Graduation Time!
I’ve been invited to a plethora of graduation parties these past few weeks. And yesterday’s was really fun: it was a brunch party. I decided to make mini muffins, because muffins are quintessential brunch fare, and because mini muffins are so dang cute!
I also brought a date to the party.
His name is Muttsee, and I’ve had him my entire life. (It was a pajama-themed brunch, and I love getting into the spirit of theme parties. You can bet I wore my pajamas!)
Question of the Day:
Growing up, did you have a favorite stuffed animal or baby blanket?
Coming soon: ice cream, pancakes, and a Funfetti version of this.
I love red bean paste desserts from my local Asian market but for some reason, I was hesitant to make western desserts with beans until a couple of weeks ago. I found this coffee cake recipe from The Spunky Coconut and it was amazing. Hubby, who isn’t into healthy food at all, absolutely loved it. I’m totally trying these mini muffin soon =)
I made your chocolate chip blondies yesterday (used white beans and baked them in 6 normal muffin liners)–SO GOOD!
I meant butter beans, which are white. Oops.
Ooh I should try butter beans. I love those things!
Anything that is gooey and cookie dough like is perfection in my eyes!!! And the beans make me think it’s super healthy, EVEN better!!! lol
Mini-muffins = adorable!!!
When I was little I had a stuff Garfield… but I couldn’t say Garfield, so I call him “Pa-cue” (how I got that, who knows!). The problem is that pa-cue kind of sounds like “f” you, so my mom says it cause quite a few stares when I yelled for him in public. LOL!
I’m so into mini muffins.. it ain’t even funny 😉 Growing up I wasn’t really attached to any stuffed animals. My schnauzer, Ziggy, was my pride and joy though, does that count?
Haha sure it counts! A real life stuffed animal! Besides, everyone knows Schnauzers are some of the cutest dogs ever ;).
i have mutsy too! just a different spelling, but same dog, and mine is worn down like that too! aww he’s the best.
Beans in desserts are fantastic. In these “western” treats, they’re more hidden, but as you pointed out, asians eat beans in desserts unabashedly! For instance, one of my fave desserts is mochi with red bean paste (as seen in there two blogs):
http://en.christinesrecipes.com/2009/05/red-bean-mochi-recipe.html
http://www.insanitytheory.net/kitchenwench/mochi-with-red-bean-paste/
Oooh, I just bought myself some silicone muffin cups, so this is perfect for testing them out!
I had a question for ya though: What’s your preferred method of picture submission? I’ve scouted about on the site here and I can’t actually find an “email Katie” address or option anywhere. Or I’m selectively blind, which happens sometimes.
Sorry, I’m confused: what do you mean by “picture submission” ?
I do have an email address, chocolatecoveredkatie @ msn dot com
but a lot of those messages go to spam; comments are much more reliable to talk with me 😉
In the Vegan Eye Candy post, you mentioned people’s pictures as “submissions”, and I wasn’t sure by what means they were supposed to be submitted. Was there a specific method, or did you just gather pics from people’s links and whatnot?
Oh oh I see… here’s the post where it tells you how to submit: https://lett-trim.today/2011/05/17/want-to-be-featured/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
After you follow the directions to write the post, just send me the link. No need to email a photo. 🙂 🙂
All your beanie desserts are making me green with envy!!! I *wish* I could eat beans so I could healthify my favourite foods!!!
And would you believe I own a Muttsee (Except I spelled it Mutsy because I was lazy when I was 7). He still sleeps on the end of my bed. I saved up for him for ages and ages. I had a bit of a giggle when I saw his identical twin on your post! Mine is a little more threadbare than yours, in part because I’ve had 2 kitties over the years who have adopted him as their own and played many years of piano on his belly 😉
Aww Muttsee seems to have a lot of brothers and sisters… I’d never let my dogs near Muttsee, though. Molly (my Scottie) once bit the stuffing right out of one of her stuffed animals! Your kitties sound much kinder ;).