I only started baking a couple of months ago when a friend at work got me interested. I decided to start by baking muffins. Initially, I used store bought muffin mix, then I graduated to mixing my own (follow recipe).

Yesterday, I made banana muffin with chocolate chip for the first time, and they came out great. I used the recipe from here.

We just had this for dinner and oh it tastes great! It’ll fill you up quick and good though so a little really goes a long way – trust me. Here’s what you need.

• 1 can of 16 oz refried beans
• 1 1/2 lb ground beef. I used a mixture of Jimmy Dean sausage + 93% ground beef.
• 1 envelope of Taco seasoning
• 1/4 onion chopped
• Shredded cheese. I just used plain old shredded cheddar.
• 1 tube of crescent rolls

For garnishing (optional):

• Shredded lettuce
• Diced tomatos
• Olives

This recipe is from a friend. I got it after tasting these yummy cookies. They are SO good. But I have yet to try making them myself. Maybe I’ll make these for Christmas   

5 cups flour
1 tsp salt
4 sticks of unsalted butter
6 oz cream cheese
2 cups sugar
2 egg yolks
2 tbs vanilla extract

Make sure all ingredients are at room temperature.

Sift flour and salt together. Set aside.

I saw this on one of those home shopping TV shows. They were selling a blender but thought this is such a cool recipe. I don’t have the exact measurements so use your own judgement.

Ingredients: Cream, Frozen fruit e.g. berries and a pack of Jello pudding mix (I think Vanilla would work)

How:
Put frozen fruit in blender, start it up, add cream and pudding mix as you go. Blend it till smooth, voila! Instant ice cream.

Pineapple Bread Pudding 

Ingredients : 

10 slices bread (you can use white or whole grain)

3/4 cup butter or margarine, melted

5 eggs

1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained

1/4 cup dried currants or raisins

1 cup sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Whipped cream (optional) 

Directions :