Muffin Mania

For all my mommy friend out there, i don't know how it is for you, but i hate waking up to every one whining about how hungry they are, and crying because they can't reach the cereal, tattle tailing on the oldest one for not pouring enough milk in the sippy cup... on and on it goes. To being a bit of peace and tranquility to my morning times, meaning that for the most part i can sleep just a wee bit longer, I place a big Ole' basket of these muffins on the counter. They are the epitome of self serve, and ohhhhh so yummy. Ohhh and did i happen to mention that there is no flour or sugar in the whole batch. These wonder muffins are simple as can be with the main ingredients being, Oats, applesauce, homey, raisins, water and butter... There is a bit more to them that just that but you get the gist. Here below i will walk you through my muffin making bliss!




Gather all your ingredients, here is a list of everything you'll need.



1) 6 cups of oatmeal, I use quick oats.
2)1tsp. Salt
3)1 tsp. cinnamon
4)1TB.spoon Baking Powder
5)1 cup (your choice) sweetened or unsweetened applesauce
6)3 eggs
7)1/4 Cup Local Honey
8) 1/2 Cup melted butter
9) 1 cup raisins or misc. dehydrated fruit
10) 1 1/2 Cup water or milk

In a large bowl place all ingredients in, and fold together with a spatula. make sure that your batter is mixed thoroughly!







Then using a ice cream scoop fill your muffin tins, Don't you just love making a kitchen tool multi purpose! ohhh and if you spray your tins with cooking spray there is no need for liners



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Bake your muffins in a preheated 400 degree oven for 20 min. or golden brown. Yummmm enjoy!

in this batch i added shredded zucchini from our final harvest, and i used a blend of mixed dehydrated berries.... when adding zucchini, i cut the water by a 1/4 cup because zucchini tend to hold quite a bit of water. I have added shredded carrots to this recipe a time or two and even used fresh or pureed fruit in place of the applesauce, There are so many options with this yummy muffin.... have some fun with it!

Oh what a joy it is

I often find myself knee deep in tiny articles of clothing, climbing to the summit of the dish mountain, keeping pace with a steam engine barreling down the tracks of motherhood. Its in this hustle bustle that i often loose sight of the important things. I hear a voice in my mind telling me " they wont stay little for long" and a tiny whisper saying " Some day you'll want these days back". I am unsure if these thoughts come from some instinct deep with in, or from the countless times i have heard elderly women repeat them to me in the line at the super market. But regardless of the source, it is a very real scenario. They wont be little very long, and the days of their youth and innocence are numbered. So with that ever present in my mind, i try my hardest to find joy in all the little things, even if it is being elbow deep in dish water with my three yr old, Or laughing while i watch my oldest chase the lone loose chicken around the coop. I see so many young mothers, struggling with busyness and boredom all rolled into one. Its so easy so get lost in that. I pray every day that God would help me to FIND the joy of motherhood. I honestly believe that it is something we have to find and shape and tend to carefully. Not just something that we as women are born with.

the land of milk and honey

So we started this little farm for our girls, and we milk 2 goats every morning, that's about a gallon of goat milk every day.... Now being that i am originally from the city, The goat milk is... lets just say an acquired taste. So I have been on the ponder about what to do with all this milk. So i have decided to become a soap maker. I tried cheese makeing, but once again, there is a funky taste, that i think only french people like. So soap it is. I have been on a journey over these past few years, to rekindle the American pioneer. To teach my daughters skills that seem not to exist amongst their peers. I taught myself to sew at 20 yrs old. With help from a few friends along the way i have picked up basic knitting and crocheting. When i first got married, I made goulash four times a week or more, because that's all i knew how to make. This was no Hungarian old world recipe, it was meat, noodles, sauce. Still to this day my husband is frightened of anything containing a combination of those ingredients, But i have since expanded my recipe repertoire, Because I believe that it is not Colonel Sanders job to feed my family, but my own. There seems to be a dilemma, of lost information, a sad retraction of American heritage from one generation to the next. I often wonder when i pick up your average household convince ( this could be as complex as a kitchen aid mixer, or as simple as a bar of soap) and wonder, "What did Caroline Ingals do?" If that broad wanted soap, she probably had to make it. I'm sure Laura and Mary by the ripe age of seven could sew a dress, or cook an entire meal... Because that was survival. But these pioneer women took something that was necessity and made it into an art form. The womanly art of home keeping, and provision of basic necessities... like soap. So here I go.... Lets see how clean we can get :)