Day 8: Lemon Bluberry Muffins

Today, I made Lemon Blueberry Muffins. These turned out GREAT!... according to everyone but Bailey. He even helped me make a little of them. Luckily, I had already added the whole pureed yellow squash, before he started to help me.
I must admit, I feel like quite the budding chef. I am making things before I would never try to make otherwise. I am the type to buy the cake mix at the store for $1, add oil, water and eggs, and wah-lah! I have made a cake... but now, I am making things from scratch - and surprisingly, it's not that hard! I actually "zested" a lemon today... actually 2 of them, because apparently you can use extra lemon zest if you don't have any lemon extract. I don't really like the way lemon flavored things taste (lemon bars, lemon cake, etc), so I couldn't rationalize paying $5 for lemon extract. But - I had to look up on the internet what "zesting" was. Now I know.

I added more than a cup of blueberries, and there were still a few muffins without any blueberries in them. I made some big ones and some mini ones. Bailey opted to try a mini one, with no blueberries. That was fine with me. He had a sandwich not long before dinner, so when we sat down to dinner, he tried his muffin. He was complaining the whole time, and stalling a lot. I kept reminding him to sit down and eat his muffin. After trying a few bites, he said - I'd rather have the green eggs - I liked them! So rather than eating a lemon blueberry muffin with yellow squash, he is eating eggs, with spinach... and he doesn't even know it! WIN!!!