separately from the education programs.  They are governed by the USDA
The USDA’s mission is to promote the American cattle and dairy industries
This means [...]

Deceptively Delicious Muffins

This morning for a quick breakfast my children enjoyed these delicious peanut butter banana muffins.  I got the recipe from the book Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food.
These muffins had cauliflower hidden in the batter.  Here is how it works:
First, you steam up some cauliflower; then you puree it in a blender::

The recipe [...]

My Healthy Breakfast Muffins

We have really been LOVING these muffins; they are so healthy that they serve as a  meal at breakfast time, or a very filling snack when dinner takes longer than planned:
Sugar-Free Apple Oatmeal Muffins
1 and 1/4 c. whole wheat flour
1 c. oatmeal
2 tsp baking powder
3 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp soda
2 eggs
1/4 c. honey
1/2 c. milk
2. c. [...]