Baking. Because I'm Hungry

Here's something new for the blog: a recipe. Everyone always assumes I can't/won't/don't cook or know how to, but I've never figured out what makes them think that. Anyway. I made some muffins several years ago, mostly to give away. They were pretty healthy, so I wasn't expecting much, but they turned out fantastically delicious. I then lost the recipe, so I searched the internet, to no avail. And then, it suddenly popped up, written on the back of a piece of mail, in a stack of papers hidden away with some recipe books. Not wanting to lose it again, I took a picture and decided to share it. Do you ever find a good looking recipe on Pinterest or similar, then have to scroll through endless pages of terrible babble to get to the actual recipe? I'll spare you a bit of scrolling. The short, scritchy version:

 

Also, I will actually type it out for you. I am a minimalist when it comes to using dishes, and apparently writing recipe details, but you might add the wet ingredients, then the dry ones separately, or something. The 15 minutes of cooking is for the mini-sized muffins.

For now I will take credit for these, at least until I find the real creator and give them credit. How about this for a name:

Chocolate zucchini sweet potato muffins

2/3 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup oat bran
1 cup rolled oats
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/4-1/2 cup sugar (I use less of this, more chocolate chips)
1 egg
1 cup yogurt (I use greek, or sour cream when I'm short on yogurt. Ask my husband, they taste the same.)
2 Tbsp canola oil (or other oil-- coconut would be good!)
1 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 cup cooked mashed sweet potato (I've subbed canned pumpkin)
1 medium zucchini, grated (I've used yellow squash of course)
4 oz. (or 8oz.) chocolate chips

Cook mini muffins in a greased pan at 350F for about 15 minutes. Get your veggies and chocolate together!

A few other modifications I made are the addition of a tablespoon of flax meal (mixed with 3 tbsp water to soak 5 mins) plus a sprinkling of brewer's yeast to aid in lactation, should you be interested in that kind of thing.

Bonus recipe! for reading this far. I've modified it just a bit from this recipe,  and it is vegan, so be warned that if you pin anything with "vegan" in its title just one time you will forever be given suggestions of vegan meals. Not that I'm complaining. 

I happened to have all the ingredients for these in my kitchen except for the almond meal in the original recipe, because who doesn't have chia seeds and flax meal in the pantry? I just subbed more flour for the almond meal.

Chocolate banana oatmeal breakfast cookies

1 1/4 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup shredded coconut (I use sweetened)
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
2 Tbsp flax meal
2 Tbsp chia seeds
1/2 cup chocolate chips
3 mashed bananas
1/4 cup coconut oil
1 tsp vanilla extract 

Bake at 350F for about 18-20 mins. Hunter's favorite part is eating as much raw dough as he wants.

This sweet 4 month old has really been eating lately, which has made my hunger insatiable. I'm sure we will be whipping up one of these recipes again tomorrow.