Just a Smidgen » Muffins https://justasmidgen.com ..a lifestyle blog filled with recipes, photography, poems, and DIY xo Sat, 08 Feb 2014 17:35:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.1 Top 10 Recipes for 2013 https://justasmidgen.com/2013/12/29/top-10-recipes-for-2013/ https://justasmidgen.com/2013/12/29/top-10-recipes-for-2013/#comments Sun, 29 Dec 2013 16:53:27 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=18838 Let the countdown to 2014 begin! Here are your Top 10 Recipes for 2013! Number 10 You know I love experimenting with fancy cakes for family and friends birthdays! This Pretty in Pink Tomboy Cake was a popular one this year, I loved the pink icing swirled between the dark chocolate layers! Number 9 Pumpkin […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2013/12/29/top-10-recipes-for-2013/feed/ 21 The Best Banana Muffins https://justasmidgen.com/2013/09/18/best-banana-muffins/ https://justasmidgen.com/2013/09/18/best-banana-muffins/#comments Wed, 18 Sep 2013 13:02:28 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=16580 cherish ♥ /ˈCHeriSH/ to hold dear to protect and care for lovingly ♥ a friend lost her book of family recipes in the flood this past June how heartbreaking that would be mine are { thankfully } high and dry in a recipe box with my mom and granny and grandma’s neat handwriting ♥ if […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2013/09/18/best-banana-muffins/feed/ 19 Plumpish Blueberry Muffins https://justasmidgen.com/2013/08/26/plumpish-blueberry-muffins/ https://justasmidgen.com/2013/08/26/plumpish-blueberry-muffins/#comments Mon, 26 Aug 2013 18:00:50 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=16162 Every year we give hugs all ’round and head home from Mabel with a stash of these tucked under our arms..   Gubler’s Mabel Lake Farms have the largest, plumpest and sweetest blueberries around, they’re picked fresh { and spray free }beginning the third week of July and peak the first two weeks of August. […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2013/08/26/plumpish-blueberry-muffins/feed/ 34 Sweet Potato ‘n Five~Spice Muffins https://justasmidgen.com/2013/08/22/5-spice-sweet-potato-muffins/ https://justasmidgen.com/2013/08/22/5-spice-sweet-potato-muffins/#comments Fri, 23 Aug 2013 04:39:04 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=16133 The thing about the lake..   is that you can stay there long enough that you know when it’s time to head back home  and not drive your parents too crazy.. { this is my Dad, Mom and cuz Marilee } The signs are all there: you’ve rested enough, played enough, wandered through Farmer’s Markets […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2013/08/22/5-spice-sweet-potato-muffins/feed/ 26 Crunchy Cherry Bomb Muffins https://justasmidgen.com/2013/04/04/crunchy-cherry-bomb-muffins/ https://justasmidgen.com/2013/04/04/crunchy-cherry-bomb-muffins/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:33:50 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=13886 It snowed today.. that’s about all I have to say about that.. oh, did I mention it was cloudy too? Pretty dirty trick, going from +20C down to minus something in one day! As I learned from my mother, there is only one thing to do when the day is a bomb.. make muffins and […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2013/04/04/crunchy-cherry-bomb-muffins/feed/ 34 Sugar-Pie Pumpkins https://justasmidgen.com/2012/10/05/sugar-pie-pumpkins/ https://justasmidgen.com/2012/10/05/sugar-pie-pumpkins/#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2012 16:05:31 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=9853 ♥ Wishing you and your loved ones a joyous day of giving thanks for those who are near and those in our hearts. ♥ I searched far and wide  (not really, they were at the second store I phoned) for Sugar Pie Pumpkins { I ♥ their name! } and found some at Planet Organic Market I […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2012/10/05/sugar-pie-pumpkins/feed/ 72 Saucy Apples and Spicy Muffins https://justasmidgen.com/2012/09/21/saucy-apples-and-spicy-muffins/ https://justasmidgen.com/2012/09/21/saucy-apples-and-spicy-muffins/#comments Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:02:58 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=9669 A little plot of earth a shovel seeds rain sun and a hose are all you’d need for a lovely little garden… but to have an old rough and knotted limbed apple tree canopied backyard.. well, that would be just sensational, wouldn’t it? I knew crab apple trees flourished in Calgary.. but sweet apples? Mona […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2012/09/21/saucy-apples-and-spicy-muffins/feed/ 98 Oh… Streusel Crumbs! https://justasmidgen.com/2012/04/13/oh-streusel-crumbs/ https://justasmidgen.com/2012/04/13/oh-streusel-crumbs/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:43:31 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=6919 today’s word impulse “crumbs” ♥ began when juicy spring splashy rain transmogrified itself into a cotton-candy-torn, cavorting, wild snow-globe dance… spinning out of a sky-grinding snow-cone machine ♥ i know.. it was beautiful… but all I could think was… “oh crumbs” another spring set-back ♥ and i’ve been searching everywhere (and i mean everywhere) for […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2012/04/13/oh-streusel-crumbs/feed/ 94 Understudied Orange-Spice Banana Muffins https://justasmidgen.com/2012/01/17/understudied-orange-spice-banana-muffins/ https://justasmidgen.com/2012/01/17/understudied-orange-spice-banana-muffins/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:26:34 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=5319   un·der·stud·y/ˈəndərˌstədē/   Noun: (in the theater) A person who learns another’s role in order to be able to act as a replacement at short notice.   Verb: Learn (a role) or the role played by (an actor): “he had to understudy Prospero”. ★ some wish to be a ★ but i am content to […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2012/01/17/understudied-orange-spice-banana-muffins/feed/ 68 Three Cups of Chai Cake ~Courage, Compassion and Connection https://justasmidgen.com/2011/09/02/three-cups-of-chai-cake-courage-compassion-and-connection/ https://justasmidgen.com/2011/09/02/three-cups-of-chai-cake-courage-compassion-and-connection/#comments Sat, 03 Sep 2011 00:37:22 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=2323 It is connection that gives meaning and purpose to our lives… in fact we are neurologically wired to seek connection with others. Some of us fear that we are not worthy of connection, that’s the inner voice that whispers “I’m not good enough” or “It’s too good to be true.” Some people just seem to […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2011/09/02/three-cups-of-chai-cake-courage-compassion-and-connection/feed/ 10 “Just Right” Banana Muffins https://justasmidgen.com/2011/06/14/just-right-banana-muffins/ https://justasmidgen.com/2011/06/14/just-right-banana-muffins/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 23:52:53 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=727 With summer now just peaking around the corner, I decided it was time to take a little “peak” at the swimsuit I would be sporting wearing under a coverup at the lake.  Consequently, I decided it might be a great idea to forego baking decadent deserts such as those I had indulged in this past […]

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