Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Pumpkin Streusel Muffins

This was a recipe request from my friends mom.


I'm including both the original recipe, and what I actually made here. I think it's funny when people don't trust their pumpkin recipes and add superfluous chocolate that overwhelms the pumpkin flavor.

These muffins are really sticky, so I strongly recommend cupcake wrappers.



Pumpkin Streusel Muffins
Topping:
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup flour
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
3 Tbsp soft butter 

Sift Dry ingredients together:
3 1/3 cups flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 Tbsp pumpkin pie spice
2 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt

Mix wet ingredients separately:
1/2 cup butter melted
1/2 cup olive oil
2 cups winter squash puree
4 eggs (or if you ran out of eggs 4 Tbsp flax meal and 3/4 cup water set in the fridge for 15 minutes)

Fold wet ingredients into dry until just moistened.

Use a #20 scoop / disher to fill muffin tins.
Sprinkle topping on top of muffins.

Bake 350 F 20 minutes, or 40 minutes for jumbo size. 
Easily makes 2 dozen regular sized muffins.



Original Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffin recipe for reference
Topping:
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup flour
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
3-4 Tbsp butter 

Sift Dry ingredients together:
3 1/3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
2 Tbsp pumpkin pie spice
2 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2 cups chocolate chips

Mix wet ingredients separately:
1 cup butter melted
2 cups pumpkin puree
4 eggs

Sunday, May 31, 2015

Crockpot Lasagna

One of Scott's favorite foods is lasagna. One time we made it in the crockpot, and it was tasty. This was a loose interpretation of Alton Brown's crockpot lasagna.



From: July 2, 2014

Steak on the grill

Scott and I have been wanting a grill for a long time. Right after we moved in to our new place, we were making a few back-and-forth moving trips, and passed a moving sale. On a whim, we decided to stop and check it out. They had a full gas grill for only $75. Score! So we bought it.




One night we made steak on the grill. Served with green beans (from my parent's garden), salad, and homemade wheat rolls. Yum. Scott is a grill master.


From: November 9, 2014

Apple onion soup

We eat a lot of soup around here, especially when it's cold. This one was definitely an experiment and it wasn't bad. Apple onion soup.


From: October 28, 2014

Pesto Tortellini

It's been awhile, blogosphere. But don't worry, Scott and I have still been taking pictures of our food, and plan to update this blog. So prepare for a bunch of posts. And I've decided to start posting recipes too. Mostly for my (our) sake(s), so that I don't have to rely on internet links going bad. Anyway, here goes.

We made some pesto then mixed it together with a standard cream sauce (made using a standard roux and milk). Served over cheese tortellini with grilled squash and salad.



On a side note, I now have this old iPhone, and the camera isn't very good...the coloring on the pictures is all wrong, usually. Trust me, the food didn't look that yellow.

From: October 13, 2014