Blueberry Bran Muffins

This muffin recipe is WONDERFUL! I was really concerned b/c our son loves "breakfast bars" and I realized that they are actually fairly unhealthy, despite being vitamin fortified. I got this recipe from FoodieFarmGirl (Blueberry Bran Muffin Recipe), so I won't put the recipe here. My only change was to add 1 cup of chopped walnuts. This recipe uses wheat bran, oat bran and whole wheat flour- all much better for you than white flour. These muffins also contain milk and yogurt and use honey and molasses as sweeteners (no refined sugar). The advantage of "Blackstrap Molasses" is that it contains a rather large amount of iron and calcium. The blueberries added allow me to get a fruit serving into my son's breakfast as well. I thawed 1 and 1/2 cups of frozen blueberries and also added the juices that were left in the bowl after thawing. A brilliant and incredibly delicious ((to die for hot out of the oven) recipe and I can't wait until our little guy tries it

Meggan's Honey Lime Salmon with Summer Veggies

Meggan made this dish for us as we were all recovering from the arrival of our new addition. It was absolutely delicious and seemed to have special healing properties as well!

Ingredients:
1/3 Cup Honey
5 Tabs Lime Juice
3 Cloves Garlic minced
1-2 lbs Salmon
Pepper to taste
Lime Slices

3 Peppers (red, orange, & yellow)
1 Yellow Squash
1 Zucchini

Mozzarella & Parmesan Cheese for garnish

Cooking Instructions:
Marinate the Salmon in the honey, lime juice and garlic in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and lightly grease a baking dish.
Place the veggies in the baking dish, toss with olive oil and pepper and bake for 10 minutes.
Add the marinated salmon on top of the veggies and cover with slices of lime.
Bake for 25 minuTes or until fish flakes when poked with a fork.
Garnish with cheese.

Interesting Tidbits in Your Food???

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My husband found the following info posted on the following website:
http://www.uky.edu/Ag/Entomology/ythfacts/bugfood/bugfood2.htm

Are Bugs A Part of Your Diet?
Apple butter=5 insects per 100g
Berries= 4 larvae per 500g OR 10 whole insects per 500g
Ground paprika= 75 insect fragments per 25g
Chocolate= 80 microscopic insect fragments per 100g
Canned sweet corn= 2 3mm-length larvae, cast skins or fragments
Cornmeal= 1 insect per 50g
Canned mushrooms= 20 maggots per 100g
Peanut butter= 60 fragments per 100g (136 per lb)
Tomato paste, pizza, and other sauces= 30 eggs per 100g OR 2 maggots per 100g
Wheat flour= 75 insect fragmnets per 50g

Source: The Food Defect Action Levels: Current Levels for Natural or Unavoidable Defects for Human Use that Present No Health Hazard. Department of Health & Human Services 1989.

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