I love her recipes; my fave is the Queen Mother's Cake, a flourless chocolate almond cake. And these muffins are so easy - two bowls, no mixer, not a lot of ingredients, and not fussy to make. I can PM you the recipe if you want it.
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Yum, I love flourless chocolate cake, too! And if one can be sentimental about blueberries
, I am! We had low bush blueberries (the wonderful small variety) as ground cover when I was young. I have lots of happy summer memories associated with them. I'd love the muffin recipe if it's not too much trouble, or feel free to just give me the recipe book title. And are both recipes in the same book? It sounds like I need to add this author's work to my book collection! 
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They are in different books; the muffin recipe is from Maida Heatter's New Book of Great Desserts. But it's available online:
http://www.food.com/recipe/maida-heatter-s-blueberry-muffins-265192
Saveur published her Queen Mother's Cake recipe online (it's from Maida Heatter's Great Book of Chocolate Desserts):
http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Queen-Mothers-Cake-
I forgot that her Palm Beach Brownies and chocolate chip cookies are also pretty heavenly. All of her books are worth getting, IMO.
http://www.food.com/recipe/maida-heatter-s-blueberry-muffins-265192
Saveur published her Queen Mother's Cake recipe online (it's from Maida Heatter's Great Book of Chocolate Desserts):
http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Queen-Mothers-Cake-
I forgot that her Palm Beach Brownies and chocolate chip cookies are also pretty heavenly. All of her books are worth getting, IMO.
Thanks so much!
I’ll try the muffins first. Sounds like they’re subtly sweet, that’s what we like! I’ll save the Queen Mother’s Cake recipe for later, but also looks to be not too sweet. I often find I have to adjust recipes, and use less sugar! I don't bake much to avoid lots of temptation, but when I do I usually freeze most of a recipe. It's fun to have little treats prepared for later!
I read that the Queen eats a slice of cake every day (in addition to the 4 drinks she has each day).
She wrote the classic The Art of Baking. Very well respected author/chef. I have the chocolate book too.That's so great to hear regarding your kitchen!
4!!!! And she is 91!!!! I guess we all need to start copying her!
On the topic of food, had a last minute overnight getaway to a local beach town on Sunday and had some delicious seafood!
Brunch upon arrival - bacon, eggs and waffle for DH and salmon hash for me.
Half a dozen of oysters for me to start dinner...
Beer battered cod with chips and salad for LO, smoked salmon with bread and salad for DH and half a baked lobster with chips and salad for me.
And a scrumptious breakfast - bacon and egg sandwich for LO, gluten free breakfast for DH and vegetarian breakfast for me (though no, I'm not vegetarian but enjoy eating vegetarian options every so often.)
And here's some pretty English roses to share.
Brunch upon arrival - bacon, eggs and waffle for DH and salmon hash for me.
Half a dozen of oysters for me to start dinner...
Beer battered cod with chips and salad for LO, smoked salmon with bread and salad for DH and half a baked lobster with chips and salad for me.
And a scrumptious breakfast - bacon and egg sandwich for LO, gluten free breakfast for DH and vegetarian breakfast for me (though no, I'm not vegetarian but enjoy eating vegetarian options every so often.)
And here's some pretty English roses to share.
That seems like a great idea. I read in some book about a woman who has maintained the same weight her entire life by never snacking, but she eats a square of chocolate and a small scoop of chocolate ice cream every day. Lol! I so love the idea of moderation. Why is that so hard?
Yes, but what is the joy of life without snacking? Or good food?