Halloween 2013

Happy Halloween, everybody! 

The day that I've been waiting all of October (and most of September, if I'm honest) is here!

"In an old house in Paris that was covered in vines, lived twelve little girls in two straight lines... The smallest one was Madeline."

I dressed up as Madeline, my favorite literary character as a child, and while my yellow brimmed hat is not pictured, I do have one! 

Instead of wearing a hat to class, I opted to wear a big yellow bow:

My hair is super red in the sunlight! Just like little Madeline!

I even dressed Cannoli up as a banana, but she hated it so much that I just snapped a picture and let her run free. No banana suit for my pup!

  

A last minute decoration - found this last weekend for $1! Can you say super cute and such a steal?

Another view of my costume

I hope that you all have a wonderful night of trick-or-treating, passing out candy, watching scary films, or whatever you're doing to celebrate! 

Happy Halloween!

xoxo

Recipe: Banana & Chocolate Chip Muffins

Tasted so good!

Recipe:

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

2/3 cup sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 cup mashed ripe bananas (~2 large)

1 large egg

1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted

1/4 cup milk

3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F and line 12 muffin cups with foil liners (do not use paper - I did and it was so difficult to take off the liners!). 

2. Mix together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl.

3. In another (medium-sized) bowl, mix mashed bananas, egg, melted butter, and milk.

4. Stir banana mixture into dry ingredients until they are blended, being careful not to overmix. Then stir in chocolate chips.

5. Fill muffin cups with batter until they are about 3/4 of the way full. Bake at 350 degrees until muffin tops are golden and the chips are melted, about 25-30 minutes. 

6. Cool and enjoy!

Doesn't it look delicious?

This recipe was adapted from Epicurious. 

xoxo