EASY Lemon Poppy-Seed Blueberry Muffins

CHEATING ALERT. 

Sorry, these muffins are not made from scratch. I'm still searching for a recipe that is all homemade. But these are the next best thing. 

I secretly love products where you just add milk or water and BAM you've got muffins, cake, bread, whatever you can imagine. It really takes all the work out of baking... even my brother can manage to whip up something pretty tasty. 

So when I need muffins in a hurry I cheat and turn to these muffin mixes. This one is Martha White Lemon Poppy Seed, and it's probably my favorite that I've had in this brand. I gussied it up a little bit by adding fresh blueberries into the batter and a few pressed on top. To create a lovely crunch I sprinkled a little bit of sugar on the tops of the muffins before baking. 

Volia! You've got quick and easy lemon blueberry muffins with real blueberries! 

These will not last long. Trust me. 

Come back soon for more recipes. Homemade and the cheating variety ;) 

Fresh Veggie Pizza

When I got married my mom made me a cookbook. It was filled with many recipes from her own cookbook, recipes that belong to her, several other members of my family, and many other people who are special to me. Before the days of Pintrest, my mother's cookbook was the only thing she had to plan weekly meals, and now that I have my own I find it so special and use it frequently. I'm sure in future posts I will allude to the book and the recipes it contains. 

This recipe is one I got from my Granny Nicholson. She always makes yummy dishes, and recently I begged her to write down more family recipes for my cookbook. I hate the idea of those recipes being lost, not being shared with future generations. 

The veggie pizza is so simple. It is creamy, cheesy and the different textures make eating raw veggies a little less boring. I attempt to make mine a bit healthier by using lower fat ingredients such as reduced-fat crescent rolls (these boogers can be a real diet buster), low fat or no fat cream cheese (or you could try Greek yogurt), 1/3 fat cream cheese, and reduced fat cheddar cheese. 

First I mixed up the spices with the sour cream, I find this easier because the cream cheese can make mixing a little more difficult. 

Finished spread. I made this ahead of assembling the pizza. It still spread fine after being in the refrigerator for several hours. 

This spread is a glorified chip/vegetable dip. So, if you have any leftover you can save it and use it for more veggie dipping. And unless you make two pizzas you will have leftover veggies.

Lay on the veggies!!!! 

I LOVE seeing all those colors. Oh I want to eat some RIGHT now... hold on while I run to the fridge real quick.....

Yum.