Warm weather = Happiness

As the weather warms and the days grow longer, I find myself feeling lighter and happier. At least, on the weekends anyway.

Banana Muffins and dried fruit

Extra bananas are a rarity in my household. We buy them green from Costco and then devour them in large quantities as they ripen. My dad always brings one to work for a snack, and I take bunches of them to my volleyball tournaments to keep myself and my teammates from cramping up.

This time, however, the Costco bananas decided to stay green for weeks. Bananas are some of the few fruits that ripen after being picked (most other fruits taste best when picked at their peak growing period-- bananas need no such care), so green ones will yellow and ripen with time. But this time, our bananas took over three weeks of sitting in a basket (and in a cardboard box) to no avail. They finally did turn yellow, but all too late and were already slightly mushy and brown-skinned at that point.

So I made banana muffins!! The recipe was modified from the banana nut muffin recipe at SimplyRecipes, and I added dried "antioxidant fruits" to half the batch just to try it out. You see that one in the picture above. They came out absolutely lovely, and I am eager to try for another batch soon! I'm going to modify the recipe a bit more and post the recipe later.

Kiwi POWER

And I had a kiwi as part of my lunch on Friday. I heart kiwis. Yay.