Marie Cookpad

  We love to have muffins as an occasional breakfast option. Usually I try to make them healthy ones, filled with things that are good for you.  They are not meant to be "cake" in my opinion, but that is just me.  These muffins I am sharing with you today are chocker-block full of good things,  but above all they are delicious. You can thank my latest Degustabox delivery for them, because it was the box which inspired me!   As those of you who have been reading me for a while know, I am the lucky recipient of the gift of a Degustabox each month. Once a month, around the middle of the month, I am gifted with one of these lovely boxes which contain a delicious assortment of all things foodie.  I just love these boxes.  Each one is always a lovely surprise.    Opening each one is tiny a bit like opening a Christmas gift to me. Always a surprise, and always filled with things that pique my interest and desire to try. Degustabox is a ...

  The other day I baked us a batch of Bran Muffins from a new recipe that, whilst they tasted alright, were very much of a disappointment to me.  They were flat, overly sweet and just not a recipe I would recommend to anyone.  I wanted to be able to share something delicious with you that you wouldn't be embarassed to serve to anyone.   I hasten to add that I didn't change anything in the recipe, but prepared it exactly as presented.  I don't know why these things happen. One man's meat is another man's poison I guess!  Anyways, I have this great muffin recipe book that I got maybe 11 years ago.     Entitled Mad about Muffins and written by Diana Bonaparte, it is a muffin cookbook that I cannot recommend highly enough.  Every single recipe that I have baked from it has been a great recipe!   I was intrigued by the recipe for Honey, Tahini & Sesame Muffins.  I love all of those things, and it also uses lemon zest.  I ha...

  I am always keen to try a new muffin recipe, and my friend Tina was popping by today so I wanted to bake something fresh for us to enjoy together while we visited.  I spied a delicious looking gingerbread muffin recipe on I Heart Eating and decided to give it a go!   I am a hug fan of gingerbread anything. I think gingerbread is probably one of my favourite things to bake and eat!   I thought this recipe was quite promising in that it was more like a muffin rather than a cake. I am funny that way.  If I want cake, I will bake and eat cake, but when I want a muffin, I want a muffin.   Muffins are meant to be stodgier than cakes  . . .  perfect for enjoying with hot drinks.  At least that is my opinion.  Those huge super muffins you buy in the shop, yes  . . .  they taste lovely, but they are really more like cake than muffins.   I guess I am just an old fashioned girl.  I likes what I likes!   As you can see th...