As luck would have it however, I was delighted to find in the hot cereals all the Bob’s Red Mill cereals.  They have different grains including a 5 grain, 7 grain cereal, 8 grain, 10 grain and so on.  Well the 7 grain hot cereal had rye as the second ingredient.  As a bonus it had a recipe for fruit muffins on back. This was way more up my alley.  It turns out these hot, multi grained cereals can be used in muffins, breads, granola’s and of course cookies! Perfect.  So I mixed up some muffins with rye.

The space between dinner and bed is apparently my way of torturing the children.  At least that’s what they think.  We never have dessert, so if they don’t eat very much dinner (being their least favorite meal), they are still hungry when they go to bed, putting them under extreme distress. So today I decided to show a little compassion and told them tonight we were having muffins for dessert.  Ketchup boy said, “I know how to make cupcakes!” Like a light bulb went on in his little head. “Just make muffins, then add frosting!” 

“Of course” I said, “these muffins are just like cupcakes without the frosting.  They have lot’s of grains though”. 

The boys loved them, the flip-flopper loved them until she bit into a small chunk of peach and changed her mind. But since I was feeling extra compassionate tonight, and I wanted her to give them a chance, I picked out every little peach in her little muffin.  (I pull the crust off for ketchup boy, so it was only fair I cater to flip-flopper)

My husband said he only liked them because of the peaches.  I can’t please everyone!  Maybe next time I’ll puree the peaches and they’ll both be happy. This will definitely be a remake. It would be a great after-school snack, a quick breakfast, or like tonight, a before bed treat.

And for me, once again, proof that healthy eating can be so delicious! And yes, the flip-flopper is wearing a bathing suit in that picture and it is 8 degrees outside!