Mae

Sweet foster Mae❤

Back to Baking

As I have stated many a time {maybe to you, but probably more my stomach} - I want NEED to be in the kitchen more.

We had these awful looking black bananas {which are perfect for baking}

I whipped up some Whole Wheat Blueberry Banana Bread Muffins. Mmmm.

I used to hate bananas. Actually, I'm still really picky about them. I don't like eating bananas from the peel, they have to be sliced with a sharp knife - I swear they don't taste good any other way.

The only other way I'll eat bananas is if they're in baked goods! Banana chocolate chip cookies, banana bread, blueberry banana muffins... yum!

Whole Wheat Blueberry Banana Bread Muffins

{from How Sweet It Is}

· 2 cups whole wheat flour

· 1/3 cup sugar

· 1 egg

· 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce

· 1/2 teaspoon salt

· 1 teaspoon baking soda

· 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

· 4 ripe bananas, mashed

· 1/2 cup blueberries

Preheat over to 350° F. Grease muffin tin.

Mix sugar, applesauce, & egg until creamy & light yellow. Add bananas & vanilla. Add flour, baking soda, & salt. Stir until completely smooth. Fold in blueberries. Spoon the batter into muffin tins. Top with coarse sugar.

Bake for 20-25 minutes, until toothpick comes out clean.

Mother's Day Gift Ideas

Well folks, in case you aren't aware {attention Brother!} Mother's Day is THIS Sunday. I've collected a handful of gift ideas for the hospitable, southern mom.

1. Equestrian Style: Home Design, Couture, and Collections from the Eclectic to the Elegant

2. KEP Designs Precious Earrings Medium Sand Dollar

3. Stephanie Johnson bags

4. Jennifer Carroll Designs Pink + Green Blooms Card Set

5. Nothing is better than fresh hydrangeas! :)

6. Design Darling Corrin Bracelet

7. Chinoiserie Navy folded notes by Boatman Geller

8. Dogeared Gold Dipped Necklace with Large White Pearl

Don't forget to send your mum something on Sunday!

Mother's Day

Can't wait to celebrate Mother's Day with my mum and Dutch! :) Thanks, Olive, for these awesome reasons why Dutch is better than a real child... for now!

NEWSFLASH - I Survived Finals!

Hello? Is anybody still out there?

I know I've been MIA lately... I wish I had a better excuse than school... We all know I'd much rather write, shop, eat, bake, pretty much do anything other than study, but I had to bunker down and study for exams last week.

Since then, I have been soaking in some much needed relaxation. I've been enjoying my sweet time sleeping, online shopping, and spending time with Dutch and our temporary foster dog, Jake. What a sweetheart. He came from Nassau county, I believe as a stray. Jake just wants to be petted and loved on. He is SUCH a cutie.

My plan for the blog this summer is to be less random and have a more direct focus - FOOD. While I love to bake and cook, this school year I haven't been able to do as much as I would like. I'm hoping that this summer I can take over the kitchen like I used to do in high school and just bake all the time. So while I hope to post more recipes and such, I will also post random shopping things (and dog posts, too) and probably random life events as I have been doing.

Now, this certainly isn't much of a blog post, I just wanted to make sure that the World Wide Web knew I was still alive & haven't forgotten my blog {yet}.