Mom, I'm hungry!: Grandma's Banana Muffins

Life has been crazy with visitors, play dates, soccer, outings and birthdays. I have been making simple meals and eating out for a couple of days.

Simple meals for us include:

- snack plates (crackers, cheese, lunch meat, fruit, yogurt, muffins, pizza, raisins, granola bars, etc.)
- pizza (ordered in or ready to bake from the grocery store)
- fried eggs and toast with fruit

We often do snack plates when the kids have places to be after work or if it is too warm outside to turn on the oven, and even too warm to be using the BBQ.

When we eat out at restaurants or indoor play areas, we tend to only buy two meals for our three kids. First, meals are huge and second if we get two different meals, we can combine them all to give our kids some choices and everyone is happy. Always look for options of fruit or veggies and order only one order of fries to be shared. I find that if we eat too much grease while we are out, the kids become crabby and get upset bellies.

Today we had a play date set at our house and I made my grandma's banana muffins. This recipe can be used for banana bread, muffins or mini muffins.

The recipe is as follows:

1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 cup of bananas (I usually use 2-3 bananas)
1 tsp. lemon juice (if you do not have this, use apple juice)
2 cups of flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt

Mix together.

I add 1 cup of chocolate chips for special occasions :)
Spray or rub with butter the baking pans.