The Weather Outside is Frightful!

And so it begins...the snow and the cold, cold Buffalo winters that everyone talks about. We had our first real snow storm on Saturday night, but it only put down about 3 inches and was pretty much gone the next day (seeing how the next night it rained and melted most of it--but rain?? It was really weird). I haven't felt like the temperatures have been any colder to what we are used to in Utah...the only thing I'm not liking at ALL is the wind! I guess that winter time is kind of the time where the wind picks up here--add a little snow to the mix and the picture just isn't pretty, especially when I'm hauling Maia around. I took a few pictures of snow falling in our backyard, one of them is kind of blurry...sorry.

And one more thing...my weekly recipe:

Banana Bran Muffins

In large bowl, mix:

1 cup flour (may add 2 Tbl more per recipe if runny)

1 cup wheat bran

1 tsp. soda

½ tsp. salt

½ cup chopped nuts (walnuts or pecans), optional

In separate bowl, mix:

1 cup mashed bananas

½ cup oil

½ cup brown sugar

1 egg (or can use Egg Beaters)

Mix dry and wet ingredients. Bake at 375 degrees for 15-20 minutes (check at 13 minutes). Cool in tins for 5 minutes, then remove to wire cooling rack. Yield: 1 dozen muffins.

I love these muffins so much! They are healthy, very tasty, and a perfect way to use up over-ripe bananas.