Yesterday I set a goal to learn something new every day. I didn't realize just how difficult this might be. There is 24 hours in a day, where I am awake about 16 hours of that, you'd think that would plenty of time to learn something new, right? Well, time just gets away from me most days and before I know it, it's time to go to bed and I haven't accomplished anything I was planning on. Does this sound familiar to anyone else?

Well, I did sort of learn something yesterday...In starting to get our taxes ready to be done, I have been adding up medical bills, gathering all the documents from mortgage and property taxes and then adding up all my business expenses and earnings, it's a huge job. So I learned, numbers are not my strong suit! I've always known this, but I do pretty well with all the day to day things that involve numbers and even having to figure discounts on products and things, I've done ok, but when I sit down to add up the final figures, I just get nervous and then hope that it all goes well at tax time and that we don't end up owing the government more taxes. So this is something I need to constantly work on, number figures and being able to add and subtract each thing that I need to to get the right answer. After seeing some of the homework my kids bring home, I might want to consider taking a basic math class sometime, just so I can help them when they have questions. It's just all crazy.

Now that you have an update on what I am learning, here is a yummy recipe that I make quite often. I think I found it on the ALL recipes app, but I have tweaked it quite a bit for my needs and tastes, so now I consider it my own. These are very yummy muffins that I double or quadruple to put in the freezer for my husband to take to work or my kids to eat in the morning. We just pop them in the microwave for 30 secs or less and they taste like they just came out of the oven. So here you are:

Banana chocolate chip muffins

1 cup whole wheat flour
3/4 cup white flour
1/2 cup white sugar
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 egg
1/4 cup oil
1/4 applesauce
1/2 plain yogurt (or sour cream)
1 tsp. vanilla
2 bananas, mashed
3/4 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

In large bowl, combine flours, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt, whisk together. In another bowl, combine egg, oil, applesauce, yogurt, vanilla and mashed bananas. Stir into dry ingredients until just moistened. Fold in chocolate chips. Put in greased muffin cups and bake at 350* 12-18 minutes.

Baking time may vary. My regular size muffins cook in 12-15 minutes, but I think my oven cooks a little hotter. Also, I started using whole wheat flour to help make things more healthy and this four will fill you up more than white flour will, but to use all whole wheat, I think, would be really heavy. I have also made these with walnuts instead of chocolate chips. These muffins are pretty moist! the combination of a little oil, a little applesauce and some yogurt just makes these so yummy as well. I hope you like them as much as my family does! Happy Baking!!