Muffin Morning

So here's the thing - I'm a crappy cook. I don't like it and I'm not good at it. I get by but am definitely nothing special...which is why I married a man who is pretty damn fine in the kitchen. Smart move!

I do, however, like to cook for my little girl if the recipe is simple, healthy and something I know she will eat. She doesn't eat much solid food and, at the moment, she won't eat anything she can't feed herself. Yesterday whilst shopping I saw an expensive kids' food cookbook, flicked through it and saw recipes for many different types of muffins. I put the expensive book back down and thought to myself "I bet I can find a muffin recipe on the net". Thirty seconds of search work this morning and voila - muffin recipe ready to roll.

I figure that muffins are like pancakes. Cate LOVES pancakes and I put pretty much anything in them. I can now make them in five minutes start to finish without a recipe and they turn out fine (trust me, this is a HUGE leap forward!). I figure if I can perfect a muffin recipe I can pretty much add anything to them and hopefully create a whole new type of food that Cate is happy to munch on.

So - basic muffin recipe:


1 3/4 cup self raising flour
Sprinkle of baking powder
1 egg beaten
3/4 cup milk
90 gr butter melted

Place dry ingredients in a mixing bowl. Mix wet ingredients. Fold wet ingredients into dry ingredients, don't go too crazy on the mixing, keep it gentle. Spoon into muffin trays, bake for 15 - 20 mins at 200 degrees until lightly browned on top. Remove and cool.

Today I made Spinach and Feta muffins. I used frozen spinach and onion and chopped up feta and added these to the flour / baking powder before the folding bizzo. I also made Strawberry muffins. I added caster sugar and vanilla essence (guesstimates) and chopped strawberries.

Good news? I didn't burn them, they were super easy and they looked pretty good. Better news? This recipe made about forty little bubby sized muffins that are perfect for freezing. Best, best, best news? Cate LOVED them. SCORE! Another food my baby girl will happily munch on = happy Mummy.