Cream cheese, sucuk muffins

Savory muffins..

I really like cream cheese in different flavors but Philladelphia garden vegetable cream cheese was not a hit for the household. So to save the cheese, i baked these yummy savory muffins. Great for breakfast, brunches and little one's lunch boxes,too! Feel free to try different cheese types...

Ingredients (makes 12 muffins)

1 box Philladelphia garden vegetable cream cheese- or any type - softened

3 eggs (save 1 yolk for top)

1 cup yogurt

1/2 cup oil

2/3 cup whole wheat flour

2/3 cup all purpose flour

100 gram sucuk (soujuk, Turkish sausage)

1 teaspoon turmeric - to give color and nutritous ,too!

3 table spoons sesame (save 1 table spoon for topping)

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspon baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

How to prepare

• Preheat oven to 350 F
• Mix the eggs with yogurt, then add oil.
• Divide cream cheese into small pieces, add to egg mixture.
• Sift the flour, add baking powder,soda, sesame, salt and turmeric.  Add to the mixture.
• Finally add sucuk, save some for topping if you want.
• Fill the 12-muffin pan.
• Spread the egg yolk and sprinkler sesame.
• Bake for 15-20 minutes

Because of the cheese they will be super soft..

The butterfly muffin are from Tjmax. it was on sale, $1 for 24 ! Love savings $$$:)

My little one is 5 year old!

Menu:

Kisir: Turkish bulgur salad

Pasta salad: Pasta, peas, carrots, corn, yogurt, mayo, olive oil

Smiley potatoes: always hit for kids. Find in frozen veggie sections

 American style :

Purple corn chips, humus, vegetable cream cheese spread, cracker, fresh fruits

Desserts:

Kadayif (kataifi) -should add the recipe soon

Chocolate- strawberry pudding

Muffins on bear stand ( from dollar tree so I wasnt sure if it could really stand but worked, yay!)

Cake: It is homemade by a friend, all from scratch. Coffee cake with white chocolate frosting and fondant decoration.

Cute food, great for lunchbox, too!

A teddy bear under the omelet blanket:) 

Veggie had, kinda scary?

Cutie French toasts...

Kitty pizzas!

This is for you, Erika!

Robot man sandwiches, boys will like more than girls, hugh?

Pictures are taken from web, I have no right or whatsoever on them. Just intended to give parents ideas to make little ones eat better & more with more appetite!

First Iftar dinner -Ramadan 2012

So me and my little one set this blue table together.
Wrote "Ramazan' (Turkish spelling for the month of Ramadan) with little stoned and she carefully covered the whole table with sets of 3 stones of other kind:)
Upon littign the canled she even sang " Happy Ramadan" song which does not exist:)
THis is not a muslim or Turkish tradition but I just wanted make first iftar of Raadan more colorful and more fun for my 4.5-year old.

Our menu was vegetarian, hence light!

Red lentil soup
Potato- cauliflower dish
Rice pilaf
Salad
Home-made chocolate pudding (recipe coming soon!)

Dates, Turkish delight (lokum) and walnuts as iftariyelik (nuts,dates, dried fruits etc that are eaten as light/ healthy snacks to break fast or during the main courses)

Afiyet olsun!