Flourless Banana Muffins

Every so often I like to stray from the kitchen memories of my past and create a new memory that I will look back on some time in the future. I’m quite sure that when I look back, several years from now, on this recipe for flourless muffins, that I will first wonder what all … Continue reading

Morning Glory Muffins

If you were an avid reader of Gourmet Magazine in 1981, as I was, you undoubtably made these Morning Glory Muffins.  Or, if you were like me, you made these muffins over and over again for many years…perhaps for a decade or more.  These muffins had a cult following. Everyone I knew made them, and … Continue reading

Zucchini Bread/Muffins

I’m sure you’re all really sick of my stories about staying home and baking breads when my kids were young,….and sharing these recipes amongst girlfriends……blah, blah, blah.  Okay, so I won’t bore you again.  However, I did think it was comical that when I was looking through my files for this recipe for zucchini bread, … Continue reading

Oatmeal Protein Pancakes

Before I start inundating you with fattening recipes for traditional Christmas treats, I feel compelled to give you one of my favorite “healthy” recipes.  Before I start all my holiday baking and cooking, I try to stock my kitchen with the ingredients for some healthy alternatives.  I find that if it’s easy for me to … Continue reading

Nancy’s Pumpkin Bread

I look back fondly on the years that I spent at home raising my children and cultivating friendships with other women who were in the same position as I was.  There were endless playdates with happy children and their moms.  Great friendships were formed, not only among the children, but among the new moms who … Continue reading

Blueberry Corn Muffins

Every summer, when blueberries are abundant, inexpensive, and taste like candy, I eat them by the handful, and bake with them until my family cries for mercy.  The first few (okay, maybe dozen) pies I make, they are very happy, but then someone will coyly ask, “remember that delicious peach pie you used to make?” … Continue reading