Entries Tagged as 'muffins'
If you’re trying to reduce the saturated fat and processed sugar in your diet, these muffins definitely fall into the category of “healthy.” Orange juice, apple sauce and the blueberries lend a bit of sweetness. And for fat, we have canola oil, which contains even more mono-unsaturated fatty acids than olive oil. But we can’t […]
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When I told the kids in my fifth-grade food appreciation class we’d be making muffins sweetened with apple sauce and orange juice and blueberries instead of granulated sugar, they literally turned on their heels and ran out to the playground. No kidding. I was left standing there alone with a dumb look on my face. […]
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October 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
In my experience, the more ingredients, the better the muffin. That must be what makes these pumpkin muffins so good: two different kinds of flour, two different kinds of sugar, three different spices, buttermilk, ricotta cheese, vanilla. What’s not to like? Pumpkin muffins proved to be the perfect antidote to all the pickling we’ve been […]
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Tags:food appreciation·kids·muffins·pumpkin