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Yummy muffin recipe

I am baking some muffins using the squash I received from the CSA co-op.  I am always looking for ways to use less sugar, or natural sweetners, in my baked goods.  This muffin recipe came from my friend Amy.  Thanks Amy, we've enjoyed it!

Muffins 

2 eggs
1/2 c. coconut oil
1/3 c. honey
1 can pumpkin (variations 1 1/2 c. mashed banana, or canned squash)
1 T baking powder
2 1/2 c. whole wheat flour
2 t. cinnamon
1/2 t. nutmeg

Preheat oven to 375. Beat eggs until frothy. Add coconut oil, honey, and pumpkin and mix briefly. Mix dry ingredients together and then add to wet mixture. Fill 12-cup muffin tin (no need to grease or use paper liners). Bake for 13-15 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. 

Yield: 12 muffins or about 40 mini-muffins 

My little thumb sucker!

Elise has been trying to get her thumb in her mouth since birth.  And now that she is getting better at coordinating her hand movements, I think she's got it!  So cute!!!

Ronnie was never interested in sucking his thumb, or even pacifiers.  So I don't mind that Elise wants to do it since it seems to be a good way for her to soothe herself.  Maybe she'll be a better sleeper too?  We'll see! :)

CSA produce week 10, the final post

Well this week ended our CSA co-op for 2009.  Here is what we received in our box: tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, green beans, okra, hot peppers, cucumbers, parcel, two varieties of squash.

This photo is of one of the squash received, it is called Kabocha squash.  It is very similar to a pumpkin, yet sweeter.  I am excited to have this one, and I plan to bake it in the oven and scoop it out and use it in a sweet bread recipe!  Yum!  I'm ready for the fall squashes and pumpkins and all the yummy foods that come with the fall produce.  I am glad our farmer's market goes through October so that I can take advantage of some of these yummy fall veggies from our local farmers.

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CSA produce weeks 8 and 9

So I didn't get around to posting about my CSA food from last week, or this week even.  And I have no photos either.  Oops!  I will try to remember off the top of my head what we got the last two weeks.  Tomatoes, lots of squash, sweet corn, green peppers, hot peppers, green beans, onions, purple hull peas, garlic, new potatoes......I can't think of what else, but I am sure I am missing something.

Next Tuesday is our last week for the co-op.  All in all I have enjoyed getting a half bushel box of locally grown, organic produce.  But I don't think we will be doing it next year.  Most of the time it was just too much produce for us to eat ourselves.  I gave a lot of it away to my friend Casey.  And my freezer has tons of green beans in it, and I am about squashed out!  I think I will better off just hitting the farmer's market each week and getting what I need.  Nothing will be wasted, and I will get exactly the veggies/fruit I need for our meals.  We are only 4 miles from the farmer's market, and it goes from May all the way through October.  So even though next week is my last co-op pick up, I can still hit the farmer's market for the next 2 1/2 months!

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Washed, waxed, and detailed by my hubby.  And he conditioned the leather interior.  I have a great husband who works hard! :)  I am LOVING our minivan!!!