Unfortunately I don't have time to read previous comments but in Europe where I live food/health authorities consider silicone as non-toxic and save as long as you don't warm it up to more than 200°C (approx 400 F). Only when it gets warmer the material will release toxic stuff. I mostly bake at 180 °C (350° F), so for me the convenience and not wasting food and paper is more important. In Europe food security standards are quite strict so I really trust in those recommendations. And I try to purchase only high quality products produced in Europe. I really enjoy your content. Thank you! Greetings from the Swedish West Coast, Barbara
...In live in Europe too. Now Ireland, originally from Germany. And while I agree with everything you say :)) ... I still would be careful to trust everything blindly that is deemed safe by EU standards and do my research for some things that concern me most. Because there is so much lobbying here as well. ...But yes we generally have stricter, healthier standards accross the bord compared to the US. That's for sure.
I love these voiceover meal-prep, vlog, or "what-we-are-having-for ____" meal videos you are making, which also include your everyday life. please make more!!
We use parchment paper muffin cups. They’re unbleached and have nothing added to them. The brand “If you care” is the ones we use. I find them on azure standard and thrive market has them also.
I'm old school NO silicone in my cooking; I use the paper muffin cups and they work just fine and they don't pollute the environment; or if I'm out of paper muffin cups I simply use a little olive oil and use a brush to oil every the inside of the muffin tray. Works perfectly well.
I love these make ahead things! This is so much more efficient than lots of smaller, frequent meals with the prep, cook and clean up times. My freezer is my best friend! Thank you
Loved all the different recipes & how easily customizable they are. Loved the enthusiasm of your kids helping you too (plus the baby's joy patting you on the back)💛
I buy bananas, peel, cut in half or slices, freeze on parchment paper then put in freezer bag. I like halves because I know how much I need for a recipe. But I use them in banana bread, smoothies, muffins, etc. So you could buy a months worth of bananas! Love the kiddos helping and the baby peeking around your back! Adorable
Pam here….you can stock up on bananas when stores mark them down when too ripe…or when yours get ripe. Can cut in chunks and freeze. Can freeze them in the skins too in a pinch.
Mine are fine for 6 months or more, but note that you want to freeze flat, then bag or try to keep them single layer in the bag or they become a rock hard mess that is next to impossible to chisel apart. @@MJ-xn2qp
They have cast iron muffin pans. They are heavy, but easy to use and don't need much cleaning. You just wipe them out with a little salt and a wet cloth. It's a very healthy way to put iron in your diet that your body absorbs better than supplements.
Thank you! I love your video format mix of the how- to's, and the in betweens. We live in a small city on Vancouver Island, homeschool, volunteer at our local church, garden and eat as clean as we can. Breakfasts have been the hardest part of our homeschooling days, and these protein freezable recipes are a welcome addition to my routine, I have lots on hand that can make these meals up this week! These videos inspire me to make my own channel, but I really don't think I have the bandwidth for that right now. Your content is wonderful.
I bought a Crofton enamel mini-loaf pan (it has 8 mini loafs built in) on Christmas clearance at Aldi that is unbelievable! A quick swipe with butter or oil and nothing sticks. No liners needed! The muffins come out crusty on the outside and tender on the inside. Makes me want to bake up a storm! Waiting to hear that enamel pans aren't any good either one of these days, but until then, this is my new, go-to pan!
I have now made all of your recipes from this one and they are all going into my every week prep for family. They make sense with my nutrition ideals as well as flavor! Lucky kids you have❤
Great idea to use dried nettle in recipes!! I use dried moringa leaves similarly since that grows easier in our southern garden than nettles most of the year.
Loving your channel. Homesteading homeschooling momma of 8 here :) I would suggest either getting stainless steel muffin pans or cast iron. We use the stainless steel most often.
I use either paper liners in the aluminum muffin tin or more often glass ramekins. The kids liked eating right out of the ramekin with a fork. I just found you today, thanks for sharing.
I have a USA muffin pan. Absolutely love it. I never have to grease it or put any kind of paper liner or silicone liner in it and the muffins just come right out.
Love these ideas, will definitely be trying them out! (Hey, a tip I learned from my dad who was a line cook - if you keep your knives really sharp, your eyes won't water when you chop onions). Your kitchen is the cutest, and I really am enjoying your channel! ❤
Hi, I am LOVING your channel! I’m so thankful to have come upon it. Okay, so what we use for muffins is a stainless steel muffin tin and the brand, If You Care, unbleached baking cups. They look like brown paper muffin cups. They’re disposable, but they make clean-up so much easier. I hope that is helpful!
My husband recently bought me cast iron muffin cups one is heart shaped and one is round also the cast iron corn bread pan is amazing… they are a little more up keep as far as seasoning goes but everything is delicious and I don’t have to worry about chemicals or toxins.
Thank you for these recipes! I have been experimenting with similar concepts but need to find specific flavors & recipes that my kiddos like. Carrots, blueberries & nettles are just perfect.
I was going to suggest cast iron too. I have cast iron bread loaf pans and they really work amazing. I coat with butter and nothing ever sticks! I imagine cast iron muffin tins have to be just as good
I use parchment muffin cups inside my pans. Nothing sticks to them and you might be able to reuse them but I haven’t tried that yet. I really appreciate you sharing this video, I prefer heavier protein meals for breakfast, I find it holds me better as well.
I replaced a lot of my bake ware with Norpro stainless steel pans a few years ago. I've found the muffin pans on Amazon and Azure Standard. I love these recipes! I've been trying to increase the protein in my diet recently. Thank you for sharing!
Absolutely love the muffin ideas, I use lodge cast iron muffin pan. The only thing I use my silicone muffin pan for is freezing my eggs for winter.. 🙏 Thank you for wonderful ideas!! 🙏
First of all, you have such a beautiful smile! I am so excited about these recipes. I have a painful bladder disease, and there are very few products I can buy pre-made because of all the chemicals. Because I cannot eat gluten, soy and most preservatives, we have found some ham sold at Costco that is nitrate free and preserved naturally. So I will be making the eggs muffins! One of the few fruits that I can have are blueberries, and I eat them every day.... so the meatballs are a win for me too!! And again, the oat muffins are another recipe I'll be adding too. This video has been such a winner for me!!! Thanks so much! Patti ❤
Aw, thank you! So glad these recipes are helpful for you!! I hope you enjoy them! So sorry for what you are going through! Sounds like you are doing an amazing job to really nourish your body. Thanks for watching!
For the muffin moulds, I would suggest using the a cast iron muffin pan. The muffin mix can be poured straight into it after lightly coated with oil or grease of choice. And the thing with cast iron you don't really need to clean, give a could wipe down with a clean damp clothe as soon as you remove the muffins
Thank you so much for your recipes and the insights into how you organise the food in your family. I find your videos very calming and inspiring! Regarding your concerns with silicine muffin tins: I like to use enamel for baking. It is absolutely food save, it transfers the heat evenly (for larger cakes), the baked dough/cakes come of easily because the surface is so smooth,and it looks very pretty. I have an enamel muffin tray from an Austrian company but I am sure there are enamel companies in America as well. The downsides are that you have to grease it carefully, its heavier than silicone, it is much more expensive (but will last a lifetime) and it takes more space in the drawer.
This is a very insightful comment! Thank you for taking the time! I’m going to look into something like that for a muffin tin. Love investing in pieces that will last a lifetime. ❤️
I use unbleached muffin liners (if you care brand). I have heard about that with silicone a while back so I've always been scared of using it in heat. I've also heard that most silicone isn't pure. If you take the silicone and pinch/bend it and it turns white then it has fillers and isn't 100% silicone. The only silicone that I have found that doesn't turn white when pinched is a spatula from ikea that I use to scrape my bowls. That is the only silicone I feel comfortable using in my kitchen.
I use USA Pans for all baking (they are silicone lined). A lot of homesteaders I follow also use them. They are wonderful because you don’t need to add any oil, butter, or flour to anything you are making because they are non stick (with the built in silicone lining) and they clean beautifully. I have researched silicone quite extensively and everything I find says if you keep the heat under 400 degrees it is safe. I am accepting this because as I”m sure everyone on this type of channel knows, you can go down SO MANY rabbit holes today trying to find what is safe and best because of how much damage they have done with the food supply, materials used when cooking, etc. And I won’t even start on pharmaceuticals and jabs:-(. Love your channel!
Thanks for sharing! I'll check out that brand. I completely agree - you have to pick and choose your battles and let the rest go :). Thanks for watching!
I use stainless steel pans now and when I make muffins I use a parchment paper liner, lightly spray them with avacado oil and they don’t stick. I am in the process of removing all Teflon anything from my cooking. Hope that helps! 😊
This was my first time coming across your channel. I really enjoyed your breakfast ideas. I promptly subscribed and will go back through your catalog of videos.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who plays with differing flavours. My kids love d it while they were little... You may want to try pineapple with spaghetti bolognaise. I make my own sauces and pineapples the one thing in willing to buy.... It's got all sorts of good stuff in it!
Can't wait to try your blueberry breakfast meatballs! I'm lucky enough to live in North Carolina where I have access to two really great fairly local sausage brands with clean ingredients. One is simply pork, salt, spices, monosodium glutamate, sage extractives. No sugar. I don't mind the tiny amount of MSG in there - it doesn't affect my migraines at all. The other is simply pork, salt, spices, sugar. Again, the sugar here is so tiny it shows up in the nutrition info as 0g per serving. And both of these are absolutely delicious! They also don't come in extensive plastic wrappings - one comes wrapped in a heavy waxed paper and the other comes in paper that's plasticized on the back side against the sausage. And both are 1 lb bulk. They sell shaped sausages, as well, but I think they may have other ingredients. Having said all that, I do still make my own sometimes (my recipe is different) using ground pork. I think I'll give them a try using some of my purchased sausage - considering trying the extra sage flavor and adding a tiny bit of maple syrup or making a maple cream to dip them for eating. About breakfast muffins - I agree 10 eggs per dozen muffins is just right! Same, actually, for my favorite breakfast casseroles. As far as muffin tins and liners go, I've never used them. I'm not even sure what my muffin tins are made of - steel maybe? They've been passed down in my family and I think date back to at least the turn of the last century! They're a bit larger than today's standard muffin cups and have a pretty swirled design with rounded bottoms (still wide enough so muffins, etc stand easily). Anyway, I've always just greased the heck out of them for things like muffins and greased and floured for cupcakes. I do have silicone cups, but use them for candies and other projects where things might be warm (melted chocolate) when put in, but cool quickly.
Thanks for sharing! Awesome that you have access to good meat! That’s great! Your muffin tin sounds awesome. We love investing in the things that will hopefully be passed down for generations to come!
I use a standard muffin pan, but plastic of any kind makes me nervous, so I don’t use silicone. Instead, I use the older version paper muffin liners. They work to keep my pan clean and make pulling the muffins out of the freezer easy, as they don’t stick to one another.
Just chiming in to say I like how you put the last of your muffin batter in a 13th silicone cup on top of your muffin tray. Brilliant! I trust silicone if it is not heated too high and is of a good quality.
Yes, I've read the same thing about plastic. Not only silacone but also plastic cutting boards. I get the paper cups, they make muffin size paper. I found that's the best for my family. I have always used the paper, even though sometimes they stick, I still prefer paper.
Thanks for sharing! I've heard the paper once don't work great for the egg muffin cups bc of the moisture in them but for regular muffins or cupcakes, they would be much better.
Love this video! I have been looking for some simple breakfast items to have on hand for me and my 19mo old son, I want to avoid the snacking if I can haha!
Great ideas!! Your family is so sweet! ❤🙏🏼 And I hope your finger heals quickly. I cut my hand too - I didn't realize how often I used both hands to do something! 😂
11:54 I was making cookies while listening to this video, and was talking out loud to my little girl about what ingredients I needed next and we said “baking powder” at the same time. 😄 I might try some of these recipes! My brother and I have celiac’s disease and homemade, nutritious food is best for healing. He still lives at home and my mom doesn’t know much about CD or nutrition so he pays me to make his breakfasts and lunches every week. I think he’s getting bored of egg casserole and hard boiled eggs so I will probably try your meatballs or something for next week. :) And I see you shop at Costco, too! It’s amazing to me how frugal some of the healthy things I make are because of the deals I can get at Costco. 😊
That’s so funny!! I hope you both will enjoy these recipes! Costco definitely has some great finds but I need to make sure I go in with a list so I don’t come out with more than I intended! 🙃 Thanks for watching!
Try adding some of your collagen powder to your snack gummy's. I use the same amount of gelatin as collagen powder. Example 1/4c gelatin & 1/4c collagen. It does something to the texture of the gummy's. It makes them creamy when they melt in your mouth. So delicious. I watched your video on snacks from a while back & thought I would send you a message. Adore your sweet family ❤
I have been reading that heating silicone is not the healthiest for us as well. Neither do I like my food to come in contact with aluminum. At this time I think the best thing is to use the paper liners. The bottoms can stick but I have found that greasing the bottoms before filling will help the food to release better. A bit tedious but worth it in my mind. 😊
I love your videos and watching you and your family. I’m sure your life is busy, but your home seems peaceful and your children seem well behaved. May God continue to bless, guide, and strengthen you and your family. ❤
Awwwww, the poor baby is just doing the best she can to see what's going on. I know it's harder to have her on the front side, but goodness, it seems like he being left out of all the fun stuff! I use the silicone muffin cups too but they are a pain to clean in my opinion. I prefer to use the If you care brand as well. It also means all items can stay in the muffin cup and it's cleaner for on the go meals and snacks. Thank you for all the great recipe ideas!!!!
Actually she has some great ideas but the way she treats that dog I have no desire to follow her whatsoever. I have exactly the same dog except mine does not live outside it’s our family
@@FromScratchFarmstead Stella is so obviously well-cared for and a happy girl, doing her work. It's not the same thing as people who tie a dog outside and give it no attention. Your LGD has freedom and warm shelter, abundant food and water, and companionship. ❤
I love making egg cups. 10 eggs is perfect for 12 muffins, I’m glad I’m not the only one who thinks so! We top ours with cheese when they come out and I have found that large chunks of bacon are unappealing (the texture gets weird!) so we don’t add bacon, but I will add it to the top when they’re done or wrap them with bacon after (the cheese I mentioned makes them stick) sausage tends to be our favorite combo but I have made pepperoni ones too that got gobbled up. I just butter my pan and use the pan then dump them out when they’re done. No need to wash a bunch of silicone cups. I tried paper cupcake liners but they were awful to peel and it changed the texture of the egg (I think because the paper absorbed so much moisture.) They were terrible. We wound up feeding them to the dog. As far as safety goes, my cupcake pan is made of the same material as my cake pans and casserole dishes so I don’t feel like it’s any more dangerous to eat the muffins if I would bake it in the same type of dish as any other recipe. I have silicone, glass and metal bakeware. It’s impossible to know which ones are more/less dangerous but we do our best. The only thing I really avoid is scratched bakeware (meaning scratches in the non stick coating, not just well loved pans)
Does your dog live outside? He / She is beautiful what kind of pup do you have? Do you only use your cows milk? What do you do when she is pregnant? Love your breakfast ideas.
Thank you! Yes, Stella is a Maremma livestock guardian dog. We've raised cows for both milk and meat in the past. She's dried up right now so we try to stockpile milk in the freezer for this season. She's due to calve any day now!
for those who are looking for products sold at grocery stores that have better ingredients, look for green on the packages and/or the word 'Natural' and check ingredients, there are still some that aren't bad, often generic products use fewer fillers
As much as I hate cleaning muffin pans, I just grease well, bake, remove, soak, and scrub with a cloth or bottle brush. I love all your ideas and I too was so disappointed when I found out silicon was toxic at high temperatures because I used a lot of parchment, especially on pizza night! Your recipes and thoughts really encourage me to plan these breakfast foods better. We don't eat pork, so finding good quality ground chicken and turkey is what we need to look for. Store bought turkey sausage looks disgusting.
From all of the comments, I think I've landed on finding a quality, non-toxic pan and greasing it myself. Thanks for sharing! So glad this was helpful for you! Thanks for watching!
I oil the metal muffin pan, then when they are still warm i go gently around with a butter knife and pop them on a cooling tray. Havent needed to line it yet
I've found two ways to avoid the paper/silicone muffin cups. 1) is to grease the muffin tins with coconut oil, this helps them come out really easily. 2) to get stoneware muffins pans. Stoneware works very similarly to cast-iron pans in its care (no soap) and that you let the stoneware season like cast-iron. I know that a company called pampered chef at least had muffin pans, not sure if they still do our not
I'm a very old school great grandma and see that there are comments on using cast iron. Cast iron is good but don't use the new cast iron pans. Unfortunately, the newer iron pieces aren't very pure. For years people who are seasoned cast iron fans have said "only use the older Wagner or for sure Griswold pieces. 30 yrs ago I was told that Lodge was not good. I recommend as others parchment paper. Love your videos -
16:24 In 2024, my Costco started selling frozen Jones chicken sausage links. It’s less than $15 for 3 lbs, and they contain no nitrites, nitrates, sugar, gluten, dairy, msg… If anyone would be interested in that info. :) Also, several years ago I started baking my homemade sausage patties instead of pan frying and I now prefer the way the way bake up and the less mess factor. I don’t like comments that say “your recipe is wrong” but just sharing a tip I’ve found to be an option. :)
Hi, first time watching! So i was thinking about upgrading out metal cupcake and baking sheets to silicone because i thought it would be better and easier but now that you said something, i found on Amazon Nordic Paper cupcake liners for baking. So i might just get some of those for baking muffins.
To see the younger generation like your family doing the real simple things my generation grew up doing, warms my heart. Thank you! Geri Griggs
Same here😊
Aw! Love it! We sure do love this lifestyle! :)
Proof that quality breeds quality. Some old souls still exist because we grew up with archaic strong blood.
Unfortunately I don't have time to read previous comments but in Europe where I live food/health authorities consider silicone as non-toxic and save as long as you don't warm it up to more than 200°C (approx 400 F). Only when it gets warmer the material will release toxic stuff. I mostly bake at 180 °C (350° F), so for me the convenience and not wasting food and paper is more important. In Europe food security standards are quite strict so I really trust in those recommendations. And I try to purchase only high quality products produced in Europe.
I really enjoy your content. Thank you!
Greetings from the Swedish West Coast, Barbara
Thanks for sharing this! So the cheap silicone stuff is probably worse then. This is good to know!
I think they use less pescides too in wine etc
Thanks for sharing EU standards! Good to know the safer options!!
...In live in Europe too. Now Ireland, originally from Germany. And while I agree with everything you say :)) ... I still would be careful to trust everything blindly that is deemed safe by EU standards and do my research for some things that concern me most. Because there is so much lobbying here as well. ...But yes we generally have stricter, healthier standards accross the bord compared to the US. That's for sure.
I love these voiceover meal-prep, vlog, or "what-we-are-having-for ____" meal videos you are making, which also include your everyday life. please make more!!
Thanks for the feedback! :)
I so enjoy your family stories. We're elderly, retired, frail, and still working on our little homestead and loving life! Godspeed ❤
Keep on keepin on!! Love it!!
WHAT A LOVING MOM YOU ARE...SO RELIEVED TO SEE OTHERS TAKING THE TIME AND EFFORT TO NOURISH AND PROTECT THEIR FAMILY!!!!!
Thank you!
We use parchment paper muffin cups. They’re unbleached and have nothing added to them. The brand “If you care” is the ones we use. I find them on azure standard and thrive market has them also.
Thank you for the suggestion. Personally, I never liked the Silicone.
They are all silicone lined, all parchment even unbleached ones.
@@chickenlounge641 I never knew.. thank you
@@vintagebeliever5023 I just recently learned it, I will be tossing mine, such a bummer
@@chickenlounge641 I have been just greasing up the muffin tin really good 😊
I'm old school NO silicone in my cooking; I use the paper muffin cups and they work just fine and they don't pollute the environment; or if I'm out of paper muffin cups I simply use a little olive oil and use a brush to oil every the inside of the muffin tray. Works perfectly well.
Thanks for sharing!
I use the silicone cups. There's no waste that way. We've had the same ones for a few years already
I add some coconut into the mixture, and they slide out the muffin tray 😊
I love these make ahead things! This is so much more efficient than lots of smaller, frequent meals with the prep, cook and clean up times. My freezer is my best friend! Thank you
Totally agree! It's a lifesaver around here!
Loved all the different recipes & how easily customizable they are. Loved the enthusiasm of your kids helping you too (plus the baby's joy patting you on the back)💛
So glad this was helpful! Team work makes the dream work :)
I love how real your kitchen is. Love the fridge especially. Keep it real.
:) Thanks for watching!
I buy bananas, peel, cut in half or slices, freeze on parchment paper then put in freezer bag. I like halves because I know how much I need for a recipe. But I use them in banana bread, smoothies, muffins, etc. So you could buy a months worth of bananas! Love the kiddos helping and the baby peeking around your back! Adorable
That's a good idea with the bananas! Thanks for sharing! I always stock up with they have the speckled bananas for cheap.
Pam here….you can stock up on bananas when stores mark them down when too ripe…or when yours get ripe. Can cut in chunks and freeze. Can freeze them in the skins too in a pinch.
Great tip about the bananas! I always check for those when I go too! ☺️👍
Great idea! How long can bananas stay in freezer?
Mine are fine for 6 months or more, but note that you want to freeze flat, then bag or try to keep them single layer in the bag or they become a rock hard mess that is next to impossible to chisel apart. @@MJ-xn2qp
They have cast iron muffin pans. They are heavy, but easy to use and don't need much cleaning. You just wipe them out with a little salt and a wet cloth. It's a very healthy way to put iron in your diet that your body absorbs better than supplements.
Thanks for sharing!!
Thank you! I love your video format mix of the how- to's, and the in betweens. We live in a small city on Vancouver Island, homeschool, volunteer at our local church, garden and eat as clean as we can. Breakfasts have been the hardest part of our homeschooling days, and these protein freezable recipes are a welcome addition to my routine, I have lots on hand that can make these meals up this week! These videos inspire me to make my own channel, but I really don't think I have the bandwidth for that right now. Your content is wonderful.
Thank you so much for the encouragement! Your life sounds lovely ☺️. Thanks for watching!
I bought a Crofton enamel mini-loaf pan (it has 8 mini loafs built in) on Christmas clearance at Aldi that is unbelievable! A quick swipe with butter or oil and nothing sticks. No liners needed! The muffins come out crusty on the outside and tender on the inside. Makes me want to bake up a storm! Waiting to hear that enamel pans aren't any good either one of these days, but until then, this is my new, go-to pan!
So glad you found something you love! ❤️
I have now made all of your recipes from this one and they are all going into my every week prep for family. They make sense with my nutrition ideals as well as flavor! Lucky kids you have❤
Aw! I love hearing this!! So glad these recipes have become part of your family's routine!
I use parchment paper cups in my muffin tins. They work great for me.
Thanks for sharing!
I love this video and brink memories to me when I just had my oldest daughter put her on my back and do my chores at home, thanks for the recipes
Baby wearing is a lifesaver for that! Thanks for watching!
Great idea to use dried nettle in recipes!! I use dried moringa leaves similarly since that grows easier in our southern garden than nettles most of the year.
Love that! I heard of moringa for the first time when we went to Florida a few years back but haven't tried it!
Great recipes and ideas. You are always a breath of fresh air and a mom I aspire to be like.
Thank you and that is the sweetest compliment! Really appreciate it!
Loving your channel. Homesteading homeschooling momma of 8 here :) I would suggest either getting stainless steel muffin pans or cast iron. We use the stainless steel most often.
Hi! You're a busy Mama! Do you just grease the stainless steel ones then? Thanks for sharing!
Love seeing your children learning early to love the kitchen.
It was my favorite place to be as a kid too! I sure hope they grow to love it. :)
I love your oven/stove!
Thank you!!
Loved these! Hoping to prep several of them for postpartum. Thank you.
So glad this was helpful! These would be perfect for quick meals postpartum!
I use either paper liners in the aluminum muffin tin or more often glass ramekins. The kids liked eating right out of the ramekin with a fork. I just found you today, thanks for sharing.
I like the ramekin idea! Hadn’t thought about that. Thanks for sharing and watching!
I have a USA muffin pan. Absolutely love it. I never have to grease it or put any kind of paper liner or silicone liner in it and the muffins just come right out.
Awesome! Thanks so much. I'll have to look into that company. :)
@ I didn’t really word it right they’re actually called USA pans
When I make blender oat muffins, I tend to add collagen powder for added protein! We try to eat a higher protein diet as well so just wanted to share😊
Good to know!! You just add it, don't alter anything else? I've never experimented with adding it when baking.
Do you have a collagen powder that you would recommend? Thanks 😊
Hi from a large family mom in Denmark ❤ Just got this video sugested by youtube. Thanks for breakfast motivation and inspiration ❤
Hi! So glad this was helpful for you!! Thanks so much for watching and the encouraging comment!
Love these ideas, will definitely be trying them out! (Hey, a tip I learned from my dad who was a line cook - if you keep your knives really sharp, your eyes won't water when you chop onions). Your kitchen is the cutest, and I really am enjoying your channel! ❤
Ah! Good to know! Thanks for sharing!
Also, as soon as you have peeled it, pop into cold water for 5 to 10 minutes. Do this when you know you will be needing it for a dish ahead of time.
cast iron muffin pans! generally smaller amount of muffin cups, but i love cast iron most ways anyways! the piece of mind is fantastic
I'm keeping an eye out for cast iron muffin tins every time I go thrifting! Thanks for sharing!
Hi, I am LOVING your channel! I’m so thankful to have come upon it. Okay, so what we use for muffins is a stainless steel muffin tin and the brand, If You Care, unbleached baking cups. They look like brown paper muffin cups. They’re disposable, but they make clean-up so much easier. I hope that is helpful!
Thank you for sharing this! A lot of people seem to love that brand of baking cups!
My husband recently bought me cast iron muffin cups one is heart shaped and one is round also the cast iron corn bread pan is amazing… they are a little more up keep as far as seasoning goes but everything is delicious and I don’t have to worry about chemicals or toxins.
Love! I’m going to look for one!
can you share where he got these? they sound awesome!
@@Michelle88elle yes ma’am. He found them in the baking section of the lodge cast iron website… right now they are promoting Dolly’s line of cook ware
Wow! Amazing woman!!!
Thank you for these recipes! I have been experimenting with similar concepts but need to find specific flavors & recipes that my kiddos like. Carrots, blueberries & nettles are just perfect.
You're welcome! I hope you find some recipes that are hits with your kids!
I use cast iron muffin pans and spray with coconut, olive, or avacado oil. Love you watch your videos.
I need to find one of those! Thanks for sharing!
I was going to suggest cast iron too. I have cast iron bread loaf pans and they really work amazing. I coat with butter and nothing ever sticks! I imagine cast iron muffin tins have to be just as good
Stone ware works as well. Mine were from Papered Chef. Don’t know where else to buy those.
I've thought about getting cast iron as well. Do you adjust the temp or baking time with them?
@@amberhr6276 I bake with the recommended time and temp. You will know your own oven and what works best.
I use parchment muffin cups inside my pans. Nothing sticks to them and you might be able to reuse them but I haven’t tried that yet. I really appreciate you sharing this video, I prefer heavier protein meals for breakfast, I find it holds me better as well.
Thank you for sharing!! So glad you enjoy this video!
I use glass ramekins for my muffins. I spray some avocado oil and sprinkle some flour to make sure my muffin will not stick. Works great every time
This is a great idea! Thanks for sharing!
I replaced a lot of my bake ware with Norpro stainless steel pans a few years ago. I've found the muffin pans on Amazon and Azure Standard.
I love these recipes! I've been trying to increase the protein in my diet recently. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for sharing which pans you use! Specific brands are helpful! Hope you enjoy the recipes!
Love your videos! I am going to be making a lot of your recipes and put them in the freezer. Thank you for sharing!
Wonderful!! I hope you enjoy them! Thanks for watching!
Absolutely love the muffin ideas, I use lodge cast iron muffin pan. The only thing I use my silicone muffin pan for is freezing my eggs for winter.. 🙏 Thank you for wonderful ideas!! 🙏
Thanks for sharing! I think that’s what I’m going to look into!
I use cast iron muffin pan. I also use cast iron baking sheet/pan made by lodge for roasting veggies. It brings out the flavors really well!
Oh, I bet that's so good!! Thanks for sharing!
First of all, you have such a beautiful smile! I am so excited about these recipes. I have a painful bladder disease, and there are very few products I can buy pre-made because of all the chemicals. Because I cannot eat gluten, soy and most preservatives, we have found some ham sold at Costco that is nitrate free and preserved naturally. So I will be making the eggs muffins! One of the few fruits that I can have are blueberries, and I eat them every day.... so the meatballs are a win for me too!! And again, the oat muffins are another recipe I'll be adding too. This video has been such a winner for me!!! Thanks so much! Patti ❤
Aw, thank you! So glad these recipes are helpful for you!! I hope you enjoy them! So sorry for what you are going through! Sounds like you are doing an amazing job to really nourish your body. Thanks for watching!
I love that stove❤
Thank you! It was the find of a lifetime!
What kind of stove is it? (What can I Google to learn more about it?😅)
Overnight oats recipe was a hit with my kids. Thanks for sharing!
For the muffin moulds, I would suggest using the a cast iron muffin pan. The muffin mix can be poured straight into it after lightly coated with oil or grease of choice. And the thing with cast iron you don't really need to clean, give a could wipe down with a clean damp clothe as soon as you remove the muffins
Thank you! I think that's definitely the way to go! Do you have one you recommend?
Thank you! it was pretty helpful i hope i can try one of this soon 💖 what a lovely family! God bless 💖
So glad this was helpful! Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much for your recipes and the insights into how you organise the food in your family. I find your videos very calming and inspiring!
Regarding your concerns with silicine muffin tins: I like to use enamel for baking. It is absolutely food save, it transfers the heat evenly (for larger cakes), the baked dough/cakes come of easily because the surface is so smooth,and it looks very pretty.
I have an enamel muffin tray from an Austrian company but I am sure there are enamel companies in America as well.
The downsides are that you have to grease it carefully, its heavier than silicone, it is much more expensive (but will last a lifetime) and it takes more space in the drawer.
This is a very insightful comment! Thank you for taking the time! I’m going to look into something like that for a muffin tin. Love investing in pieces that will last a lifetime. ❤️
I use unbleached muffin liners (if you care brand). I have heard about that with silicone a while back so I've always been scared of using it in heat. I've also heard that most silicone isn't pure. If you take the silicone and pinch/bend it and it turns white then it has fillers and isn't 100% silicone. The only silicone that I have found that doesn't turn white when pinched is a spatula from ikea that I use to scrape my bowls. That is the only silicone I feel comfortable using in my kitchen.
That’s interesting about the pinch/bend - I’ll have to check for that! Thank you for sharing!
I use USA Pans for all baking (they are silicone lined). A lot of homesteaders I follow also use them. They are wonderful because you don’t need to add any oil, butter, or flour to anything you are making because they are non stick (with the built in silicone lining) and they clean beautifully. I have researched silicone quite extensively and everything I find says if you keep the heat under 400 degrees it is safe. I am accepting this because as I”m sure everyone on this type of channel knows, you can go down SO MANY rabbit holes today trying to find what is safe and best because of how much damage they have done with the food supply, materials used when cooking, etc. And I won’t even start on pharmaceuticals and jabs:-(. Love your channel!
Thanks for sharing! I'll check out that brand. I completely agree - you have to pick and choose your battles and let the rest go :). Thanks for watching!
I use stainless steel pans now and when I make muffins I use a parchment paper liner, lightly spray them with avacado oil and they don’t stick. I am in the process of removing all Teflon anything from my cooking. Hope that helps! 😊
I removed all Teflon, too.
Yes! Thanks for sharing! We avoid teflon too!
We use a stainless steel muffin tray and grease (either lard or tallow, could use avocado oil if you are concerned about smoke point.)
Thank you!
I can hardly wait to try making some of the blueberry meatballs. Blueberry in anything sound good to me.
I hope you love them! That's what I think too!
This was my first time coming across your channel. I really enjoyed your breakfast ideas. I promptly subscribed and will go back through your catalog of videos.
Wonderful! So glad this was helpful! Thanks for the encouraging comment!
Lovely family. Lovely recipes
Thank you!
I'm glad I'm not the only one who plays with differing flavours. My kids love d it while they were little... You may want to try pineapple with spaghetti bolognaise. I make my own sauces and pineapples the one thing in willing to buy.... It's got all sorts of good stuff in it!
Pineapple in spaghetti! Now that's a new one! :) Thanks for sharing!
I have a ceramic muffin tin. Just rub butter on them. Muffins and egg muffins come out perfectly every time
Thanks for sharing!
Can't wait to try your blueberry breakfast meatballs! I'm lucky enough to live in North Carolina where I have access to two really great fairly local sausage brands with clean ingredients. One is simply pork, salt, spices, monosodium glutamate, sage extractives. No sugar. I don't mind the tiny amount of MSG in there - it doesn't affect my migraines at all. The other is simply pork, salt, spices, sugar. Again, the sugar here is so tiny it shows up in the nutrition info as 0g per serving. And both of these are absolutely delicious! They also don't come in extensive plastic wrappings - one comes wrapped in a heavy waxed paper and the other comes in paper that's plasticized on the back side against the sausage. And both are 1 lb bulk. They sell shaped sausages, as well, but I think they may have other ingredients.
Having said all that, I do still make my own sometimes (my recipe is different) using ground pork. I think I'll give them a try using some of my purchased sausage - considering trying the extra sage flavor and adding a tiny bit of maple syrup or making a maple cream to dip them for eating.
About breakfast muffins - I agree 10 eggs per dozen muffins is just right! Same, actually, for my favorite breakfast casseroles. As far as muffin tins and liners go, I've never used them. I'm not even sure what my muffin tins are made of - steel maybe? They've been passed down in my family and I think date back to at least the turn of the last century! They're a bit larger than today's standard muffin cups and have a pretty swirled design with rounded bottoms (still wide enough so muffins, etc stand easily). Anyway, I've always just greased the heck out of them for things like muffins and greased and floured for cupcakes. I do have silicone cups, but use them for candies and other projects where things might be warm (melted chocolate) when put in, but cool quickly.
Thanks for sharing! Awesome that you have access to good meat! That’s great! Your muffin tin sounds awesome. We love investing in the things that will hopefully be passed down for generations to come!
First time watching your video and I have enjoyed every minute of it!
So glad!! Thanks for watching!
I use a standard muffin pan, but plastic of any kind makes me nervous, so I don’t use silicone. Instead, I use the older version paper muffin liners. They work to keep my pan clean and make pulling the muffins out of the freezer easy, as they don’t stick to one another.
Thanks for sharing!
We use silicon muffin cups, we love them! I love the training your giving them to cook, invaluable 😎
Thank you!! So good for all of us! :)
Just chiming in to say I like how you put the last of your muffin batter in a 13th silicone cup on top of your muffin tray. Brilliant! I trust silicone if it is not heated too high and is of a good quality.
Ha! I have no clue how I have 13 muffin cups instead of 12 but that extra one comes in handy so often! Thanks for chiming in!
I love seeing you in the kitchen very minimal looking but functioning to feed your crew❤
Thanks! We try to keep things pretty minimal but functional around here! ❤️☺️
Poor thing ❤ wishing you a speedy recovery
I like the reusability of the silicone cups, but I agree with your thoughts of possible toxins when heated. I use natural paper muffin cup liners.
Thanks for sharing! I like the reusability aspect too!
Yes, I've read the same thing about plastic. Not only silacone but also plastic cutting boards. I get the paper cups, they make muffin size paper. I found that's the best for my family. I have always used the paper, even though sometimes they stick, I still prefer paper.
Thanks for sharing! I've heard the paper once don't work great for the egg muffin cups bc of the moisture in them but for regular muffins or cupcakes, they would be much better.
7:48 Cast iron all the way. Safe, healthy, easy to clean, super even heating. All around great.
Awesome, good to know! Thanks for watching!
Awww, we have a great pyranees too!!♡♡♡ they're the best!
Aw! So fun! Stella is actually a Maremma but they look SO similar to great pyranees!
Love this video! I have been looking for some simple breakfast items to have on hand for me and my 19mo old son, I want to avoid the snacking if I can haha!
So glad this was helpful!! Thanks so much for watching! :)
Great ideas!! Your family is so sweet! ❤🙏🏼 And I hope your finger heals quickly. I cut my hand too - I didn't realize how often I used both hands to do something! 😂
Thank you!! Yes, I felt the same way. I was super glad it was my left hand at least. Thanks for watching!
11:54 I was making cookies while listening to this video, and was talking out loud to my little girl about what ingredients I needed next and we said “baking powder” at the same time. 😄
I might try some of these recipes! My brother and I have celiac’s disease and homemade, nutritious food is best for healing. He still lives at home and my mom doesn’t know much about CD or nutrition so he pays me to make his breakfasts and lunches every week. I think he’s getting bored of egg casserole and hard boiled eggs so I will probably try your meatballs or something for next week. :)
And I see you shop at Costco, too! It’s amazing to me how frugal some of the healthy things I make are because of the deals I can get at Costco. 😊
That’s so funny!! I hope you both will enjoy these recipes! Costco definitely has some great finds but I need to make sure I go in with a list so I don’t come out with more than I intended! 🙃 Thanks for watching!
Great videos as always. Much love from Germany
Thank you!! :)
Love the blueberry muffins yes ground turkey or chicken will do thanks 🙏🏿🙏🏿👍🌹👏⭐️🍽
You’re welcome! Enjoy!
This video was is so helpful! Thank you!
You’re very welcome!
So interesting and inspiring, thank you
You're welcome!!
Use baking paper torn into squares then put into your tray, it is a paper case for your muffins.
I love how the baby is in the thick of things playing with her much older siblings 😂
Beautiful chaos! 😍
Try adding some of your collagen powder to your snack gummy's. I use the same amount of gelatin as collagen powder. Example 1/4c gelatin & 1/4c collagen. It does something to the texture of the gummy's. It makes them creamy when they melt in your mouth. So delicious. I watched your video on snacks from a while back & thought I would send you a message. Adore your sweet family ❤
Thanks for the tip! I’m going to try that!
I have been reading that heating silicone is not the healthiest for us as well. Neither do I like my food to come in contact with aluminum. At this time I think the best thing is to use the paper liners. The bottoms can stick but I have found that greasing the bottoms before filling will help the food to release better. A bit tedious but worth it in my mind. 😊
Thanks for sharing!
I love your videos and watching you and your family. I’m sure your life is busy, but your home seems peaceful and your children seem well behaved. May God continue to bless, guide, and strengthen you and your family. ❤
So glad you are enjoying these videos! Thanks so much for the kind words!
I had to look up what nettle is! Always learning!!
Love that!! It's out in full force right now by us :). Thanks for watching!
Awwwww, the poor baby is just doing the best she can to see what's going on.
I know it's harder to have her on the front side, but goodness, it seems like he being left out of all the fun stuff!
I use the silicone muffin cups too but they are a pain to clean in my opinion.
I prefer to use the If you care brand as well. It also means all items can stay in the muffin cup and it's cleaner for on the go meals and snacks.
Thank you for all the great recipe ideas!!!!
Actually she has some great ideas but the way she treats that dog I have no desire to follow her whatsoever. I have exactly the same dog except mine does not live outside it’s our family
Our dog is a livestock guardian dog and lives her best life out with our animals doing her job. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for sharing! I hope you enjoy the recipes!
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Stella is so obviously well-cared for and a happy girl, doing her work. It's not the same thing as people who tie a dog outside and give it no attention. Your LGD has freedom and warm shelter, abundant food and water, and companionship. ❤
Love your AGA! Mine is a four oven in aubergine.
Thank you!! That sounds stunning!
I often replace mashed banana with applesauce, which is something we always have a lot of in our mini homestead :)
Good idea!!
I love making egg cups. 10 eggs is perfect for 12 muffins, I’m glad I’m not the only one who thinks so!
We top ours with cheese when they come out and I have found that large chunks of bacon are unappealing (the texture gets weird!) so we don’t add bacon, but I will add it to the top when they’re done or wrap them with bacon after (the cheese I mentioned makes them stick) sausage tends to be our favorite combo but I have made pepperoni ones too that got gobbled up.
I just butter my pan and use the pan then dump them out when they’re done. No need to wash a bunch of silicone cups. I tried paper cupcake liners but they were awful to peel and it changed the texture of the egg (I think because the paper absorbed so much moisture.) They were terrible. We wound up feeding them to the dog.
As far as safety goes, my cupcake pan is made of the same material as my cake pans and casserole dishes so I don’t feel like it’s any more dangerous to eat the muffins if I would bake it in the same type of dish as any other recipe. I have silicone, glass and metal bakeware. It’s impossible to know which ones are more/less dangerous but we do our best. The only thing I really avoid is scratched bakeware (meaning scratches in the non stick coating, not just well loved pans)
Thanks so much for sharing all of this!! Your egg cup combinations sound delicious! I like the idea of sprinkling bacon on top!
I just found your videos and love your stove! What kind of is that?? And great ideas for breakfast
Thank you!! It's an AGA! It was the facebook marketplace find of a lifetime!
Does your dog live outside? He / She is beautiful what kind of pup do you have? Do you only use your cows milk? What do you do when she is pregnant? Love your breakfast ideas.
Thank you! Yes, Stella is a Maremma livestock guardian dog. We've raised cows for both milk and meat in the past. She's dried up right now so we try to stockpile milk in the freezer for this season. She's due to calve any day now!
Ye. I made my own turkey sausage and was much happier with it and I knew what was actually in it.
Yes!! Keep it up!!
Ooooh! An Aga stove....yes!
The best! Thanks for watching!
for those who are looking for products sold at grocery stores that have better ingredients, look for green on the packages and/or the word 'Natural' and check ingredients, there are still some that aren't bad, often generic products use fewer fillers
Thanks for sharing!
As much as I hate cleaning muffin pans, I just grease well, bake, remove, soak, and scrub with a cloth or bottle brush.
I love all your ideas and I too was so disappointed when I found out silicon was toxic at high temperatures because I used a lot of parchment, especially on pizza night!
Your recipes and thoughts really encourage me to plan these breakfast foods better. We don't eat pork, so finding good quality ground chicken and turkey is what we need to look for. Store bought turkey sausage looks disgusting.
From all of the comments, I think I've landed on finding a quality, non-toxic pan and greasing it myself. Thanks for sharing! So glad this was helpful for you! Thanks for watching!
I oil the metal muffin pan, then when they are still warm i go gently around with a butter knife and pop them on a cooling tray. Havent needed to line it yet
Great! Thanks for sharing! I’m going to look for a new pan and go this route!
I've found two ways to avoid the paper/silicone muffin cups. 1) is to grease the muffin tins with coconut oil, this helps them come out really easily. 2) to get stoneware muffins pans. Stoneware works very similarly to cast-iron pans in its care (no soap) and that you let the stoneware season like cast-iron.
I know that a company called pampered chef at least had muffin pans, not sure if they still do our not
Thank you for sharing! Very. helpful!
Hows about pouring this into a greased pie plate and slicing it into wedges...easy peasy lol ❤
That's a good idea! Thanks for the suggestion!
Hahaha I am laughing so hard about the little one on your back around 12:33. Doesn’t want to miss anything, it looks so funny speeded up 😂
I'm a very old school great grandma and see that there are comments on using cast iron. Cast iron is good but don't use the new cast iron pans. Unfortunately, the newer iron pieces aren't very pure. For years people who are seasoned cast iron fans have said "only use the older Wagner or for sure Griswold pieces. 30 yrs ago I was told that Lodge was not good. I recommend as others parchment paper. Love your videos -
Thanks for sharing this!
16:24 In 2024, my Costco started selling frozen Jones chicken sausage links. It’s less than $15 for 3 lbs, and they contain no nitrites, nitrates, sugar, gluten, dairy, msg… If anyone would be interested in that info. :)
Also, several years ago I started baking my homemade sausage patties instead of pan frying and I now prefer the way the way bake up and the less mess factor. I don’t like comments that say “your recipe is wrong” but just sharing a tip I’ve found to be an option. :)
Ooh! Great tips! Thanks for sharing! Pan frying can be a pain so I’m going to try your baked method!
You can use paper muffin cup liners commonly used for cupcakes found in baking department of grocery stores.
Thanks!
Hi, first time watching! So i was thinking about upgrading out metal cupcake and baking sheets to silicone because i thought it would be better and easier but now that you said something, i found on Amazon Nordic Paper cupcake liners for baking. So i might just get some of those for baking muffins.
Thanks for watching and sharing!!
I use a metal muffin baking tray. Insert paper wrappers to fill with muffin batter
Thanks for sharing!
You’re welcome
I make muffins exactly as you. Food grade silicone is not toxic. Just like your large plastic pails with lids especially made for food storage.
Thanks for sharing and watching! :)