The Rookie Mom's first recipe

What is a once workaholic turned stay at home mom to do with all of her time (at least while the kids are napping!)? Well, why not start a blog....

I love to cook, and besides spending time with my 2 year old son and taking it easy while I wait for baby #2 to arrive in August; having time to prepare healthy meals for my family is something that is very important to me. My son already loves to help mom out in the kitchen and we have so much fun creating new recipes. Having a 2 year old as your sous chef can be a bit messy, but it's worth the extra effort.

Some of my best creations have come from looking through the refrigerator and preparing something based on what items need to be used up before they spoil. It's always a challenge to cook something without running to the store for more ingredients. I often come up with these great recipes but then forget what I used to make them. When I attempt to recreate them, it just doesn't taste right the second time around.

This is a great way for me to share some of my recipes (and keep them consistent for myself as well)!

This morning I had a sweet tooth, so I created a sugar free banana oatmeal muffin that turned out great. It was super moist and delicious and easy to prepare. These are great with coffee, to put in your kids or husbands lunch, or for an afternoon snack. You could probably put some frosting on them and even pass them off to your kids as cupcakes.

I had one cup of the light bisquick leftover, one over ripened banana, a cinnamon applesauce that my son hadn't eaten, a packet of maple and brown sugar oatmeal, some honey, and brummel and brown yogurt butter on hand. Since I was short on quantity of ingredients, I only got about 8 muffins. Here is the recipe as I would do it next time to make more:

SUGAR FREE BANANA OATMEAL MUFFINS

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Put liners in your cupcake pan and spray with pam cooking spray

Mix together:

2 cups of light bisquick (the healthy version of regular bisquick)
2 packets of maple and brown sugar instant oatmeal (maple and brown sugar is my favorite). You could use plain (if you like your muffins less sweet), strawberries and cream, cinnamon roll, or apple and cinnamon would all be good.
2 applesauce cups (apple cinnamon flavor, or regular applesauce and add cinnamon)
2 tablespoons of "Brummel and Brown Yogurt Butter" or any other margarine or softened butter.
1/4 cup of honey or Agave nectar

Put into muffin tins and bake for 10-12 minutes.

Enjoy!