Signs of Spring

In less than seven days' time, we went from down parkas to flip flops.  Seriously- landlord, please come enable our air conditioner 'cause it's 79 degrees in our house. 

Another perk of this past weekend, weather aside, is my new iPhone.  Goodbye 2005 Nikon.  Hellooooo, Instagram. 

I haven't made muffins in awhile, and as much as I love pumpkin, carrot, and spice muffins, none of those felt appropriate for a warm spring day.   I had some frozen blueberries and oranges on hand, so I made up this recipe:

Blueberry-Orange Muffins

• 1/2 cup all purpose flour
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce 
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups frozen (or fresh) blueberries
• 1 Tbsp fresh grated orange zest + 1 Tbsp juice                     

-Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
-Combine dry ingredients in a medium bowl with a whisk.
-In another bowl, whisk together all the wet ingredients (minus the berries).
-Add wet ingredients to dry until just barely combined (don't over-stir).  Gently fold in blueberries.  Divide batter among 12 muffin cups (or make 6 jumbo muffins).
-Bake for 20 minutes, or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Per muffin: 180 calories, 29 g carbs, 7 g fat, 3 g protein, 3 g fiber.