I LOVE that Whitley begs and pleads "onna help" when she see's that I am in the kitchen!!! I am a serious OCD freak when it comes to doing things too. I know how to do it, so instead of asking for help or letting others help me, I'd rather just do it myself-because I can get it done faster! Motherhood is not a good place to be like this, but when God made me a Momma, He gave me the patience of Job (compared to the patience I use to have!) and He also gave me this "I don't care" type of attitude (towards certain things)! I would rather let my sweet W "help" and learn, and leave my kitchen in a total mess with flour all over the floor and eggs all over the counter than for her to grow up not knowing how to do things and not be adventurous to try new things! There are so many children in today's society who have no idea that vegetables can be grown in your back yard-they don't just come from a can! I seriously met a girl one time who had no idea how to crack an egg!!!! REALLY!?!?! Sometimes my Momma and I talk about life and how kids are now a days, and our conversation sometimes ends with "Maybe her Mom never taught her!" "Maybe she was never shown true love growing up!" etc. I was so so blessed with a Momma who taught me a lot, and a Daddy who taught me a whole lot too!! I had some pretty amazing parents growing up, and I'm so glad that they get to be Meme and Poppy to my soon to be two little girls! They have to have raising girls perfect by now! My sweet Daddy raised us three girls, plus my Momma, and we had three labs growing up-who were, of course, all girls too! By the way, both of my sisters are getting married this year, and he will still be out numbered thanks to my sweet little girls! We wanted a boy, for my Dad's sake, but he said he wouldn't know what to do with one!!! haha
This year, our little garden is busting at the seams! Our squash and zucchini plants are MASSIVE! I can't begin to describe to you how big they are, but the leaves on those things are bigger than my face!! We have been blessed! With the amount of "zoo-knee-knee and gwash" as Whitley calls it, we've had lots of sautéed veggies, and we needed a new recipe! I love love love muffins for breakfast, and this is the best recipe! It is so moist and just down right yummy! We didn't use any raisins or nuts or anything in this recipe-we didn't have raisins, and Chef W said no to the pecans, so we kept it simple our first go round! Let me know if you love them as much as we do!
Zucchini-Oatmeal Muffins
2 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup quick cooking oats
1 tbsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
4 eggs, slightly beaten
3/4 cup oil (I used coconut and my Momma used vegetable-your preference!)
1 1/2 cups shredded, peeled, zucchini
(Optional)
1/2 cup raisins or dates
1/2 cup chopped nuts (pecans or walnuts)
In a bowl, mix the first six ingredients (flour through cinnamon). Combine eggs and oil, and stir into dry ingredients until just moist. Fold in zucchini, raisins, and nuts. Spoon into greased muffin tin/liners and bake at 400 for 20-25 minutes. (I baked mine for 20 minutes!)
Yields 1 1/2 to 2 dozen muffins
Helpful tip-we always use our ice cream scoop to measure out cupcakes and muffins so that all of them are the same size and take the same amount of time to get done! With this recipe, we made 18 regular size, and 18 mini size "cuh-cakes" as Whitley called them!
Hope you enjoy these as much as we do, and if you have an itty bitty that wants to help, we hope that you enjoy the memories made while fixing them!
This is where my cleanliness kicks in-when the flour and sugar mixture goes everywhere!
BUT! How will she ever learn and get better if I don't let her do it herself!
She was so excited about how the flour sifter worked!
Ready for the oven Mom!
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