Saturday, March 31, 2012

Weekend Cooking: Bloggiesta Taco Muffins

As some of you will know Bloggiesta is currently going on. This is an event that let you focus on improving your blog(s). It also has a bit of a Mexican theme to it and therefore I wanted to do a Weekend Cooking post in style! The day before Bloggiesta started I made Taco Muffins to nom on during the event. The original recipe is from BentoLunch but that recipe contains meat so I spend some time to adjust it :) For the original recipe go visit BentoLunch. The vegetarian version is below :)

Taco Muffins in a bento
Taco Muffins: (makes 14)
- 180 gr Vegetarian minced meat replacement
- 1 spring onion, cut
- 115 gr butter, melted
- 4-5 tbsp taco seasoning mix
- 1 cup flour
- 1 cup cornmeal
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 1 cup milk
- 1 egg
- cheddar to taste
- pinch of salt
- sunflower oil

Bake the spring onion with the vegetarian minced meat replacement and the taco seasoning in some sunflower oil. Use the seasoning to taste, but this is what I used. Mix flour, cornmeal, chili powder, sugar and salt in a bowl. Mix the butter, egg and milk in another bowl. Add the wet ingredients with the dry and stir them together until they form a batter. Add the vegetarian mixture together with grated cheddar and mix that in. Scoop the batter into a muffin tin and bake for 25 minutes in a pre heated oven on 200 degrees. (180 in a microwave oven). 

This post is part of Weekend Cooking. Makes sure to check out the other participants as well. It is always a lot of fun to see what everyone has been up to food wise :) 

16 comments:

  1. Oh what a great idea to do a Bloggiesta post. I should have baked up something Mexican (muffins? That would fit Marg's post too!). These sounds pretty easy to make.

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  2. Taco Muffins -- something totally new to me. I do like cornmeal so will have to try this. They sound quite festive!

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  3. I bet my kids would love these!

    I have been participating in a few blogiesta events. I am a fairly new blogger, so I have really learned a lot!

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  4. Your Taco Muffins sound delicious; clever way to tie into Bloggiesta!

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  5. Taco muffins, new to me, but I'd love it. They look delicious!

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  6. Taco Muffins? Cool, I'm willing to try some. I love the sound of them!

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  7. Oh, these sound great! I love savory, spicy muffins. Great tie-in to Bloggiesta!

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  8. Love the idea of taco muffins. My kids would devour these.

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  9. We had tacos for dinner! I would never have ever thought of even looking for a recipe for taco muffins. Muffins for me are sweet things, but I am sure that looking for savoury recipes would open up a whole realm of possibilities.

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  10. I love all the taco spices, so this should be good..they are cute!

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  11. So, they're like corn muffins, but with a "kick"? Yum! Your muffin tins are fun shapes :)

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    1. I love to have all kinds of muffin tins :) They are fun for a bento :) And yes, they have a kick. They are not too spicy but you could make them as spicy as you like :)

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  12. Hey I ones saw those on BentoLunch.net! Yours look cuter! =D I still have to make those! Considering I don't have a stove yet it might be a great idea for a simple dinner ^_^ (with some chilibeans on the side?)

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    1. Oh yeah, I could totally have these as a simple dinner :) (But I really like savory muffins!) A simple Mexican themed salad with beans and corn would go great with this too :)

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