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November 13, 2011 M. Sullivan Photography Cooking, Family, MCP Project 52, Photos

Project 52 ~ Week 46

Week 46 Theme ~ Over The Top

Banana muffin goodness bursting over the top of the muffin pan.

Banana muffins are a favorite around our house. To make them extra special I often add chocolate chips in the batter or in this case, sprinkled on top. I also added nuts to one of the pans today. I’m the only one in the family who likes them this way. I also made a dozen with only chocolate chips so that I wouldn’t hear complaints.

As a bonus, here’s the recipe I use for Banana Muffin perfection.

Banana Muffins

Makes 18 Muffins

1/2 cup Butter
1 cup Sugar
2 Eggs
3 Ripe Bananas, Mashed
2 cups Flour, Sifted
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1/2 cup Sour Cream (low-fat or fat-free)
1/2 cup Chocolate Chips (optional)
1/2 cup Chopped Nuts (optional)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Beat butter, sugar and eggs in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Stir in mashed bananas. Sift flour, baking soda and salt together. Add flour mixture gradually, stirring after each addition. Do not overmix. Add sour cream and stir until mixed. Pour into muffin tins prepared with cooking spray. Baked at 375 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until light brown around the edges and the center is set.

I’m guessing on the baking time as I never set a timer. Mike always questions this, but somehow everything always turns out just fine.

October 15, 2011October 15, 2011 M. Sullivan Photography Cooking, Family, Photos

From Grapes To Jelly

We harvested the grapes before the raccoons and birds got to them this year. After picking two buckets full of grapes, washing them and having the kids clean them, we had enough to make two batches (8 pints) of grape jelly.

The kids are now set with enough grape jelly to get them through the rest of the school year with PB & J sandwiches in their lunch boxes.

December 2, 2010 M. Sullivan Photography Cooking, Family, Photos

Thanksgiving, Skating and Bentleyville

We had quite the Thanksgiving weekend. Three days of food, family and fun. Since we didn’t eat and visit enough with Mike’s family on Thursday and Friday, we spent Saturday afternoon at my brother’s house for more turkey and conversation.

Here’s the recap of the weekend:

Day #1 – Thanksgiving – Not many pictures from this day. Too busy cooking, eating and cleaning up.

Day #2 – Skating at the DECC

All twelve Sullivans, plus our friends, The Pellers, embarked on the DECC to skate off the turkey and dessert ingested the day before. We had a great time skating, shooting pucks and watching Mike P. make a skate train with the kids.

Hop Aboard The Skate Train — Hop Aboard the Skate Train

Still Day #2 – Bentleyville

Day #3 – Say Goodbye to the Cities Sullivans – Say Hello to the Johnsons

Mike spent part of the morning deep-frying a turkey to take to my brother’s house. After the Cities Sullivans left, we headed over the my brother’s for Thanksgiving with my side of the family. We had a chance to see some nieces and nephews that we hadn’t seen in a while, including Adam and Ana who are expecting their first baby in April. Congratulations to you both!

We were all pretty tired by the end of the day, but grateful that we had family and friends to share our Thanksgiving weekend with.