Has it ever happen to you not to find your words to write a blog post? I’ve been meaning to post about these muffins since last night, but after half an hour of writing and deleting i gave up.
Now I feel the same, it seems that no matter what I write makes no sense. I should probably blame the rainy weather or maybe my spinning head and sore throat.
Last week I was really happy Spring arrived. My flowers were blooming along the driveway, enjoyed some time in the park with Tiffany, but suddenly everything changed. Started with some wind and then few showers and now is dark and rainy.
Yesterday I did some baking, nothing new I know. I baked some brown sugar cookies, 2 yeast banana breads and honey pine nuts muffins.
I baked in the past using honey and I love baking with honey but in most of the honey baked goods you can hardly tell they it is there. Oh, but these one smell like honey, taste like honey and are addictive.
Honestly, what tempt me to try these was the addition of the pine nuts. I love pine nuts, they are high in (good) fat and nutrients. I like sprinkle some over my salads or even use some in toast bread.
These muffins are healthy, the honey gives them a fantastic texture, more like a cupcake than a dense muffin, perfect treat in the morning or as a (midnight) snack.
Next time I’m thinking of adding some pine nuts to the batter itself, giving it a little crunchy bite and maybe, but just maybe, use 1/3 cup sugar instead of 1/2.
It’s a little difficult to write about Sara since I can say I love and hate her in the same time. Sounds confusing, right?
If you’re following my blog you already know I baked her Cream cheese brioche.
Those are not the only ones I baked from her blog. I also made these Cheddar Panini, Garlic Focaccia and lots more.
Now you see why I love her, and the hate, well, it all goes back to facing the bathroom scale …
Thank You Sara for sharing so many wonderful recipes with all of us.
Thank you Monet, Carolyn, Wendy, Elisabeth Lora Alisha Sara Kate Claudia Nancy Gina Dionne
Andreea Sandra
Thank you for your visit, hope you enjoy your stay and will come again soon.
As usual
Roxana
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These would go perfectly with my lunch…and my dinner…and my breakfast!!! I am going to try this recipe right away – I agree – usually you can't taste the honey!
Congrats on your nomination on Babble.
Love these muffins, honey and pinenuts…what's not to like? Good combination of flavors. I must try it! =)
I share your love for baking with honey and trying to cut back on the amount of sugar! These look beautiful. I completely understand what you mean about not being able to find words to write. It definitely happens to me sometimes. Have a beautiful evening
Love the idea of muffins with pine nuts, which 5 star foodie junior's favorite right now, we must make these!
Never had these before, but they look really good..like all your food in general! If I had ti pick one dish from your blog I couldn't 'cause they all look amazing!
semintele de pin sunt ceva cu totul nou pentru simtul meu gustativ,aici in romania au ajuns sa aiba un pret prohibitiv,dar stiu ca totusi nu ma pot lipsi de ele.initial le-am luat pentru hummus si m-am trezit ca le-am pus tot in niste muffins ,cu bananae si capsuni,parca,asta acum vreo 2 ani,la inceputurile blogului meu,si au fost formidabile .ai dreptate,mierea le da o textura si un gust si miros deosebite,mai ales cea poliflora,care mie imi pare mereu cea mai complexa ca mireasma.gata ,am vorbit destul ,ma duc sa vad ce-i cu votul ala cu mamici…:)
I know what you mean being hard sometimes to find the right words to write, but as I read "Oh, but these one smell like honey…" my hand that hold the coffee cup stopped in the air and somehow I could smell the muffins. You described it so well that I wished I'd have a teleportation machine, that could beam me some hours back in time directly into your kitchen.
they look wonderful , am drooling here !!
Your muffins look fabulous!
Mandy
Congratulations on the nomination – I have just voted for you. Good luck!
I often get brain farts too when it comes to writing my blog. Sometimes all of my energy and creativity goes into the recipe and I need to just let it speak for itself.
Muffins are one of my favorite things to bake. Yours look delicious! I love the honey and that it comes through.
Congratulations on the nomination! I voted for you too!
Your muffins sound scrumptious! I love the flavor of honey and your right it often disappears when used in baking. Congratulations on your nomination! I am on my way to vote for you!
These muffins sound really delicious! I run into "blogger's block" every now and then, and just end up writing about my crazy hectic day – or other times I just let the food do the talking for itself =)
Roxana-I never thought about using pine nuts in other than cookies, or in a pasta dish. What a pretty, and yummy muffins creation. Thanks for sharing.
BTW-Congratulations on the Top 9 for the amazing soup, and just wanted to let you know that I did vote for you on the Babble's top 100.
Have a wonderful weekend!
xoxo
This looks like a truly light and tasty muffin! I love the pine nuts and I can almost taste the honey. Yum!
Mmmm…..honey….it gives things just a wonderful flavor. Beautiful muffins.
Ooh, that's totally how I felt with my last post, Green Girl. I just didn't feel like I had the words for some reason. Strange too b/c I loved the food I was posting…
Anyway, these look wonderful, and I'm totally in love with honey lately. I want to get bees;)!!!
p.s. Congrats on the Top 9-I knew that soup was amazing;)
Can I get a parcel of these ? I would love to have them
Great flavor n a perfect bake!
US Masala
I love pine nuts….so good…These muffins must have been delicious. Blessings, Catherine
I've never had pine nuts in a muffin before but I do love them! You have a way of making something so "simple" look absolutely beautiful. I need one of these to put butter on please!
I hope you are having a good weekend.
I've been having those I-don't-know-what-to-write moments, too, lately. It's frustrating but at the end of the day, you can't really force yourself to write, right? I'm glad you posted these muffins–I've never baked with pine nuts before. I'm especially attracted to the honey flavor. Will have to set this aside to try sometime. Have a great weekend!
lovely muffins and they rose perfectly
they are so perfectly baked! First time in your blog and it looks beautiful. Will follow you in twitter
Love these. Did you know pine nuts are soooo expensive right now? It's so sad, because I just like to eat them right out of the bag.
I want to see those brown sugar cookies too. Yummm.
Si pe astea trebuie NEAPARAT sa le incerc. Eu nu prea gatesc cu miere, pentru ca, asa cum spui si tu,nu i se simte gustul. Dar merg pe mana ta la briosele astea. Mersic
Aaaa si succes la concurs. I liked you
Mmmm, I love pine nuts in sweet baked goods. These look wonderful. It doesn't matter if you can't find the words sometimes…just saying that is a post in itself! Sorry your head is spinniing and you have a sore throat
hi Roxana
those muffins look delicious, pine nuts are such a nice addition to those lovely treats!
I do understand exactly what you mean about writing your post, every now and then I just sit there staring at the computer…..sigh
Thanks for sharing a wonderful muffin recipe with us, I have to get out to trader joes to get some pine nuts,they are the least expensive there.
Hope your enjoying this weather, have some outside today!
Dennis
I'm in love with this recipe – like you said, you can actually TASTE the honey!
Stacey (Cookeatshare)
Roxana, what beautiful muffins…with fabulous flavors! And thanks for the introduction to Sara…always love a new blog~
beautiful muffins looks wonderful
Sorry to hear about your soar throat and the rain
Hope you fell better soon. I love honey in baked goods too and these do sound wonderful 
pine nut muffins?? this is one i've just gotta try.
saving to my online cookbook (http://cookmarked.com) now!
I understand about "not knowing what to write" I'm having the same issues lately. I'm glad at least you get to bake and I'm very happy to be an inspiration! Your muffins came out amazing. You make me want to make them again
see? we inspire (and love/hate) each other 
And you have no idea of how many of your recipes I have bookmarked and added to my wish-to-bake-soon list
Oh they just look amazing, I might have to make these next weekend for my muffin baking day!
This looks amazing. I love pine nuts, but never thought of them being prepared with muffins. Great job!
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