MzSerena’s Garden

Blueberry Cheesecake Muffins

Ingredients
* 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1/3 cup sugar, PLUS
* 2-3 Tablespoons sugar (depending on sweetness of the berries)
* 3 teaspoons baking powder
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1/2 teaspoon almond extract ** Can be left out **
* 1/4 cup melted butter
* 1/3 cup plain yogurt ** I used Vanilla Yogurt instead **
* 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 2/3 cup ricotta cheese
* 2 eggs
* 1 cup blueberries

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 375ºF. Grease 8-10 muffins tins.
2. In a large bowl combine with a wire whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt until well blended.
3. In a medium-sized bowl beat together the almond extracts, vanilla extract, melted butter, ricotta cheese, and eggs. Add to flour mixture. Carefully fold in the blueberries. Batter will be soft and lumpy.
4. Fill the muffin cups 2/3 full and bake 20 minutes

I seriously wish that I was heading South. I’d like to take a trip. The Orlando vacations are looking good, really, other than it being hurricane season. I don’t like storms at all, so storm season in the South wouldn’t be fun. I just need some sort of vacation, some time away from here, time to be free of responsibility.

Not going to happen, I know, but it’s nice to think about.

I saw something yesterday that really made me wonder about how trashed our economy really is. I saw a couple of used Harleys along side the road for sale. It made me sad, really, because no one likes to or wants to sell their motorcycle. It’s got to be a bad state of the economy for people to do that.

I mean, I’ve seen people sell their bikes after getting a new one, but these were practically brand new, and I’m sure there was a heck of a price tag on them. How desperate can people be to sell a Harley? Seriously. They usually trade them in for new ones unless they’re really hurting.

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• 17:58 You know it’s a good day when you come home sore from picking fruit. #

I had a day, hopefully you did too.