blue artichoke

OK, so I went to all the trouble yesterday of posting about all the muffin recipes I've tried and I forgot to include the muffins I made for yesterday's breakfast. Oh, sometimes I'm a silly bunt. Yesterday we had Banana Walnut Muffins, recipe from Cook's Illustrated. These are (were) most excellent. The top was a bit crunchy and sugary and the bottoms were moist and springy. Flavor tasted like bananas and walnuts and goodness. Gentleman Caller was particularly enamored with the muffin tops, but I say the nubs were quite worthy too.

Today was filled with small amusements, such as the toothless old guy at the post office who was rapping Christmas carols or the lonely lady who wanted to brew me a cup of coffee at 3:30. A man at the grocery store fell all over himself apologizing for getting in my way and I actually use the phrase pshaw, as in "Pshaw, don't worry, I can get around you."

Dinner last night: 10-bean soup and cheese popunders (supposed to be popovers, but they didn't rise much).
Dinner tonight: steak, mashed sweet potatoes, spinach nuggets