A couple of Our New Favorites

I would love to start a recipe blog at some point. Since I have not done that yet I will post a couple of our new favorite recipes.
Pumpkin Bran Muffins
1 15 oz can pumpkin
1 cup bran cereal
1/4 cup butter, melted
1/2 cup sugar
2 Tbsp brown sugar (packed)
2 large eggs
3/4 cup buttermilk
1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp allspice
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powdr
1 cup raisins (i omitted)
course sugar for sprinkling (i also left out b/c i didn't have any)
In a large mixing bowl, combine pumpkin, bran cereal, butter, and sugars. Stir in eggs and buttermilk. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, spices, baking soda, and baking powder. Stir into the pumpkin mixture, then stir in the raisins. Cover the bowl and refrigerate the batter for 4 hours or overnight.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. lightly grease or line the wells of muffin pan with papers. scoop the battr into the pan, using a heaping 1/4 cup of batter for each. sprinkle tops with sugar if desired, then bake for 25-28 minutes
yield 12 muffins
per muffin: 150 cal, 3 g fat - recipe from mysweetsavannah.blogspot.com
The kids love these muffins! I think just the plain pumpkin muffins taste a little better, but these are healthier!

Crunchy Chicken Tenders with Apricot Dipping Sauce
2 lbs chicken tenders (I cut breasts into strips)
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 cup Dijon mustard
1/4 cup mayonnaise
6 cups cornflakes

Sauce:
3/4 cup apricot preserves
3 Tbsp mayonnaise
1 1/2 Tbsp Dijon mustard
1 Tbsp rice vinegar

Heat oven to 450 degrees. In a large bowl, toss together chicken, salt, pepper, mustard, and mayo. Crush cornflakes in plastic bag then transfer to shallow bowl. Dredge chicken in the cornflakes and arrange on baking sheet. Bake for 15 minutes or until tenders are cooked and crispy on the outside. Combine all ingredients for sauce in small bowl and serve with chicken.
My family loved this!! Lucas has been antichicken for a couple of months (except chicken nuggets), but he gobbled this up and loved the dipping sauce. I saw him eating the sauce with a spoon. We will definitely be cooking this one again - yummy!