Stuck at Home

"I will comfort you, child"

In dire need of comfort today.

My cramps were so bad that I couldn't get up this morning.  It was bad.  

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It did not help that my heart had not healed from yesterday's news that my yoga studio had officially CLOSED.

It is truly the end of the road.

END.

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By midday, I was physically feeling better.  However, my stomach was growling!  I only had a glass of soy milk for breakfast.

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Nothing in our cupboard or ref really appealed to me, so I sat by our dinning table to think about what to eat / cook.

McDonald's was first in mind, I have to be honest, all the Twister Fries posts by friends in the Philippines were getting to me.

So I sat there.

Staring at nothing.

Until... my eyes shifted to our 'fruit basket' that isn't really a fruit basket, and saw some baby bananas :)

(bright idea)

Thirty minutes later, "lunch".

banana muffin / cupcake

Looking through my baking supplies, I found the self raising flour that didn't rise.  I thought, I should make muffins again, but this time I'd correct my past mistake and put in the baking powder and/or soda the recipe required--treating the annoying flour as if it was ordinary flour.

ba na na

I love bananas.

I however HATE banana flavour--for me it tastes like medicine.  Not that it is relevant to today's post.

Naturally, it was the first thing that came to mind when I thought muffins.

therapy

My self raising flour frustration came in handy as I mashed three bananas into a bowl.  Breathe.  Let go.

on one hand...

I decided to split the batter into two.  Six, I put in a mix of white and dark chocolate chips, the other half I made plain so I can top with icing--so I can use up the icing I had on hand.

done!

hello

plain

sunny side up

 You'd notice some crystals.   I added three kinds of sugar--white, brown and raw sugar.

I had been thinking where I could use the raw sugar that I got--especially as I hardly drink coffee. I thought it would bring some texture into baked goods.

Maybe I'll make coffee cake :)

what is important is what's inside

They still look homemade, but I'd say an improvement from last time :)

 

sea sponge look-a-like