Two of my co-workers recently left to go back to their native country of Chile; before they left they asked me to put together a few "American" recipes for them. I gladly obliged and put together a small assortment of recipes for cookies, brownies, blueberry crumb cake, and most importantly, muffins, which were specifically requested.
After scrounging through numerous muffin recipes to find what I considered to be the best ones, it occurred to me that many months have passed since I last made an attempt at any sort of muffin recipe. This thought further intrigued me when I was glancing through the fruit section at Whole Foods and noticed that blueberries were on sale. I took the plunge and bought two packs of blueberries, one of which I placed in the freezer for future use (I see a large stack of blueberry pancakes in the near future...), and the other of which I turned into deliciously moist, light, and crumbly blueberry muffins. I will definitely be making these again, but not any time soon because I have more of them than I know what to do with already!

I would also like to mention the pizza Mike and I made a few days ago... we used a different whole wheat crust recipe than we usually do and I'm glad because I think we have a new favorite. I skipped the cornmeal and sprinkled flour on the pans instead, and I used a little less than one tablespoon of honey because I'm running low. The dough rose perfectly and it was just the right blend of flours. It was also much easier to knead than the dough we were making previously, and holds together much better too. We topped our pizza with steak, pepperoni, zucchini, green pepper, onion, bacon, and garlic - amazing! There was enough dough to make two pizzas, so we made one round one and one rectangular one, to keep it interesting.

The month of March is tasting pretty good so far.

Labels: muffins, pizza, yeast breads