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Baked Falafel with a Spicy Moroccan Sauce (in a muffin pan!!)
May 30, 2016Leave a Comment
This month’s theme for Progressive Eats is anything that can be made in a muffin tin. This could have been my opportunity to make muffins. God knows I’m due. In the nearly 5 years I’ve had this blog going, I’ve not posted one single muffin. Kind of shocking in the food blogging world. Likewise, and my husband really doesn’t understand this, I’ve never posted cupcakes. But they’re vegetarian, he’s complained more than once.
In truth, you might never see cupcakes here. Trust me when I say that my cake decorating skills will never inspire any of you to do anything except take up a collection to send me to cake decorating school.…
View Full Recipe at The Wimpy Vegetarian
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