Muffins Fix Everything, Right? (Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins)

So it's been a little while since I last posted- mostly because of the weekend we had. David had a conference in Toronto, so we left at 6 am to get to it. To save some money I made some Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins- Dave's favourite. Apparently I always do this for road trips, though I don't remember that! Dave says when he thinks of road trips, he thinks of my Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins and the Trews (a band we love to blast on the road.) I made them the night before, and threw them in a Zip Lock bag. Then, admittedly, all hell broke loose. Our car died about an hour from Toronto, and we had to get it towed off the highway. Then the mechanic we towed it to was trying to hustle David, so we had to get it towed again to a different place, who eventually told us it was kaput. Yay. So now David is riding a bike to work every day. But at least we had muffins, right? Right???

 

1 3/4 cup flour
1/3 cup sugar
2 tsp. Baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1 egg
3/4 cup  milk
1/4 cup oil
1 lemon, juiced and zested
Several Tbsp. of Poppy seeds

Stir the dry ingredients together. Make a well in the dry ingredients, and the remaining ingredients into the well. Stir them in! Don't over stir! That's why you add the ingredients all at once. The less you stir the better- the lumps will bake out. Throw them in a greased or papered muffin tin at 400 degrees for 20 minutes . Let cool and enjoy! These are my favourite too, I have to admit.


Anyway, Muffins don't fix everything, despite what I would like. We still are going to have to deal with money problems, and finding a way to get around town without a car. But we have each other, and that's really all we need- and occasionally muffins.