Pear Muffins

I was inspired to make some pear muffins after getting some very sweet and juicy pears for a great price at the market. I tweaked my basic muffin recipe and came up with a nice pear muffin variation – perfect for school lunches.

Pear Muffins

Ingredients:

• 2 cups self raising flour
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 3 tsp cinnamon
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 2 eggs
• 2 pears

Method:
This recipe makes about 15 – 18 muffins.

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees

2. Sift flour, cinnamon and sugar into a bowl. Mix and make a well in the middle.

3. Core and grate pears.

4. In a separate bowl mix the remaining ingredients (except pear).

5. Pour the liquid ingredients into well and mix with a wooden spoon.

6. Add grated pear and mix lightly through.

7. Spoon into well greased muffin pans or patty pans in muffin tray.

8. Cooking time depends on the size and oven, but 12- 15 minutes is about average for the standard patty pan size.

9. Allow to cool for a couple of minutes in the trays before cooling further on wire racks.

What seasonal fruits are you baking with at the moment? (You can see a list of seasonal fruit and veg here.)

Pear Muffins

 

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Author:: PlanningQueen

Recipe type: lunch box

Ingredients:

• 2 cups self raising flour
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 3 tsp cinnamon
• ¾ cup milk
• ½ cup canola oil
• 2 eggs
• 2 pears

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
2. Sift flour, cinnamon and sugar into a bowl. Mix and make a well in the middle.
3. Core and grate pears.
4. In a separate bowl mix the remaining ingredients (except pear).
5. Pour the liquid ingredients into well and mix with a wooden spoon.
6. Add grated pear and mix lightly through.
7. Spoon into well greased muffin pans or patty pans in muffin tray.
8. Cooking time depends on the size and oven, but 12-15 minutes is about average for the standard patty pan size.
9. Allow to cool for a couple of minutes in the trays before cooling further on wire racks.

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Our current lunch box set up for the primary school kids

I am often asked what do I use for a lunch box for my kids. The photo above shows the lunch box set up we are currently using for the primary school kids. We use:

• A standard lunch box which we can put an ice brick in
• Kids Konserve stainless steel nesting trio
• 4MyEarth Sandwich wrap
• We use the U Konserve 350ml stainless steel thermos when wanting to have soup or use up left overs.

This works well for us as we can:

• add whole pieces of fruit if needed
• the kids can have cut up fruit and veg for brain food
• items can be made the night before and stay fresh
• items can be easily kept separate
• kids know what is for lunch and what is for recess
• they can take single items out as needed
• it can keep food cold
• items don’t get crushed
• and it is waste free

biome ecostores have a huge range of lunch box and lunch box items on sale at the moment, including many of the items I have reviewed above, which is worth checking out if you need new lunch box items.

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