Buttermilk Banana Bread Muffins

Okay so this morning, I decided to make Buttermilk Banana Bread Muffins. My husband, Cameron, always buys a mass amount of bananas and then they end up getting too old to eat. (He is picky with his fruit) So they end up getting thrown in the freezer. As of this morning, I had four bananas in the freezer. I love him just the same even if he doesn't always eat all the bananas. The good news is that they freeze really well. So here I am thinking what the heck am I going to do with a bunch of bananas in my freezer. And then the light bulb went off, duh!, banana bread! Now my mom typically makes a dark banana bread loaf so I got her recipe. Since I only had one egg, I went searching for a smaller recipe that I could adapt. I also had some buttermilk in the fridge (I had made red velvet cupcakes for one of my friend's birthdays) that needed some using! I stumbled upon this blog The House of Smiths. And saw this picture.

Looks appetizing doesn't it. Oh, I forgot to tell you another problem I encountered, not having a bread loaf pan. Thus the idea for Buttermilk Banana Bread Muffins was born. I adapted the recipe so that it only makes 9 muffins. This is idea for me and my husband (enough to last us for at least 3 breakfasts).
Here is the recipe:

*1 cup flour
*1/2 cup sugar
*1/2 teaspoon baking soda
*1/2 teaspoon baking powder
*pinch of salt
*1 egg
*1/4 cup butter (I used "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter All Purpose Baking Sticks) (melt the butter)
*1/2 cup buttermilk (I used Upstate Farms Reduced Fat Buttermilk)
*1 1/2 bananas (I defrosted mine for about 2 minutes in the microwave)

Mix the first five dry ingredients in a bowl. Mix the last four wet ingredients in a bowl. Then mix! Spray your muffin pan with nonstick spray and fill them up about 3/4 full. Bake at 350 degrees for 18-20 minutes. They are so moist and delicious. And for you calorie conscience out there, they are about 140 calories per muffin... not too too bad! Here are mine.

Haha, I love that you can see the hole where I poked mine to see if they were done. :) These make the perfect on the go breakfast or dessert. I've got to get ready for work! Hope you all make and enjoy them. Like I said they are super moist. YUMMM!

Okay so a couple weeks ago, I came home from work and my husband was on the computer. I asked him what he was looking at and he said he was "paying bills," which is so believable. It turns out he was working on a super secret Valentine's Day gift. Have you ever hear of Love Book? I think they actually had a Groupon a couple weeks ago. Anyways, you can basically complete your own book with all the reasons why you love your significant other. And you know what, it is a darn good gift!

Cam came home and gave me my gift and I was just about balling while he was reading it to me. Here are a couple of the screenshots of what was inside. The last one is my favorite. You'll see why.

Isn't that idea great? In other news... I picked up a new book. I love it when books become movies so my sister convinced me to get the book The Hunger Games. I hope I like it!

Superbowl Madness

I would like to start this blog post by saying that anybody who goes to the grocery store on Superbowl Sunday is absolutely insane. I happen to be one of those people. And everybody seems to know each other so people were stopping in the aisles and just chatting it up... Anyways at the store, I got the ingredients to make homemade pizza and peanut butter "Superbowl" honey balls. We are also making bruschetta. You can see the recipe for that below. So first let me show you the finished product.

I got the inspiration from my Mom. When I was little she used to make these delicious honey balls. They are actually pretty good for you, until I decided to add semi-sweet chocolate. :) Gotta spice things up a bit. Okay so here is the recipe.

*1 cup nonfat dry instant milk
*1 cup oats
*1/2 cup honey
*1/2 cup peanut butter (natural style)
*Baker's semi-sweet chocolate squares. I used 7 squares. (whole package)
*White chocolate morsels

Mix that up in a bowl. It should look a little like this.

Lay out some wax paper on a cookie sheet and shape your "dough" into football shapes. Take those footballs and dip in the melted baker's chocolate. I just nuked my chocolate for about a minute and half. Then put the tray in the freezer to harden up that chocolate. Melt the white chocolate and put in a sandwich baggie. Cut off the tip and make a football design. And voila! You have super cute football peanut butter honey balls. Perfect for your Superbowl party, or maybe a kid's birthday party, football game, etc. Will blog about the homemade pizza in a little! Next onto the bruschetta...