Baking Fun!

For the first three year of our marriage, we lived in Northern VA while Derek completed med school & I taught Kindergarten. For those three years, I could probably count on one hand the number of times I cooked dinner for us. I usually always got home from work by 6 or 6:30, and Derek would have dinner ready & waiting on the table for me. Spoiled! Then when we moved to Biloxi, I stayed home with Shelby while Derek kept crazy hours during residency; so the cooking suddenly became my responsibility. I have never really enjoyed cooking and typically always made the same basic meals, but lately I've been branching out and attempting new recipes! I've been quite proud of myself!!

Shelby is our picky eater, but since attending Marvelously Made she has a new-found love for muffins! She would never even try them before, but since they serve them at school for the kiddos' life celebrations she is suddenly all about them! We tried a few Duncan Hines & Betty Crocker muffin mixes at home, and Shelby loved them! Then for whatever reason, my adventurous cooking spirit inspired me to attempt making homemade muffins! This was the first time EVER that I made something new from scratch without Derek's help--it was a big deal for me! We made chocolate chocolate chip muffins {recipe found HERE}, and they turned out awesome!

Shelby came up from school one day raving about carrot muffins and hasn't stopped talking about them since, so we are giving {THIS} recipe a go tomorrow morning! I'm a little worried since we've never eaten anything carrot-related except for carrots & ranch dip, but we'll see! ;)