It all started when I wanted to take dessert to a friends house, but I didn’t want to get to the store to buy anything. We had recently picked up fresh veggies from the CSA including radishes, which I really don’t like. So I looked up desserts you could make with radishes as a way to get rid of them. I found a recipe for Radish Muffins and decided to give it a shot! I substituted craisins for raisins and reduced the amount of  oil and sugar. Voila! Although not exactly a normal dessert, the muffins were tasty and people really seemed to like them, including me! No one identified the secret ingredient except for a slight “bite” that they couldn’t explain. This only encouraged me to make muffins out of things that you don’t typically make muffins out of. So now the list is:

• Radish Craisin
• Kale Orange
• Cucumber Lemon
• Chocolate Broccoli (made on a dare from the CSA owner who challenged me to make a sweet muffin out of broccoli)
• Applesauce Raisin Bran (these are pretty normal as muffins go)

All of these are gently sweet muffins that I have modified to reduce sugar and oil from recipes I have found on the internet. I like to make large batches and freeze them so that I have a variety to select from for breakfast or as a snack. They re-heat well in a minute or less. My favorite is probably the Radish Craisin, followed by the Kale Orange as a close second. Who would of thought that I would like radishes in sweet muffin form!