Guest guest Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Carol and Heather - please post your blueberry and whole-wheat muffin and pumpkin cookie recipes!! I just love muffins because they are so versatile. Somewhere I saw mention of meat/nut loaf cooked in muffin tins - wouldn't that be good with the potato topping and easy for lunches! Welcome Heather and congrats on your pgcy! I have two daughters, one will be 4 in April and one will be 3 in May, and a son who will be 1 in May. On Behalf Of Heather Tuesday, February 07, 2006 12:02 PM Re: muffin recipes & an introduction The chocolate chips work for my kids, too. One thing I've found that I love is whole wheat pastry flour. It's softer than regular whole wheat flour, and I use it in everything -- it doesn't have to be mixed with white flour to work in baked goods. Most of the cookies we make are 100% whole wheat these days. My kids have always only had whole grains so that's normal to them, but I find when we have company they often rave about the yummy baked goods and I don't know whether or not I should tell them it was all whole wheat! We eat a lot of muffins, and my kids' favourite recipe is a whole-wheat bran one that is really soft and flavourful. I often add raspberries and chocolate chips to them. I use blackstrap molasses, and they are so dark brown they look like they might just be chocolate muffins. I can send the recipe if anyone's interested. I also make snacks like pumpkin cookies -- these and mini muffins are great snacks to send to school with my oldest son. An introduction, since this is my first post to this list -- my name is Heather, and I live in Ontario, Canada. I have been vegetarian for 14 years. My husband is mostly vegetarian (will occasionally order fish at a restaurant) and our two sons, ages 4 and 2, are vegetarian. We are expecting another son in May. We do a lot of baking at our house and always modify recipes we use to up the health quotient. Heather Christine Pensa wrote: > Hi Chessie, > > Coming from the mom of a very picky kid I have found that adding a > handful of vegan choc. chips (Tropical Source is very very good) to a > standard banana nut (but minus the nuts for my picky eater) muffin > recipe and replacing 1/4 cup of the white flour with whole wheat works > well. So far I haven't been able to add any more wheat flour without > him complaining but I am trying to gradually increase it. Pumpkin > choc. chip is good too. > > Christine > > Chessie <vegetariyum wrote: > Hi all, I am on the lookout for some tried and true muffin recipes. > My kids > love mini muffins, but so far they will only eat the non-bran > variety. Does > anyone have healthy recipes for blueberry, orange-cranberry, poppy seed, > whatever, they they would like to share? Thanks so much!! > > Chessie > > > > For more information about vegetarianism, please visit the VRG website > at http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families > go to http://www.vrg.org/family.This is a discussion list and is not > intended to provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be > obtained from a qualified health professional. > > edical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified > health professional. > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 The chocolate chips work for my kids, too. One thing I've found that I love is whole wheat pastry flour. It's softer than regular whole wheat flour, and I use it in everything -- it doesn't have to be mixed with white flour to work in baked goods. Most of the cookies we make are 100% whole wheat these days. My kids have always only had whole grains so that's normal to them, but I find when we have company they often rave about the yummy baked goods and I don't know whether or not I should tell them it was all whole wheat! We eat a lot of muffins, and my kids' favourite recipe is a whole-wheat bran one that is really soft and flavourful. I often add raspberries and chocolate chips to them. I use blackstrap molasses, and they are so dark brown they look like they might just be chocolate muffins. I can send the recipe if anyone's interested. I also make snacks like pumpkin cookies -- these and mini muffins are great snacks to send to school with my oldest son. An introduction, since this is my first post to this list -- my name is Heather, and I live in Ontario, Canada. I have been vegetarian for 14 years. My husband is mostly vegetarian (will occasionally order fish at a restaurant) and our two sons, ages 4 and 2, are vegetarian. We are expecting another son in May. We do a lot of baking at our house and always modify recipes we use to up the health quotient. Heather Christine Pensa wrote: > Hi Chessie, > > Coming from the mom of a very picky kid I have found that adding a > handful of vegan choc. chips (Tropical Source is very very good) to a > standard banana nut (but minus the nuts for my picky eater) muffin > recipe and replacing 1/4 cup of the white flour with whole wheat works > well. So far I haven't been able to add any more wheat flour without > him complaining but I am trying to gradually increase it. Pumpkin > choc. chip is good too. > > Christine > > Chessie <vegetariyum wrote: > Hi all, I am on the lookout for some tried and true muffin recipes. > My kids > love mini muffins, but so far they will only eat the non-bran > variety. Does > anyone have healthy recipes for blueberry, orange-cranberry, poppy seed, > whatever, they they would like to share? Thanks so much!! > > Chessie > > > > For more information about vegetarianism, please visit the VRG website > at http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families > go to http://www.vrg.org/family.This is a discussion list and is not > intended to provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be > obtained from a qualified health professional. > > edical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified > health professional. > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 Hello Heather!-- I'm Heather too! I'm also fairly new to this list and unfortunately I've only had time to read the posts these days. But I have to admit my " ears " (eyes?) perked up at the mention of all these muffin recipes! Please post yours and the cookies too if you can, they sound sooo good! My children (especially carb-addicted ds, hee hee) love muffins. For my daughter right now (14 yrs) they are handy for gaining a bit of weight - a good non-bulky snack. Thank you for the tips about blackstrap molasses and wwpastry flour. We can't get the flour, as we live in Newfoundland and the natural food selection is somewhat limited. I envy you living in Ontario- haven't checked out the health food stores there (I'm originally from Quebec) but I bet there are lots of 'em! I have a recipe for very hearty, tasty muffins if anyone's interested. They use reg. wholewheat flour, plenty of flax and bran, oats, raisens and minimal sugar. The kids gobble them up. Heather Tucker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 Hi Heather -- I get whole wheat pastry flour at Bulk Barn. I just checked their website and they have three locations in Newfoundland: in Corner Brook, Mount Pearl and St. John's. I don't know if they carry the same selection across the country, but if you're near one it's worth checking! Please post your muffin recipe too. Heather huggybugs2003 wrote: > Hello Heather!-- I'm Heather too! > I'm also fairly new to this list and unfortunately I've only had > time to read the posts these days. But I have to admit my " ears " > (eyes?) perked up at the mention of all these muffin recipes! Please > post yours and the cookies too if you can, they sound sooo good! My > children (especially carb-addicted ds, hee hee) love muffins. For my > daughter right now (14 yrs) they are handy for gaining a bit of weight > - a good non-bulky snack. > Thank you for the tips about blackstrap molasses and wwpastry > flour. We can't get the flour, as we live in Newfoundland and the > natural food selection is somewhat limited. I envy you living in > Ontario- haven't checked out the health food stores there (I'm > originally from Quebec) but I bet there are lots of 'em! > I have a recipe for very hearty, tasty muffins if anyone's > interested. They use reg. wholewheat flour, plenty of flax and bran, > oats, raisens and minimal sugar. The kids gobble them up. > Heather Tucker > > > For more information about vegetarianism, please visit the VRG website > at http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families > go to http://www.vrg.org/family.This is a discussion list and is not > intended to provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be > obtained from a qualified health professional. > > edical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified > health professional. > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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