Blueberry and Chocolate Chip-Lemon Muffins

Just yesterday I tried making muffins.

I have made plenty of muffins before, but never realized how easy they could be.

The recipe I had was strictly blueberry muffins. But I added my own twist: chocolate chips and lemon juice.

They came out delicious, just ask my roommate who snarffed one down before I could let people taste test them.

Unfortunately I do not have a picture right now, but believe me, they came out great.

The next time I bake them, I will include a picture here.



Ingredients

• 2 cups of blueberries
•  2 eggs
• 1 cup of sugar
• 1/2 cup of milk
• 1/4 cup of soften butter
• 2 teaspoons of baking powder
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon of salt
• 1 tablespoon of lemon juice

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 375F.

Spray nonstick Pam on muffin pan.

Beat together the butter, eggs, salt and sugar.

Mix the flour with baking powder and sift into first mixture, alternating with milk.

Blend in the vanilla.

Add the blueberries, chocolate chips and tablespoon of lemon juice.

Stick in the oven for 15 minutes.

Our first attempt with fish

This past week Bryan and I wanted to try to cook fish.

Not much fish was on sale at Publix, so we ended up getting catfish...

We could have taken the easy way out by putting the fish filets in foil with onions, bell peppers and stuck it on the grill or in the oven. But we didn't..

We decided to make orange-glazed catfish! It doesn't sound great at all, we know. However, it was delicious!

For the glaze we used:

2 tablespoons of orange juice
1 tablespoon of honey
1/2 teaspoon of rice wine vinegar

We whisked this together and set aside.

We had two catfish fillets. I rubbed them in olive oil and sprinkled salt and pepper on both sides.

Then, using a brush, we rubbed the glaze on one side of the fillets and let them sizzle in a medium-high heated pan. We continued to brush glaze on each side every time we turned the fillets until the glaze ran out.

Once both sides were a golden brown, we took them off of the heat.

We served the fish with black beans and whole wheat rice.

The dish turned out great. However, I would recommend a better fish such as salmon. Since we were on a budget, and assume some of you might be too, it was a great choice.

Below is the recipe we used for the black beans, which were great as well. If you don't have time to cook the beans, you can easily get a can of black beans on the ethnic ideal of any store for your convenience.

Black Beans

• Soak a bag of black beans in water for 10 minutes
• Put two cups of water in a crock pot or regular pot for the stove and pour the beans in
• Dice up:

              1/4 of a bell pepper

              2 cloves of garlic

              1/3 of a large onion

• Add a package of Sazon seasoning without Annatto
• Cook over night on medium heat
• Stir occasionally and eat when beans are no longer firm