Indulging a Sweet Tooth

On Sunday the 27th of May I had my sweet tooth hit me pretty strong yet again! I had nothing in the house that had chocolate that I could make. I decided to make a cake from scratch. I made my famous yellow cake and then some cream cheese frosting! It was getting pretty late by the time the cake had cooled enough to frost but I still wanted to have a slice of cake. I went to grab my camera to take a picture when I turned around and found this...

My sweet little boy indulging himself to mommy's cake.

It was delicious!

Someone's Hungry

Who doesn't love pancakes? They are a great Saturday morning treat! I don't make them every Saturday but when we have time I do and Benjamin loves it. On Saturday May 19th I made pancakes and set the table up. Benjamin climb straight up to the table and made it known he was ready to go.

The Moistest Muffins

I made the moistest muffins again today. A friend of mine had a baby this past week so I thought I would share some muffins.

Since they are so good I will share the recipe! Enjoy!

Berry Oat Muffins

1 1/2 cups flour

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup quick oats

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 egg, lightly beaten

1/2 cup orange juice

1/4 cup vegetable oil

1/4 cup applesauce

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 cup blueberries (fresh or frozen)

1/2 cup raspberries (fresh or frozen)

In a large bowl, combine the dry ingredients. In another bowl, combine the wet ingredients (except the berries). Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in the berries.

Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups half full. Bake at 400 for 20 minutes. Makes 12 muffins.

I recommend making a double batch as one batch makes only a dozen (depending on how you portion in) because they are so good. I've already had 3 regular sized muffins. Also I've only been using blueberries as it's what I have on hand.

I got the recipe from "The Essential Food Storage Cook Book". I have been doing a lot of cooking out of this book trying new things and writing my comments into the book so I know what I like and what I don't like or what I changed. It's been fun!

Food Network

What TV shows do you find yourself watching these days? Me personally the Food Network. It's strange (and I can hear Jacki laughing to herself) that I actually like it. When Jared and I were dating I detested the channel. It was always on at his parents house (the TV was always on, if not the Food Network then it was sports) especially if Jacki was home. Now here it is years later and I actually seek out shows on that channel. Crazy! But I must validate myself. The same shows that were mostly on back then are still shows I don't care for now. Anything where they are teaching you how to cook something. I still find it boring because it's cooking food and the stuff they make I am most likely never going to eat. I guess my taste pallet is blah! Anyways the shows I like are the cooking competitions. Like Iron Chef America and any of the Food Network Challenges. I do also like Ace of Cakes and I am starting to get into Cupcake Wars. I find the competition to be fun and the pace makes it exciting. I don't always like what they are making but the way the show is depicted I am drawn into it. So yes I am a fan of the Food Network now but only certain shows.

Jacki and I discussed this awhile back and another reason for the Food Networks draw is that it's clean and wholesome. Which are definitely positive attributes for their network.

A New Treat

My new favorite treat is Nutter Butter Bites and Ghirardelli chocolate. They are so good together. I will let the dark chocolate warm up and melt a bit in my mouth and add the Nutter Butter bites and it's just heavenly. Both are dairy free and so delicious!

Very addictive!!!!