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Morning Song Farm offers macadamia tours to the wholesale tour industry, and our signature "welcome to the farm" treat is a macadamia muffin that many have asked the recipe for. It's been perfected over the years, and I share it here: Ingredients: 2 large eggs 1 cup sugar 1/3 cup vegetable oil 1 cup mashed banana 2 teaspoons vanilla 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 2 and 2/3 cups of unbleached all-purpose flour 1 cup of heavy cream 1 cup crushed macadamias 1/3 cup pureed raisons 1/2 cup hemp hearts Preheat oven to 350. Procedure: Cuisinart raisins and sugar and set aside. Don't try to puree the raisins later, as it doesn't work. Combine eggs, sugar/raisin mix, and oil, beat together. Then blend in banana and vanilla. Set aside. Combine all the rest of the dry ingredients. Combine the raisin/sugar/eggs with dry ingredients, and then add cream and nuts. Carefully spoon...

Okay, frittata sounds fancy, but it's just Italy's answer to an omelette and is a quick and easy way to whip up a healthy meal in no time. For the record, the primary difference between a quiche and a frittata is the quiche has a crust, and the frittata doesn't. Additionally, quiche is traditionally served warm, and the frittata is traditionally served warm or at room temperature. I'm not sure I'm all over a room temperature egg dish, but that's just me.... Here's a base recipe, feel free to add other things you have to the mix: 1 Tablespoon California Olive Oil or butter 2 broccoli crowns 2 cups chopped spinach 1/2 cup pitted ripe olives; halved 6 organic eggs, lightly beaten 2 Tablespoons chopped fresh Italian parsley Salt and pepper to taste Dash of Tabasco or Frank's Hot Sauce 2 Tablespoons grated Parmesan Cheese 2 Tablespoons finely ground macadamia dust Preheat oven to 350. Butter or oil a 9 inch round pie pan. Put the veggies in the pan, and pou...