#MeatlessMonday Glazed Lemon-Poppyseed Muffins #recipe

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Glazed Lemon-Poppyseed Muffins

Ingredients

⅔ cup sugar

Zest and juice of 1 lemon

2 cups flour

2 tsp baking powder

¼ tsp soda

¼ tsp salt
2T poppyseeds

¾ cup sour cream

2 eggs

1 tsp lemon extract

½ cup vegetable oil

Glaze

1 cup confectioners sugar

2-3 tbs lemon juice

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 F. Spray muffin tin with cooking spray.

Mix sugar and lemon zest/juice in a large bowl.

Add the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and poppy seeds. Blend well.

In a separate bowl, beat together the sour cream, eggs, lemon extract and oil. Mix into dry mixture until just moistened. Do not over-mix.

Fill muffin tins about half-full.

Bake for 20-25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

To make glaze:

Mix the confectioners sugar and lemon juice in a small bowl. Drizzle over cooled muffins.

#MeatlessMonday-Butternut Squash Muffins #dessert

Summer break is officially over--my oldest starts high school today. With my other daughter in middle school, I'll be shuttling my kiddos between two different schools. It should be quite chaotic! BUT it means I'll be getting back to working on THE ISLAND with plans to finish by December. That's the plan and I'm sticking to it.

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So, fall is just around the corner (she said stubbornly) which means there will be lots of squash and pumpkin around. Both are great vegetables for hiding...I mean using in recipes if you have veggie hating teens like I do. Here's a great recipe for breakfast on the run. You can easily substitute pumpkin for the butternut squash if you'd prefer. Enjoy!


Butternut Squash Muffins

1/4 pound of peeled, seeded, and cubed butternut squash

1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp ginger

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1/3 cup plain yoghurt
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup oil 

Boil squash for about 20 minutes until tender. Puree--you should get about 1 cup of pureed squash.

Mix flour, baking powder, salt, and spices

Mix squash, milk, egg and oil and fold into dry ingredients 

Fill lined muffins tins 3/4 full

Bake at 400F for 20 minutes

Makes 12 muffins