Making Muffins

This morning while it was still cool, I whipped up a batch of Leftover Muffins. For these, I used the bananas that had gone overripe, a zucchini, a carrot, and an old apple. I always like to start with old bananas and then add any other fruit or vegetable that is hanging around.

I used to enjoy baking more than I do now. For one thing, I can't eat anything I bake, especially something like muffins that have sugar and flour in them. It's not that I'm tempted, it just seems like a waste of time. It's nice to have something around with a weekend coming up, though. I'll have something to offer any company that might show up.

The other thing I don't enjoy so much about baking these days is the senility factor. Did I already add eggs? (Check in the garbage can and see if there are egg shells.) This is how it goes. My memory is still fair, but I question myself constantly. So this morning, after I'd prepared the muffin pan, I went to the cupboard to gather spices and came back to find this.

Well, dang! What was I doing that I forgot the last muffin paper? I traipsed back to the cupboard to get another one. That's when I saw this.

How did he doooo that? He must have sneaked onto the counter, snagged the paper, and carried it back to the floor to turn it into a toy, all within the 30 seconds or so when my back was turned. I threw the new toy away before he could lose it under the stove.

"Hey lady! You hoarding any more toys up there?"

Here are the finished muffins, by the way. They are chock full of fruits and vegetables, they're very substantial. Which is another way to say that if I threw one at the kitten, for example, I might hurt him.

Not much danger of that, my aim is terrible and the kitten is quick.