FlybyStardancer
Well-Known Member
So tomorrow I'm going to a friend's birthday party, and she encouraged us to bring snacks. There will be pizza and birthday cake available.
I'm trying to figure out what I should bring. Not helping things are the facts that a) I'm on a tight budget, b) I don't have a working oven, and c) I'm super-picky and want to be able to eat what I bring!
I do have a mini muffin maker, and I'm thinking of taking advantage of it. Maybe little mini cornbreads and bacon muffins? I have a honey cornbread mix, and I'm torn between leaving it plain and adding things to it... On the one hand, I've never liked added onions/peppers/whole corn in my cornbread... On the other hand, I'd never be able to make the cornbread I DO like in my mini muffin maker (I grew up with a grandmother that made true southern cornbread, not sweet, and with the edges fried between the hot oil and cast iron skillet).
Bacon muffins I could skip the sugar, which would make it much better for me. (One of my things is I can't stand mixing sweet and savory.)
On the other hand, I have bananas in the freezer that I could use to make little banana muffins, and banana muffins wouldn't compete with cake, would they? >_>
I'm also trying to keep it to finger food. We'll be playing all sorts of board and card games, and I don't want the food to interfere with that.
I'm trying to figure out what I should bring. Not helping things are the facts that a) I'm on a tight budget, b) I don't have a working oven, and c) I'm super-picky and want to be able to eat what I bring!
I do have a mini muffin maker, and I'm thinking of taking advantage of it. Maybe little mini cornbreads and bacon muffins? I have a honey cornbread mix, and I'm torn between leaving it plain and adding things to it... On the one hand, I've never liked added onions/peppers/whole corn in my cornbread... On the other hand, I'd never be able to make the cornbread I DO like in my mini muffin maker (I grew up with a grandmother that made true southern cornbread, not sweet, and with the edges fried between the hot oil and cast iron skillet).
Bacon muffins I could skip the sugar, which would make it much better for me. (One of my things is I can't stand mixing sweet and savory.)
On the other hand, I have bananas in the freezer that I could use to make little banana muffins, and banana muffins wouldn't compete with cake, would they? >_>
I'm also trying to keep it to finger food. We'll be playing all sorts of board and card games, and I don't want the food to interfere with that.