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A Muffin Story

kimberly January 14th, 2010

I’ve been on a bit of a baking kick all week, and this morning, when I woke up at the ridiculously early hour of 4:30, I decided to surprise everyone with freshly baked muffins for breakfast. I know, I’m awesome. (Exhausted though, to the point where I later joined Leah for a two-hour nap because I could no longer keep my eyes open.)

Truly, it was wonderful to be able to have the kitchen all to myself without working around Adam’s mostly helpful but sometimes distracting attempts to fully participate in the baking process and Leah’s mostly successful attempts to wreak havoc while I have my hands full of dough or batter.

Flipping through my cookbooks, I settled on Zucchini Spelt Muffins from Vegan Brunch, as I quickly determined that it was one of the few recipes for which I had all the ingredients available.

I’ve made these muffins before and the results were, predictably, incredible. I added the optional cup of raisins since everyone here loves the added sweetness. Adam declared them “delicious” and insisted on taking one for his afternoon snack to kindergarten this afternoon (he even wanted to take one for his teacher).

Once the sun came out this afternoon, I figured I now had a good chance of getting some halfway decent photos of the muffins, and since I had hoped to spend a good chunk of time with an iced coffee and my knitting, I set up my little photoshoot to capture my afternoon plans.

Zucchini Spelt Muffins -- A Story I

The first shot looked good, but I decided to take another.

Zucchini Spelt Muffins -- A Story II

What’s that in the top left corner? A finger?

Zucchini Spelt Muffins -- A Story III

Whose hand is that? And what is it doing on my muffin?

Zucchini Spelt Muffins -- A Story IV

Um, Leah. What are you doing?

Zucchini Spelt Muffins -- A Story V

Leah quickly tried to shove as much muffin as she could possibly fit inside her mouth.

Zucchini Spelt Muffins -- A Story VI

Busted!

Zucchini Spelt Muffins -- A Story VII

A less-than-stellar photo of the now decimated (yet still delicious) muffin.

Oh! Do You Know the Muffin (Wo)Man?

kimberly October 5th, 2009

veganmofo

Yesterday afternoon I was flipping through my cookbooks, looking for inspiration, while Leah snacked on rice crackers and tried to snatch away my books when I wasn’t looking.

Isa's Youngest Fan

Vegan Brunch it is! Leah does have rather good taste, so I took her advice on which book to use for my next VeganMoFo post. The result? Pumpkin Bran Muffins!

Counting Down

These were delicious, moist and a perfect fall breakfast/snack. I subbed oat bran for the wheat bran flakes with no ill effects and added 3/4 cup raisins and 1/2 cup chopped walnuts.

Pumpkin Bran Muffins

Adam left behind a few of the walnut pieces, but otherwise declared the muffins a success. It probably helped that he was hungry after school and would have scarfed down cardboard if no other option presented itself.

After School Muffin Snack

And because I’ve received a few concerned comments/questions wondering about Leah’s whereabouts these days (she’s been cranky due to teething and therefore not terribly interested in having her photo snapped), here are a few photos of her (finally) getting a hang of the whole sippy cup thing.

Soy Milk Does a Body Good

Glug, Glug, Glug

Bottoms Up!

Bottoms up!

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