mmm...breakfast

In regards to Char's insane work schedule, he has recently decided to take Saturdays off... which enables me to once a week actually make breakfast:) (Sundays are too crazy and the rest of the week: are you kidding me?? I'm not getting up that early!) So. Here's a recipe I stumbled upon trying to use up strawberries before they went bad and they were so good, I think they're on the menu tomorrow~

From "The Best of Cooking Light" cookbook (2006):

Strawberry- Orange Muffins

1 1/4 cups halved strawberries

3 Tablespoons butter, melted

2 teaspoons grated orange rind (I have yet to have an orange handy and they still turn out good!)

2 large eggs

1 1/2 cups all- purpose flour

1 1/4 cups sugar

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

cooking spray/ liners

2 teaspoons sugar

1/2 cup strawberry jam or preserves (optional)

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine the first 4 ingredients in a blender, and process just until mixture is blended. Combine flour, 1 1/4 cups sugar, baking powder and salt. Add strawberry mixture to flour mixture, stirring just until mixture is moist. Spoon the batter into 12 muffin cups coated with cooking spray or lined. Sprinkle batter evenly with 2 teaspoons sugar. Bake at 4oo degrees for 20 minutes or until muffins spring back when touched lightly in the center. Remove muffins from pan immediately. Serve with jam, if desired.

And all the health facts:

serving size: 1 muffin and 2 teaspoons jam. calories: 184 (20% from fat) fat: 4g (sat 2.1g, mono 1.2g, poly 0.3g) protein: 2.8g carb: 34.8g fiber: 0.8g chol: 45mg iron: 1mg sodium: 170mg calc: 33mg