Banana Butterscotch Muffins, Awards, and a Tag!

Those of you who have been long-term friends of my blog will recall that I'd once started a Kiddie Party Menu Series, which I had to abandon after one recipe because I'd misplaced my recipe files and books. Well, I've got them back so I'm posting the second recipe on that menu here-Banana Butterscotch Muffins. This banana muffin has been a hot favorite of my toddler and his best friends. But don't jump to conclusions and think it's only for toddlers-oh no! It's much loved by grownups too! Whenever I bake a batch of these, they get over in no time, and it's great to pack as a snack for both school and office lunchboxes....or have them for breakfast. They freeze well and all you have to do is thaw and microwave them when you're in a hurry-a healthy wholesome breakfast in a jiffy!

Before I go into that, let me mention, with a lot of pride AND humility (if that combo is ever possible!) that this past week, I've received a load of blogger awards from my fellow blogistas. Emreen, who blogs about all things beautiful at Liven Things Up, presented me with the "Stylish Blogger Award" and Biny, who blogs about all things delicious at Biny's Recipes, presented me with the "Best Blogger" and "Kreative Blogger" awards. Thank you so much, Em and Biny....An important part of both the awards is that I have been "tagged" to reveal 7 facts about myself. Now I have to admit that whenever I used to see this tag plus award combo in the blogosphere, I used to wish for the award but fear the tag! Now I've got both and can't escape, so here goes the random 7 things about me which you may or may not know about....But first, here's the recipe for the muffins - you can read the "7 facts about me" tag at the end of the post, if you're so inclined!

Kiddie Party Menu Series#1-Stuffed Masala Buns

We're moving cities. Shifting everything we own from one city to another, obviously, is not an easy task. But it is definitely easy compared to the task of uprooting ourselves from our friends, memories, houses that we've transformed into homes over the last 3 years, and a city that has become one of my favorites. Still, what has to be done has to be done. So I thought, why not say farewell to all our friends and especially my son's little friends in style, but with a touch of home-made love too. After all, in my mind, there is nothing more touching than cooking for your loved ones yourself, rather than getting it catered. I decided to throw a party for all our kiddie friends and their moms, 25 lovely people in all, in the comfort of our own home. This is the first time I was hosting a kiddie party. The menu and recipes I tried out may be of help to some of you reading this, who want to do something special for your little ones too.