Fritz's Eye on the World: Carrot and Apple Muffins, Spouts, Sauerkraut Update, and..

10-22-2011 Carrot and Apple Muffins, Spouts, Sauerkraut Update, and.........A Trip to Downtown Salisbury!! I was excited about this weekend. Not because I had it all planned out, but because I didnt. I was able to wake up and let my day unfold organicly. After doing some kitchen cleaning I remembered reading a recipie from Mother Earth News on how to make homemade Carrot and Apple Muffins (with fresh grated Ginger!) So I broke out the recipe and began! First I combined 2 cups of All purpose Flour with 1.5 tsp cinnimmon, 3/4 tsp baking Soda, 1 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp salt and 1/2 cup of Spleda's Half Sugar baking mix. Then I peeled one Winesap Apple (from the apples my wife picked a coupke weeks back) and 3 medium sized carrots (of course all the peelings and end peices went into my composter outdoors). Then I tackled the wet works. 1/2 cup of Vegitable oil, 3 eggs, 1 tsp vanilla extract and 1/2 tsp of fresh grated ginger! Next up the Wet works were folded in with the dry and then the Apple and carrots were added. Into a 12 cup cupcake tin and all that paced into a 350 degree oven for 20 minutes! Needless to say the smell was incredible!! Once they came out I started to wait and let htem cool, but then I succumed to weakness and ate one!! :) Serious Yum! and now to tease you all with some tastly photos of these very same muffins.

and now for somehting completely different.....Sprouts!

In my many adventures online, I stumbled apon a youtube video on growing your own sprouts in your very own kitchen!!

So inspired I bough a bag of Lentils from the local store and 3 days ago started then on their way. I wasnt sure if this would work so I dont have a step by step. But whe I start my next batch I will post the how to on it. But anyways here are my Lentil Sprouts on day 3 of growing.

As you can see they are growing nicely! :)

Sauerkraut Update:
As per my last post I tried my hand at making my own Sauerkraut. All three jars are happily fermenting away. Most of the soft green color has left the cabbage and its a little stinky (thats good right? ;) )

Ill be doing my first taste test next weekend so stay tuned!!

Walking in Salisbury with my Daughter Sierra

So after lunch I wanted to go out fo rmy daily walk/run exercise and asked Sierra if she wanted to go with me (and of course she did, such a good daughter!) Instead of around the block like we usually do I took a quick trip to downtown Salisbury. We also stopped by the Rowan Museum (I cant beleive I have lived here so long and have never been there) We walked up and down the streets and visited a few shops that Sierra wanted to check out. Below are some photos I took along the way.