Skip to main content

Good Recipe

Stefan and I really like to buy food from Open Harvest, the organic store...the only thing is, what happens when you spend a dollar extra on 'organic yogurt' and it expires before you eat it all? You wander over to the garbage with the container in your hand with a tear in your eye until...Suddenly...you notice a recipe on the back...that involves baking...and high temperatures. In my mind this justifies keeping around the ole' stuff until its used. (Does this really work...Is it the same as "cooking the bacteria out of it"? I would like to know.) Viola! The recipe was fabulous and the "Apple Spice Muffins' were probably the best I've ever made (it helped I had apple puree in the freezer). The yogurt was Stonyfield Farms lowfat vanilla and the recipe is (summarized):
2 c. flour
2 eggs
1/4 c. butter, melted
1/2 c. sugar
1 cup apples, peeled and chopped (however, I just used 1 c. apple puree--that had the peel still in it! and they were great...and no 'chunks')
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons cinnamin (I used cinn. sugar--it's all I had!)
1 c. Sf Farm vanilla yogurt
Mix and bake at 375 for 20-25 min (mine were done at 21)...makes 12 (or 9...since Stefan loves batter......)
Enjoy!

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

How To: DIY Sand/Water Table

How To: Build A Sand/Water Table for Under $30 ! Sorry this took me so long to blog, but I had to have a tool list and full instructions before I could do so. A little history on my love for the sand/water table . I love the idea behind tools for tiny hands, i.e. the Montessori Method , and like to have Lukka 'figure things out for himself', even when he is playing. I try to have the most simple and basic toys available for 3 reasons: a) simple toys generally have less parts, which means less of a hassle for me b) simple toys inspire way more creativity and imagination than do 'exact replica' toys c) they are much more aesthetically pleasing to look at, therefore, not making every nook and cranny of our house an eyesore! I know the last reason is just for me, but it's true. Plastic things don't generally last 1/2 as long as wooden or fabric toys, and they are unattractive. For this reason, I started to look for a wooden sand/water table as opposed to a pl...

Home School Activities: Board Games We Love

My children have recently become enthralled in the world of board games. I was never a board game player. Sure, I remember long summer hours (days? it seemed like it..) spent around a Monopoly board, but I was never one to suggest to get out the cards, or a game. As my children have grown and they are now able to do activities with me, I started noticing that they really took to puzzles (when done all together) and the one or two board games I happened to have kept in the storage room. They were always asking to play Candy Land and so I figured I should branch off a bit. Over the course of the last year, I have found GREAT games, even ones that I love to play alongside them. The amount of 'teaching' they have gotten through games is jaw-dropping. Counting, team-playing, math related patterning, are just some of the skills I've watched develop. I asked before Christmas on facebook what my friends and their own kids loved and I was thrilled with the response. We have found ov...

Home School Resources: Links we Love

Source: ladyanndeborja.tumblr.com via Sarah on Pinterest Today I'm just sharing a list of my favorite go-to resources for home schooling. It's a list of where I find games, books, crafts, and fresh inspiration. Also included are articles I've loved about home schooling. One of my favorite websites about homeschooling, updated daily, is Simple Homeschool . It's a shoot off branch of SimpleKids & SimpleMoms, and they often have great giveaways, advice, and have concise and interesting topics. A friend recently guided me to World Book Online to find the general requirements of each grade. At the curriculum fair I went to in April, I remembered two vendors that I want to revisit if they return. One was Hepner's Legacy and the other was Miller's Pads and Papers (don't be fooled by the poor websites, they have great products at good prices). TED Talks . Go. Watch. Now. All of them. Awesome. Even if home schooling is a laughable topic to you, you're ...