Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Pomegranates...what to make, what to make!?


Last week I was given several home grown pomegranates from Bob, a regular attender of the step aerobic class I teach. I am fortunate to receive fresh & delish avocados, grapefruit, nectarines seasonally from him! Wanting to find a recipe "outside the box", I searched www.food.com and came across Healthy Pumpkin Pomegranate Muffins. They sounded interesting enough, and yes, did appear to be healthy. Plus they have several 5 star ratings which is always a plus.

Cade was more than willing to undertake this as his recipe #2. Lessons he learned:
1. There are several different standard kinds of flours. This recipe used whole wheat and all-purpose. It did not call for "self-rising". I explained how that was different and yet it comes in a similar package and looks the same so be sure you use the right one.
2. Cade learned how to load the muffins tin, leaving a bit of room for them to rise.
3. Cade had fun using the adjustable measuring cup from pampered chef. He got more practice
leveling the measuring cups just right. I also reminded him to use the appropriate measuring cups for liquid and dry. (Learned that in high school home ec, & it stuck with me)

Again the outcome was terrific! Delicious, perfectly cooked, interesting and healthy muffins. Don't know what purpose the 1/4 c grape nuts served but it made for a nice crunch. We did use Splenda Granulated as we had it on hand, which might explain why they weren't as sweet as Seth would have liked. Cade and I liked them just fine.

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