THE world's best blueberry muffins

little baby muffins make a great breakfast on the go... freeze em and take em out as you need em...boy likes em.

these are my extra-super favorite...

ingredients for muffins:

1 1/3 cups all purpose flour

1/3 cup white sugar

1/3 cup brown sugar

1/2 tsp. salt

2 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/3 cup vegetable oil

2 eggs

1/2 cup milk



what makes them extra-special:

a good 2 cups of blueberries
(mine were big ripe berries we froze from this summer)

2 tbs flax seed
(for extra fiber and omega-3)



and of course the cinnamon-y sweet topping:

1/3 cup all purpose flour

1/4 cup butter softened

1 tsp cinnamon

1/3 cup brown sugar



pre-heat your oven to 375. line your muffin tins... i use foil liners cause they hold up to the ooey-gooeyness of these muffins. mix flour, white and brown sugars, salt and baking powder. stir oil, eggs and milk until the lumps are gone. gently fold in blueberries. fill muffin tins, i like mine nice and full for a good muffin top.


for topping, mix flour, butter, cinnamon, and brown sugar. sprinkle a little on top (or a lot).

bake for about 12 to 15 minutes if using small muffin tin (20 to 30 minutes for larger muffins).

the extra berries make these muffins almost like a tart. a little crunchy sweet muffin wrapped around a yummy blueberry filling... mmm...

when men serve the pie

making pies is my favorite part of holiday dinners.

my darling husband requested a chocolate pecan pie,

which i lovingly made just for him.

he served it up (i think he

decided to be in charge for portion control)

do you see what he did to that pie? need a closer look?

he didn't cut it...

he didn't get a pie server...

he got a big spoon and started scooping.

i love him so.

hope you and your family had a wonderful thanksgiving.

chefin' it: homemade apple sauce for baby boy

made homemade applesauce for boy last night.

it is really easy, really yummy, and all natural.

what you need:

*fuji apples

(i used 8 large apples and made about 3 cups)

a food processor

and well that's about it

peel, core, and cut

(i'm not fancy enough for a corer or peeler, so a good old knife was used)

i sliced my apples into eighths.

baked for about 45 minutes at 350 degrees.

stirred once to keep the apples on top from drying out.

(put a baking sheet under them just in case they bubble over)

dumped into the food processor, juice and all,

and ran until the apples were a good smooth consistency.

i poured the apple sauce into ice trays and froze.
then just pop them out, put in freezer bags and i have
fresh apple sauce in perfect boy portions any time.

*fuji apples are very sweet and crisp. they bake well, not turning mushy.
no need to add sugar to the sauce.

i have even used them in apple pies,
cut the sugar from the recipe,
and it's still sweet and delicious!

cooking is a dangerous sport

this is what happens to a cell phone when you just get stinky up for a nap so he is nice and clingy, sister calls, and the pizza you made for lunch needs to come out of the oven RIGHT NOW or in will be cooked beyond the point of eating.

i know mommas are supposed to be great multi-taskers but i prove to myself everyday that some tasks need to be done alone with no other tasks taking what precious little brain power i sometimes have.

when the phone slipped out from between my ear and shoulder and came apart in several pieces at the bottom of the very hot oven all i could think was "where are the tongs, i need tongs, how hot does a battery need to get before it blows up? i know i own some tongs!"

these thoughts soon subsided to fits of laughter while explaining to sister why i hung up on her. yes, the phone still works, minus a back to hold the battery in. unfortunately the back did not make it. he will be missed.

no, i do not plan to get a new phone any time soon. if the battery does not stay put some packing tape ought to do the trick!

*only one phone was injured in the making of this blog.

gettin' crafty: sister been busy

i love my sister! we are night and day yet so alike in so many ways. she has been cultivating her inner craftiness and i have really enjoyed the process. she has made some really cute stuff, including some little girl shoes to die for!

she recently discovered a fellow blogger that can bake like none other... and so of course she wanted to try her hand at these oh so easy, super cute cake pops...

did sister make these cake pops though? no she has higher ambitions in life and decided that the hello kitty cake pops would be much more... because sister believes whole heartedly that more is more...

here are the "example" hello kitty cake pops...

here is sister's one and only... i'm pretty sure she just ate the rest before transforming them...

there was lots of rambling on the phone... something about permanent damage to her Psyche... all her hopes and dreams crushed... hello kitty being stupid... cake pops being stupid... "damn, these taste good" as kitty lost its head... more rambling...

i haven't laughed that hard in a long time. i love my sister!