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21.11.10

Iron

chocolate beet muffins : before

chocolate beet muffins : after

Fe

muffins sailing away

I was hanging out with Jen and Rosalyn a little while ago, and for some reason, we were talking about how we all needed more Iron in our diet. When I stumbled on a recipe for beet muffins, it reminded me of that conversation. Among many of the good things beets contain, one of them is Iron!

I don't know why I love beets so much. I love its colour, and I love it's sweet flavour in salads, or just roasted on its own. But I never had it in baking before!

These are chocolate beet muffins, and to be honest, I don't really taste any beet flavour. To me, it just added a beautiful deep tinge of red to the muffin, and hopefully I am getting some iron in me too!
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18 comments:

  1. Melinda Josie11/21/2010 7:10 PM

    Mmmmmmm! I love baking with beets! Apparently they make better red velvet cake, (rather than using 8 containers of red food colouring!). Those look delicious. My stomach is rumbling. Mmmm....

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  2. Sara Downton11/21/2010 7:40 PM

    these look delicious! i love beets too, but only usually have them on special occasions strangely enough. the little flags on these are adorable!

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  3. Bo11/21/2010 9:06 PM

    so cute! i got into beets recently too. i think they're fabulous.

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  4. lauren brimley11/21/2010 9:47 PM

    Oh my gosh, those look delicious! And so cute!

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  5. Yukiko11/21/2010 10:38 PM

    That looks yummy, healthiest muffins!
    Those flags are ADORABLE!!!!!

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  6. t a n y a11/21/2010 10:46 PM

    so great. i thought these were red velvet cupcakes but what a nice surprise.

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  7. Megan11/22/2010 1:00 AM

    Oh yum, I will have to make those also! I love that last photo of your cupcakes with the flags.

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  8. isabelle11/22/2010 3:46 AM

    lovely, lovely, lovely photos!

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  9. zizi bloom11/22/2010 4:26 AM

    so yum yum!!!
    i love cupcakes!!!

    www.zizibloom.blogspot.com

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  10. Gali11/22/2010 7:30 AM

    That batter certainly looks properly red!

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  11. Jen Hsieh11/22/2010 10:53 AM

    Those are amazing Celine! And the cupcakes look really yummy! Love the Fe flags :) So sad to have missed you guys...but we'll have you over soon!

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  12. josephandjaime11/22/2010 1:14 PM

    These look good!
    We made peanut butter cookies with your grape jelly yesterday! So good. Thanks again for the jelly! Here's the recipe:
    http://www.canadianliving.com/food/peanut_butter_and_jelly_cookies.php

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  13. happy D11/22/2010 3:32 PM

    I LOVE beets too!! Thank you for sharing a sweet beet recipe :)

    OH! Another great source of iron? Molasses! Use it in oatmeal or in lieu of honey <3

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  14. Color Land11/22/2010 11:47 PM

    I love cupcakes and these lucks so yummy, I find your blog and I love it!
    Thanks for the recipe!
    www.colloredelavita.blogspot.com

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  15. Barbara11/23/2010 3:43 AM

    these looks so so yummy

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  16. Ella11/23/2010 4:48 AM

    mmmm, I also need iron, these muffins look so yummy!

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  17. Unknown11/23/2010 10:07 AM

    oh my gosh! I am making these straightaway. :)

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  18. Rizie11/23/2010 1:48 PM

    I'm going to try out this recipe sometime soon!

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