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Basic Muffin Recipe

I'm all about basic recipes that are able to be tweaked and altered to my heart's content. So tonight I found a basic recipe for muffins, and I'm giving it a try for snack for Mairi's preschool tomorrow. I probably won't eat one (being on JC and all) but I'll have Keith taste test it and report back as soon as they are out of the oven (5m or so) Basic Muffin Recipe 2 cups all-purpose flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup white sugar 1 egg 1 cup milk 1/4 cup vegetable oil Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C). Stir together the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in a large bowl. Make a well in the center. In a small bowl or 2 cup measuring cup, beat egg with a fork. Stir in milk and oil. Pour all at once into the well in the flour mixture. Mix quickly and lightly with a fork until moistened, but do not beat. The batter will be lumpy. Pour the batter into paper lined muffin pan cups. Bake for 25 minutes, or until golden. Here are my t

Basic Granola Bars

2 Cup Oats 1 cup brown sugar 1 Cup whole wheat flour 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp salt 1 tsp vanilla 1/2 Cup honey Any dried fruit, nuts, seeds, chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, etc. Mix all ingredients and press into greased pan, 11 X 13. Dough will be very dry and crumbly, but press until dough forms with pan.. Bake at 325 for 20 minutes or until edges are browned. Take out and let cool entirely. Cut into strips and store in snack size bags.

CousCous Lasagna

I've had this recipe hanging around since I was doing WW Core last year, and never got around to making it. Keith and Mairi both adore couscous, and we are trying to be more meatless, so tonight was the night. It was delish! I'm back on JC so I just had a couple try it bites, but for such a simple recipe, it blended together fabulously! It would taste good with some chicken in it too though :D CousCous Lasagna 1C couscous 1 1/2C boiling broth 1/2t salt 1T EVOO lg diced onion 3 garlic cloves minced 28oz can diced tomatoes, drained (reserve 1/3C of the juice) 1t dried basil 5C finely chopped spinach pepper 1C mozz. cheese Combine couscous and broth let stand 5 minutes preheat oven to 375 saute onion and garlic in EVOO add tomatoes, cook 10m stir mix into couscous add reserved juice, basil, pepper and spinach mix til combined spread half in a 9x13 pan sprinkle mozz top with more couscous cover and bake 30m