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Imogen loves her personalised My 1st Years fleece robe and it’s super cosy for the autumn and winter months.
The Photo Gallery: Through the Eyes of My Phone
This week’s Photo Gallery on the Sticky Fingers blog is Through the Eyes of My Phone.
These photos were taken on our recent holiday to Suffolk. Imogen and I had just been to a little jewellery shop which sells beautiful bright and sparkling beads. I asked Imogen if she’d like to choose her first bracelet and this is the one that captured her imagination.
Imogen is so excited about the bracelet she chose herself. Practicing taking it off.
Admiring her new sparkling bracelet on the street. I love this photo.
Safely putting it back on her wrist to wear and treasure.
Pumpkin and Apple Muffins Recipe
Pumpkins will be out in force over the coming weeks as Halloween approaches. My family loves eating pumpkin. We find this versatile orange fleshed vegetable delicious in soups, pasta, rice, salads, baking and as a sweet roasted vegetable.
My Pumpkin and Apple Muffins
Pumpkin is highly nutritious and contains the antioxidant beta-carotene and vitamin C.
The sweet flavour of pumpkin is perfect when weaning your baby and pumpkin puree can be given to babies from the age of 6 months. Pumpkin was one of the first vegetables my baby tried and it has remained a firm favourite.
Now that the weather is cooler you might like to try a quick and easy recipe for Pumpkin and Apple Muffins. In this recipe the pumpkin, apple and raisins have a natural sweetness and the cinnamon provides a hint of warm spice to the muffins.
Makes 12 muffins.
Pumpkin and Apple Muffins
- 2 cups Self-Raising Flour
- 2 Eggs
- 1/3 cup Vegetable Oil
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
- 1 cup pureed Pumpkin (I used Butternut Squash)
- 1 grated Apple
- 1/3 cup Raisins
1. Peel and cut the pumpkin into cubes. Boil until the flesh is tender when pierced with a knife. Drain. Puree the pumpkin in a food processor, with a hand blender or by hand.
2. Preheat the oven to 180 C. Grease a 12 cup muffin tin or line with paper muffin cases.
3. Wash and grate the apple.
4. Add the vegetable oil to the pureed pumpkin, grated apple and raisins. Stir through until just blended.
5. Add the eggs and mix well.
6. Gently stir in the cinnamon and flour.
7. Bake at 180 C for 20 to 25 minutes or until a cake skewer inserted in the middle of a muffin comes out clean.
8. Leave the muffins to cool on a wire rack for a few minutes.
These Pumpkin and Apple muffins are great for the family to enjoy at breakfast time or as a tasty snack during the day.
Lydia Oliver – Nutritional Advisor Only Best For Baby
This article was published in the October 2013 edition of Mummy and Me Magazine.
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