Keeping Up With the Playgroup Moms

For Toto's most recent nanny/toddler playgroup that we hosted at our place, we served the kids mangoes, bananas and goldfish crackers. Pretty standard toddler fare, right? Well, one day after work, when Yaya was giving me the rundown on Toto's day: what she did (played at the park, went to playgroup); how long she slept (2 hours, which she rarely does on the weekends); and what she ate (everything), she told me that Toto LOVED the quinoa blueberry muffins she had at her fiend J's playgroup. Uh, what?! Homemade organic muffins, packed full of protein and antioxidants? While I was filling up those innocent kids with salty leftovers from Toto's first birthday party (they weren't stale, I tried them). Clearly that needed to be remedied. I found this great recipe and Healthy Options carried Bob's Red Mill quinoa flour. They were awesome. Toto ate 3 (mini-muffins) and I had to put them away before The Shark devoured the whole plate. I tweaked this recipe from Lemons and Anchovies by halving the brown sugar, using canola oil, and only baking 10 minutes for mini-muffins. Happy baking.

Toto's seal of approval.