Lemon & Poppy Seed muffins

Calvin has been begging me to make him Lemon & Poppy-seed muffins for an age. As such I had a look online and found a wonderful recipe on the Nigella website. It isn't actually Nigella's own, but the work of a woman called Linda Fisher - the Muffin Lady, I presume. It is a fabulously easy recipe in that you can make the entire thing without a mixer/blender. This is always good news as it means less washing up.
The recipe, when doubled, makes much more than 2 dozen muffins. The ingredients are easy to come by. My only complaint is that there is so much 'fat' (ie. oil & butter) in the recipe that it's left marks on the floor every time someone drops crumbs. And yes, they are very crumbly muffins. Overall I would give them 10/10 for flavour and 10/10 presentation. You could easily top them with a lemon icing, lemon drizzle or even a dollop of lemon curd.

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Norwegian Mountain Loaf

Cruising through all the recipe books I found this one. She recommended baking it in a silicon break tin, and altho' I used one, I won't do it again – I felt that the bread ended up being to wide and would have been a better shape if I'd baked it in a regular tin. It's deliciously nutty and has both sunflower and linseed in it which is delicious. I'll definitely make it again soon.

nutty seeded wholemeal bread

So I am on a mission to make a delicious, seeded loaf that has just enough sweetness and seeds in it to fill a nostalgic void in me. ha ha! Not sure if it's possible.
In the meantime, I've made a recipe I that was passed down to me by my aunt - it uses buttermilk and honey.
Today I'm trying Nigella's Norwegian Mountain loaf - there are tons of seeds in it, but it doesn't have honey in it.
Once this loaf is eaten I will try another one - possibly with rye flour.