Mrs.Love's Moist Blueberry Banana Muffins

Now, first I must say that I can't take credit for these delicious muffins.  I found the recipe on food.com. They are very easy to make and very moist.  What I love most about them is that you put those overripe bananas to use.

 DebM's Easy Moist Banana Blueberry Muffins  are great but I wanted to make them a little healthier.  So, for the most part I followed this recipe and customized it for my family's palate and nutritional requirements.  Really, I just reduced the amount of sugar, changed the type of oil, and used organic ingredients.

List of DebM's ingredients

Here are my substitutes:

1.  1/3 cup of Raw Sugar instead of white sugar

2.  1/3 cup (maybe a little less) coconut oil was used instead of butter

3.  Wild blueberries from Trader Joe's. 

These blueberries are grown without pesticides. And they are very tiny.  I think this is what makes my muffins so yummy.

4.  Aluminum Free - Baking Powder

5.  Sea Salt

6.  Organic Flour....sometimes I mix white and wheat flour

7.  I add in either pecans or walnuts depending upon what's in the house.

8.  I almost forgot.  I had been making these for months now, but they didn't get super good until I added a half of a banana to the mix.  Try it will 3 1/2 bananas and see if you agree.  It makes them a tad bit more moist and soft.  Not squishy but soft.

Here's a video of how soft they are:   

Oxtails! Modified Blue Mountain Recipe

HELLO ALL!

This week, I was craving oxtails from my favorite Jamaican restaurant.  However, being on a budget, I had to rethink my last few visits.  There were fewer oxtails in my order and the price had increased.  So, I was determined to try to make some for myself.  I hit up my local international food market, picked up some oxtails at $4.99/lb. and jar of Blue Mountain Oxtail seasoning, and headed home excited about the possibilities of delicious oxtails for dinner.

I was a bit nervous about preparing my own oxtails.  My assumption was that they took all day to prepare but I was pleasantly surprised.  Now, I did decided to marinade overnight, so I didn’t get my oxtails the same day but it only took about 30 minutes to cook.  So, here’s what I did.  I changed up the recipe a bit because I didn’t have all the ingredients and I made a smaller portion but it came out AWESOME!

Their recipe:

 My recipe:

1lb – Oxtails

½ - Onion

1 – Tomato (diced)

3 stalks – Green Onion

A few dashes of dried Thyme

1 tbsp. – Worcestershire Sauce

I followed the instructions on the bottle including the overnight marinade.  It came out great!  I hope you enjoy.  Here's how my oxtails came out.

 If you don't have an international food market near you, here's a site you can order from.