The other day my kids came home to the most random after school snacks in the history of Mommy-after-school-snack-dum. I was trying to clean out my fridge and so I placed several options out on the counter–hard boiled eggs from a spinach salad the night before, sliced strawberries, leftover breakfast casserole from the morning, the remains of a Chex-Mix bag, grapefruit, and a half eaten yogurt someone didn’t finish from lunch. The look on my kids’ faces were hilarious. You would have thought they were at a funeral. They were all solumn and so dissapointed to come home to such a pathetic ‘feast’. I gave them the ‘kids in Africa would be grateful to come home to this much food’ and they all rolled their eyes and went on with their day.
Today after school I insisted I must redeem myself from ‘worst’ Mom award 😉 One of my favorite memories growing up was coming home to my Mom cooking up something in the kitchen. It definitely wasn’t ever day, but the days we came home to something smelling yummy and warm out of the oven just seemed to make everything right in the world. I knew I needed my kids’ help in the garden today so I decided to sweeten them up with a warm, Banana Oat Muffin straight from the oven. These muffins had the added bonus of chocolate chips which makes everything better! These muffins were SO moist, soft, and had the added health benefit of flax seed and wheat flour–to keep us all nice and full ’til dinner. These were the perfect solution to a long day for all of us–I hope you love them to 😉
