I finally got around to making these quinoa muffins that I remembered seeing in an old Everyday Food a bit ago. Here's the recipe. They were good! They were my type of good, mind you, not everyone in the house thought they were good. I made a few changes, used butter, not oil, and whole wheat flour, not white and didn't add the raisins, but I did add 1 teaspoon of spice mix, which I definitely recommend. Or at least some cinnamon. I eat them for breakfast with a lot of jam. They freeze quite well and 2 out of 3 of my kids will eat them, also with a lot of jam.
Totally unrelated sewing news-
- Casey has organized a Swing Dress Sew-Along that looks very fun. It's using this pattern and seeing as she has made this stunning dress several times now, it's bound to be a great resource for anyone wanting to sew one. Very cool. (She has a FAQ up and other posts with tons of info for this sew-along, so look around a bit while you are there.)
- Peter is hosting a Men's Shirt Sew-Along over on Male Pattern Boldness using the lovely Negroni by Colette Patterns which I blogged about last week AND he has a discount code for the pattern over there as well.
- Gertie has a very interesting post on home sewing and the ethics of copying dresses available for sale—especially ones that are out of our price range. The comments are terrific and thought provoking. Some commenters linked to this talk about fashion and copyright over on TED Blog (it's a video of a lecture, about 15 minutes long) and I found it fascinating.
