They both come individually packaged.
They both contain flour, sugar, butter.
They both come in Carrot, Chocolate Chip, Chocolate and Banana varieties.
So I ask you – what the heck is the difference between a muffin and a cupcake??
Let’s be honest – if I am eating a Triple Chocolate Muffin – I am just eating a chocolate cupcake….without frosting. Calling it a muffin doesn’t make it any better for me but I will admit that those “muffins” are pretty tasty.
Yes, I am aware that it is April and my title is about Christmas but there is a reason for that. Last night I was struck by an urge to bake while watching a Christmas episode of Melrose Place. (Um, yeah – Jason and I watch old episodes of Melrose Place on the DIVA channel weekdays at 7PM…such bad acting and the clothes are hilarious!) It wasn’t all the TV’s fault as I was also feeling a craving for something sweet but the carols certainly pushed the idea along. So I broke out the cookbook and whipped up a batch of chocolate chip cookies. Yummy!!
Jason says he will be putting on Christmas carols at random throughout the year now just to see if he can get me to bake. Nice!
One more sleep until pumpkin pie time – WOOHOO!! Today was scheduled to be my pie baking day but I almost had a panic attack due to a lack of ingredients. I guess I wasn’t the only one in my neighbourhood that was baking pumpkin goodies this weekend because I had to go to three stores to find the pumpkin puree I needed. When I saw it there on the shelf at Whole Foods I breathed a huge sigh of relief. I would have scoured the city until I found it – I can’t go without my pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving. That would be so wrong!!
So now I have 4 pumpkin pies sitting on my counter waiting to be devoured (not all by me of course). One more sleep, one more sleep!!
MMMMMM, broccoli soup. There is something very comforting about a big bowl of homemade soup on a cold and rainy evening. It was such a cold and dreary day today that I needed something to pick me up and on my way home I decided that a nice bowl of homemade broccoli soup was just the thing I needed. Yummy!
I was in the office for 11 hours today. It was non-stop from the moment I walked in until the moment I walked out. On my way home I remembered that I had promised to bake a cake for tomorrow, so while my dinner was cooking I whipped up a chocolate raspberry torte. Believe me, it sounds harder than it really is. It just came out of the oven and now I just need to relax for a bit before I crawl into bed. My brain is just too tired to find anything interesting to say tonight so this is all you get today peeps. My day starts at 6AM again tomorrow so sleep is my priority. Yawn!
A while back I was faced with an empty fridge and an empty stomach. I had chicken, cauliflower and little else. So I fried up the chicken, threw in the cauliflower and then went in search of something to add some flavour. I happened to have some really good corn salsa kicking about so I poured some into my chicken/cauliflower blend. I let that cook up for a bit, dumped it into a bowl and sat down to eat. I was expecting a mediocre meal that would satisfy my hunger but not my taste buds but I was pleasantly surprised. This very simple mix was really good. I’ve had it a few times since then (including tonight) and I quite enjoy it. It may not sound like a gourmet meal but it is quite satisfying really.
