Banana Muffin

On one fine evening, Grace came out with the idea to make a banana muffin. I thought this was her old competitive spirit that come back after my successful venture with Chocolate Chip Cookies. "No", She said. "We just have too much stuff in the fridge that we need to finish before it expire". The fact is that, those stuff she mentioned is mostly similar to the ingredients of my Chocolate Chip Cookies.

She eventually made one a few day after. And what was called Banana Muffin was actually really everything-in-the-fridge mixed together. In addition to Banana, Grace put some oats, carrots, raisin, and almond. So much extra stuff added that the taste of Banana is barely noticeable.

The Banana Muffin

The mix adds to the richness of texture in the muffin. Most sweets come from the raisin, which is different from raw sugar. The oats and the almond add the crunchiness of different type, one is bigger, and the other is smaller. From nutrition perspective, these additional stuff add additional nutrient from any traditional muffin.

I was running in a race yesterday, and the muffin definitely made an additional after-race meal, in addition to companion of evening coffee.

Chocolate Chips Oatmeal Cookies

Who doesn't know Chocolate Chip Cookies? The round fat dark brown cookies, with small chips of chocolate spread on top will definitely entice the taste of anyone's sweet tooth. In an attempt to make the snacks, while keeping healthy food in mind, we baked the healthy version of Chocolate Chips Cookies

Start with the flour, we used whole wheat flour richer in fiber. And to even further add the amount of fiber, we mix large amount of rolled oats to complete the "Chocolate Chips Oatmeal Cookies"

We also cut the amount of sugar, as the chocolate chips we use also have some sugar added. Why not replacing it with artificial sweetener you may ask. In our opinion, the artificial sweetener, no matter what they are made from, contains chemical materials which might not be healthy in the long term.

Some thing is still being tested in the ingredients and process. There might be some room to reduce the amount of sugar while maintaining the taste. And using steel-cut oats instead of rolled oats might have different outcomes. But in the mean time, we are happy to enjoy our Chocolate Chips Cookies with our evening coffee