Strawberry Season

I won't try to give excuses for not being more regular with blog posting. I trust you'll believe me that it's just hard right now. Too much going on, on the verge of many changes.

But I just had to share this! 

We went to a farm to pick strawberries last weekend. Although we didn't pick as much as last year, we ended up doing a lot more with them. And look at all this delicious bounty we ended up with:

Ok, you don't think I'll leave you without some links to the recipes, do you? Nah, I wouldn't do that.

The jam is new for us, and I'm so glad we found it. I'd say it's like strawberry lemonade jam, but that maybe because I used a bit more lemons than the recipe called for. Oh and no need for pectin.

In the back you see some fresh strawberry lemonade. To die for. I used a regular blender and a strainer to get it a bit thinner.

Finally, there's that greek yogurt strawberry banana bread. Yum.

Have you started enjoying some summer fruit harvests? Do share! 

Apple banana muffins for breakfast

Ever wake up craving for some freshly baked muffins? Maybe it's the pregnancy, I'm not sure, but this morning I just needed to bake some muffins.

The original recipe came from here, but I did modify it. I wanted to share with you right away, because it came out so delicious! The original recipe was for banana and nuts, but N. is not a fan of nuts at all. So that had to come out. I also wanted to change some things around to try and get some extra yumminess in there. So, here's the end result. If you do try it, let me know how you like it.

Ingredients:

• 1 3/4 cups of whole wheat flour
• 1/3 cups of sugar
• 2 teaspoons of baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon of sea salt
• 1 beaten egg
• 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons of low fat milk
• 1/4 apple sauce
• 3/4 cup mashed bananas (about 2 long bananas)
• 1/2 cup of an apple, peeled and diced
• a pinch of cinnamon and brown sugar

Steps:

1. Grease a muffin pan and preheat the oven to 400 F
2. In a medium bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture.
3. In a different bowl, combine the egg, milk, apple sauce, and bananas into the flour mixture. Mix the batter up just until moist, but still lumpy, then add the diced apple. 
4. Pour into the greased muffin cups (2/3 full) then add an apple slice (or smaller piece) on top, then sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon. 
5. Bake for 18-20 minutes (or until it passes the toothpick test!). Cool and eat. 

Well, try to let it cool. We couldn't even wait 5 minutes, they smelled so wonderful. They tasted just as good too.

What do you crave for breakfast?