Sometimes knowing that other women, mothers, sisters, friends, and care takers just like us face the same battles of what to make for dinner. Be it our task/chore/burden/or hobby of what to make for our families to eat each day sometimes it just seem easier to bear when you have a good recipe recommended from a "GIRLFRIEND"; they provide us with the boost to get over the lack of motivation or stumbling blocks in our way and get dinner on the table!


The number of those who report that their “whole family usually eats dinner together” has declined 33 percent. This is most concerning because the time a family spends together “eating meals at home [is] the strongest predictor of children’s academic achievement and psychological adjustment.”

Family mealtimes have also been shown to be a strong bulwark against children’s smoking, drinking, or using drugs. There is inspired wisdom in this advice to parents: what your children really want for dinner is you.

Elder Dallin H. Oaks Good, Better, Best (Nov. 2007)

Two researchers at the University of Minnesota investigated the potential benefits of family mealtimes on children and found that families that dine together tend to have healthier, more well-adjusted children. Their studies indicate that the more often children and teens west with their parents—and the happier, more structured these mealtimes are—the more the children gain these benefits:


Better Nutrition

Better language and literacy

Fewer Eating Disorders

Fewer risky behaviors


The national center on addiction and substance abuse at Columbia University (sept 2005) found that compared with teens who dine frequently with their families (Five to seven dinners a week), teens who have fewer than three family dinners per week are:

Two and a half times likelier to smoke cigarettes

More than on e and a half times likelier to drink alcohol.

Almost three times likelier to try marijuana


“….Mealtime becomes a way for families to bond. To show children they have access to a caring adult.” (The Food Nanny Rescues Dinner p. 11)


So as Women, Sisters, Daughters, Wives, Mothers, Grandmothers we can not put a price on the work that we do. Dinner hours and menus can be daunting at times and others it feels like a breeze. As we gather together and share in our love for caring for our families and enjoying the connections we have with them as we sit around the dinner tables of our homes. I hope that each of us can step back occasionally on those hard mommy days and “Believe in what we are doing! Believing in who we are and that we can make a difference one meal at a time.

~ Jill


Sunday, October 18, 2015

Super Moist Lemon Raspberry Muffins

SUPER MOIST LEMON RASPBERRY MUFFINS -Desiree Crosby
Ingredients
2 and ¼ cups all­purpose flour (or half whole wheat flour + half all purpose)
2 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
½ cup coconut oil (canola, vegetable or corn works too)
1 cup greek yogurt or light sour cream (I used ½ greek yogurt + ½ sour cream)
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon lemon juice + zest of 1 lemon
1 and ½ cups (12 oz) fresh or frozen raspberries

Instructions
1. Place a rack near the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Spray a muffin pan with cooking spray and set aside.
2. In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Whisk and set aside.
3. In a medium bowl, combine the sugar, oil, yogurt (or sour cream), eggs, vanilla extract, lemon juice, and lemon zest. Continue to whisk until the sugar dissolves. Pour the wet mixture into the dry mixture and fold until just combined. Do not overmix. Fold in the raspberries. Divide the muffin batter into the muffin pans and bake for 18 ­ 22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the muffin comes out clean with just a few crumbs. Let muffins cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to a cooling rack.*

*This is a new recipe for me, so here are some notes for next time☺ 

This may be a good recipe to skip the paper liners as the oil tends to seep out. Muffins are extremely moist. Let them cool in the muffin pan after baking for at least 10 minutes if not using liners!. If making mini muffins, reduce baking time to 9 minutes. Also, this made 48 mini muffins & 8 larger muffins.

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