Baking....Books...and Life

OMG! It has been waayyy too loonngg since I last wrote!  I just get sidetracked and forget to post...even when I'm on a computer every single day!

Lately, I have had a baking itch. I always think about baking and how I'd love to just whip up a fancy delicious desert that everyone will fall in love with...but never take the time to actually do it. Well, boys and girls, this week I have baked twice!

I baked choc. chip cookies a few days ago and tonight I baked apple cinnamon flax seed muffins. I bought flax seed at the grocery store thinking we could add it to our breakfast shakes, but got home and realized it was flax seed meal...not the ground flax seed I actually needed...so I thought well hell, I'll just bake some muffins. :) and they came out really good!!

The Muffins

O, in case you don't have some eggs in the house you can mix 1 Tbsp of flax seed meal with 2 Tbs of water, let sit for 2 minutes and you have an egg substitute. Worked great!!

I'd really like to try some vegan baking...the muffins I made tonight were almost vegan...but I used milk. I think if I make them again I'll try to use vanilla soy milk...a hint of vanilla would add some depth to the flavor.

I think I'm going to try and make a falafel sandwich next! I'll let you know how it goes!

-Rachel