These blueberry ice cream banana muffins with the cinnamon streusel topping are really a wonderful way to start the day.

1. Line a 12-cup tray with paper liners. Preheat the oven to 190C/375F. To prepare the topping, combine the brown sugar, pastry flour, cinnamon powder and chopped almond in a bowl. Cut in butter until it resembles the coarse cornmeal. Set aside.
   
2. To prepare the batter, sift together the flours, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a mixing bowl. In another bowl, beat the bananas, blueberry ice cream, sugar, egg, and oil until blended. Add the liquid mixture to the dry ingredients. Mix until the dry mixture is moistened.
   
3. Divide the batter into the 12 paper liners and top each with some streusel mixture. Bake for 20 minutes until golden. Remove from oven and place on a wire rack to cool briefly before removing from the pan.

Blueberry Banana Streusel Muffins

These zucchini pancakes are prepared with grated zucchini and a hint of cheddar cheese. Serve them with a dollop of sour cream. This is much easier to persuade your kids or your picky hubby to eat their veggies. And if you are growing zucchini, then this is also one very delicious way to use up a lot at once. I used the mild cheddar, which is matured about 4 months, for the recipe, but Feta, or parmesan would work great too.

1. Grate the zucchini into a mixing bowl. Stir in the finely chopped shallots, eggs, cheddar, parsley, spring onion, and garlic. Stir in the buckwheat and wholewheat flours, salt, and pepper.
   
2. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Drop tablespoons of the batter into the skillet. Cook the pancakes two minutes on each side until browned. Place the pancakes on a sheet pan and keep warm in the oven. Continue to pan-fry the pancakes until all the batter is used.

Zucchini Buckwheat Pancakes