Happy Scrub Tech Week, everyone!
There was a lot of competition for the stomachs of the operating room this week. Every day there was a different kind of treat. Cheesecake on Monday, donuts practically every day, lunch brought in on another day, capped off with homemade chicken and noodles today.
I should have finished the Good Morning, Starshine, the Earth Says Hello September theme with the espresso shortbread.
Instead I plowed ahead with my plan. This week’s make was a version of the McDonald’s McGriddle in mini muffin form.
I am not sure which of the week’s is my favorite. The Grape-Nuts cookies were phenomenal but these McGriddle mini muffins were amazing.
Since I went to the dark side in January by turning lacto-ovo vegetarian (eggs and cheese are fine), I have been exploring meat free options. And there are a lot of options.
Today’s McGriddle mini muffins were made with just one of the many sausage options. Which made the over all muffin lower in fat and cholesterol and calories.
As with using a new ingredient, practice does make perfect here.
Did I practice? Heck no. Did it turn out amazing. Heck, yeah.
Would I do a better job oiling the pan before introducing the vegetarian sausages? Yeah. There is always next time. Cooking is about learning how to adapt to the different ingredients you have. Cookie Thursday is a Thing is about learning how to use different ingredients in the weekly makes.
Not to mention, in this time of high grocery prices, the vegetarian sausage was much cheaper than pork sausage. Cookie Thursday is a Thing is self-funded after all.
This month had 2 winners.
The espressos shortbread was kind of lost on me because I don’t drink coffee and I missed adding marmalade to the orange muffins. Bear in mind, the orange marmalade was not an ingredient. I just wanted to see what would happen.
I plan to incorporate the Grape-Nuts cookies and the McGriddle mini muffins into my own breakfast rotation. They were that good.
The McGriddle mini muffins can be made gluten free by using a gluten free pancake mix. I am still trying out recipes for gluten free Grape-Nuts so I can make that one gluten free as well.
This caps off September!
On to my very favorite month of the year, Something Spooky This Way Comes.
