What a speed demon of a weekend, right? Well, I hope you enjoyed it because Monday is here. 

I just can’t stop with the baking lately! Well, to be honest, I planned to make this bread that I found at Zesty Cook’s blog. When I started to gather my ingredients I found that I did not have enough yeast. Actually it was after I already put the honey in the warm water. Normally, this wouldn’t stop me, but it expired in October and Zesty said the yeast must be active! Definite bummer as I really really wanted to eat that bread.

Well, I tried to just move on and do some work re: insects compound eyes, but I couldn’t shake the ache to bake! Oh wow. So, I used the rest of the sweet potato-banana mash to make these heathy and delicious muffins. 

Banana Sweet Potato Muffins

Ingredients:   

• Mashed sweet potatoes and bananas (2 medium to large sweet potatoes cooked and mashed with a banana).
• Another banana
• 1 Cup non-fat plain yogurt
• 4 t honey
• 2 egg whites
• 1 t vanilla 
• 1 cup whole wheat pasty flour
• 1 cup oats
• 1.5 t baking soda
• 2 tea cinnamon

Directions: All I did was combine all the wet ingredients (sweet potatoes – vanilla) in a bowl. Then, I combined the rest of the ingredients in another bowl. I added the dry to the wet. Mixed and poured into greased cupcake pan. Sprinkled with a little more oats and baked at 350* for about 30 minutes. Yield: 12 big.    

 

I did all this after I had dinner because I was starving at 5:00 and opted for the early bird special: Arnold’s Sandwich Thin, Hummus, Eggplant and Spinach with sides of spinach and peppers. I also had extra extra hummus. Extra hummus. 

Yay for blog awards. This weekend, Mark and I got the Superior Scribe Award from two fellow bloggers! One from Lindsay at For the Love of Oats and from Lee at For the Love of Peanut Butter – both currently residing in or about my former town of Philadelphia! They should get together and make some peanut buttery oats. Better yet, go to Wawa in my honor girls. Get a BLT shorty. 

I love this award! I love writing in any form, and the blog is great fun. Thanks ladies! 

So, here’s the deal with this award. 

1. Post the award on your blog
2. Link to me for giving it to you
3. Link the originating post here
4. Pass it on to five deserving people
5. Post these rules for your recipients. 

I want to give the award to every single blog writer I read. They are each unique and deserving in their own right. Alas, I have chosen five. 

(1) On a Lobster Placemat – I love Rose for many reasons. First, her writing is impeccable. I mean, she is a professional, so it’s to be expected, but really, she has a fresh take on mundane things. I love how she had a Spontaneous Dinner Party where she invited friends over and prepared a meal out of the ingredients they brought. She is just a regular girl who I just know I would love in real life. 

(2) Heather Bakes – Heather is the best. She gave up her corporate job to follow her dream of going to culinary school. She currently works in the pastry department of a Whole Foods and let’s me read all about it. She does wonderful things with fondant, loves Giada, watches The Office and has a cute pug named Chloe. 

(3) Care to Eat – Erin and Andrea are the loves of my blog life. That sounds so creepy, but I think I’m going to leave it and move on. 

(4) Rhodey Girl Tests – Rhodey girls stick together, so of course I love her blog. But aside from that, Sabrina has so much enthusiasm about life. She has the kind of positivity and energy I would love to have. She’s planning a wedding and moving to Philly soon, but she and I will always be Rhodey girls! 

(5) Couch Cubicle – She makes me laugh out loud every time I read her blog. I like funny people. I just know that she doesn’t take food or life too seriously, and that is very important to me when choosing a blog to read. 

I hope you all like your award!

Tags: Arnold Sandwich Thin, eggplant, hummus, muffins, spinach

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