Date & orange muffin

When you are pregnant sometimes you feel the urge to clean your home and change it up. "Nesting" as its referred to. I have felt it :) I put the baby crib up for the 3rd time! Yes I have had the same crib for 14 years! Insane...I know.

It is fun putting the baby clothes away. We didn't find out the gender of the baby. I like the surprise. I have one drawer of girl clothes and one drawer of boy clothes, most of which came from the thrift store and some gifts. I also purchased two rag quilts from Etsy, since Leeluu will be sharing her room I thought it would be a special something that they can both have. It is hard to believe that I only have a little under 11 weeks left!

I felt muffinish this morning so I made these, adapted from the joyofbaking.com. The sugar from the dates is sweet so feel free to cut down on the sugar. I will next time only use 1/4 cup. :)

Date & orange muffins 2 cups flour 1/4 cup rolled oats 1 tsp baking soda 1/2 cup cane sugar  1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon 1 tbsp grated orange zest 1/3 cup  fresh orange juice 1 cup soy milk/ mixed with 1 tsp apple cider vinegar 1 egg replace 1/2 tsp almond extract 1/4 cup sunflower oil 1 cup chopped dates pumpkins seeds (optional) Preheat oven to 350- grease a muffin tin Mix dry ingredients together. In a separate bowl mix wet. Pour wet into dry. Mix until combined. Sprinkle with pumpkin seeds Scoop batter into tins, bake for 20 minutes or until done.