Fig Muffin, Honey?

This is yet another recipe from my favorite muffin cookbook! I was looking for a recipe I hadn’t made before and I had some dried figs languishing in the cupboard, so an instant match was made. It tastes like what you might expect from a muffin version of a Fig Newton. Maybe it [...]

Keeping Warm

Yesterday’s high in Champaign was supposed to be the same as in Duluth, MN, although their wind chill was expected to be up to 10 degrees colder! Still, as my grandfather would have said, not fit for man nor beast to be out and about. So what do you do when it’s -4 [...]

I’m Back With Some Breakfast

What I didn’t mention in my last post about Tartlet 2’s birthday is that I survived the day relying on Benadryl.  We were all coughing and hacking for a week and both Tartlet 3 and I ended up with scripts for antibiotics — her for strep and me for a sinus infection. The cough has [...]

Variety Is The Spice Of Life

I mentioned before that I made muffins for the Ladies’ Retreat I attended.  Because I didn’t want to offer a dull breakfast selection, I made some sweet muffins: Banana Muffins, both plain and with chocolate chips, Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins, and Lemon Blueberry Muffins, as well as some savory muffins: Bacon Cheddar Muffins and Ham [...]

What’s Not To Love?

I made some muffins for the Ladies’ Retreat I recently attended and I think the favorite, by far, was this Cheesy Ham and Pepper Muffin. Not only is it good for breakfast, it works fabulously with soups. I had this recipe on my computer and I remember first making it several years ago, [...]