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Chocolate Banana Muffins
So Noah wanted to mash bananas (thanks Sid the Science Kid). So I considered what ingredients were in stock, unfortunately our bread pan has disappeared. Muffins it twas.
The child was indeed a fabulous banana musher. It was a good activity to work on while I did all the other parts.
Very delicious muffins! And a good way to use my whole wheat flour.
Enjoy!
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Snack Time
We came across a fun snack today. I’m a snackaholic, among other things. I don’t always go for the good for me variety, but this one made the child happy even because it had a fun name: Crunch Cactus Snack. Which has now become the Happy Little Forest Snack.
The original recipe should have been made with graham crackers, green pepper, broccoli, and peanut butter.
Here’s ours:
Happy Little Forest Snack
*Our impromtu kosher version uses matzo, because we didn’t have graham crackers. This is an easy to adapt recipe.
Ingredients:
*2 graham crackers
*green pepper (or carrot or a veggie of your choice)
*2 small pieces of broccoli
*peanut butter
*chopped nuts for terrain texture
Directions:
Spread peanut butter on one cracker. Cut oval pieces of bell pepper and cut a flat edge across the bottom. (We cut a flat edge on the carrots). Cut the stems off two pieces of broccoli. Stick the vegetables in the peanut butter to look like a happy little forest scene. Optional: Crush the second graham cracker and sprinkle crumbs over the peanut butter to give it a dirt effect. Or use chopped nuts to give it a similar effect.
Viola!
Happy Kid! He’s happy he has a cute little snack and actually believes he is eating a forest. I’m happy he’s eating veggies.
Snowdrop Brownies – Easy
I’ve been trying to be thrifty. That means trying to make homemade when humanly possible. I wanted to make brownies with ingredients we had in our pantry, but that did not require chocolate chips. We didn’t have those. I found Snowdrop Brownies on Epicurious. (I love my Epicurious iPhone app!) I’ve altered it a bit to work with what I had, and it is super easy.
Snowdrop Brownies
* 2/3 cup all purpose flour
* 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
* 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1 cup sugar
* 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
* 2 eggs
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 1/2 cup white chocolate chips
Note: You can add 1/2 a cup of chopped pecans and 1/2 cup chocolate chips for some more delicious flavors.
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350. Spray an 8×8x2 inch glass baking dish with Pam (you can also butter the baking dish). Sift first 4 ingredients into a small bowl. Beat sugar, butter, eggs, and vanilla together in a medium bowl. Mix in dry ingredients. Mix in chips. Spread batter into prepared dish.
Bake until tester inserted into center comes out with moist crumbs still attached, about 25 minutes. Cool completely. Cut into 2-inch squares.
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