give em the old zazzle-dazzle

So the first Hungry Girl recipe trial was not such a huge success. I tried this Zucchini muffin business I was talking about earlier this week. Not gonna lie, I did not follow all the substitutions the recipe calls for, like Splenda instead of sugar and Egg Beaters instead of eggs. But I tried being really good about some of the other substitutions, like whole-wheat flour (actually not that expensive at Whole Foods), and applesauce instead of oil.

Then it got a little hairy with the substitutions when I was halfway through combining all the ingredients and I realized I didn't actually have any baking powder, plus I was all out of salt. Salt! After consulting with my mom she suggested I look up the substitution recommendations in the Joy of Cooking, and what do you know, 1 tsp baking soda plus 1/2 cup yogurt can take the place of a tablespoon of baking powder in a recipe. So cool, right? However, JoC does not provide an equivalent for salt, probably because one does not actually exist, so I just kind of had to shake the dregs out of the salt shaker and hope for the best.

As you can see from the lovely photograph above, they didn't so much do the whole rising thing and came out looking a bit shriveled, but they tasted pretty okay. I'm willing to give Hungry Girl another shot though.