🍌 Peanut Butter Banana Muffins ~ Fathers Day Gift Idea

Ciao! I've really been on a baking kick lately and today I’m sharing a really tasty muffin recipe that combines the always perfect pairing of peanut butter and bananas. They are extremely moist and flavorful without being too sweet. Not only is this an excellent way to use up overripe bananas you may have laying around, but these would be such a wonderful homemade gift for Fathers Day in a few weeks!

Pop these easy to make muffins in a box or basket with a cloth napkin~ a bandanna would also be adorable, include a special jar of preserves and a note and voilà, a gift made with love.

I made these exactly according to directions except I shaved 2 minutes off the baking time since my oven is so hot. I skipped the optional chopped peanut topping and used paper muffin liners as well.

If you give them a try let me know what you think down below, I’d love to hear from you!

Thanks for reading, have a fabulous day. :)

“Clean-Up” Recipes

Here’s 3 recipes I’ve made lately to use up some ingredients I had laying around:

Apple, Blueberry, & Cherry Crumble-

I totally made this up on the fly with fruit that needed to be used up in our fridge-

-Peel and chop 4 apples, add 2 cups blueberries and a cup of halved, pitted cherries (I’m sure any fruit would do, I aimed for 5-6 cups of fruit). Add to a buttered, 2 quart baking dish

-Mix the fruit with 2 tbsp cinnamon sugar (the cherries mixed with the cinnamon made for such an incredible flavor)

-For the topping melt 1/3 c butter in the microwave. Add 1/2 c oats, 1/2 c sugar (I used raw), and 1/2 c flour. Mix with a fork into a crumb mixture and spread on top of fruit

-Bake at 400 for 35 minutes or until the top is slightly browned. 

I would call this a crumble “light”. It tasted so clean and not overly sweet. I think this would be so good for breakfast with some yogurt as well as amazing for a light dessert, perhaps with a scoop of ice cream or gelato. 

Croque Monsieur Casserole-

I found this recipe while searching the internet for a breakfast casserole I could make to use up some ham I had in the fridge. This turned out to be such a wonderful Sunday breakfast, I would definitely make this for company or even for a light dinner with a green salad. It tastes exactly like my favorite French sandwich, but way less labor intensive. 

Chocolate Chip Banana Bread-

I used this recipe which I make at least once a month, but this time I added 1/2 c chocolate chips that I tossed in a little flour so they wouldn’t sink. This is such an easy recipe and I love using it for overripe bananas. 

I would definitely make all 3 things again, and it makes me so happy not to waste food. I love being creative and making sure we use everything we buy.

Do you have any favorite “clean-up” recipes? Let me know down below, I’d love to hear from you. 

Thanks for reading, have a fabulous day!