One of my friends recently messaged me on Facebook asking for my Banana Nut Muffin recipe.  A few months ago, I had the honor to be a highlighted cook in the “Cooking with Shanna” feature in The Palm Coast Observer, our local community paper.  This was a lot of fun, and I enjoyed welcoming Shanna, community editor for that publication,  to my home and more importantly, my kitchen.  We both enjoyed exchanging cooking tips and stories, and I was flattered to share my recipe with the local community through her cooking column.

This particular recipe evolved out of a recent mission to lose weight.  My husband and I both decided back in March of this year that we could definitely stand to lose some weight and improve our blood work reports along the way.  As we both come from families where diabetes is a common trait, we were determined…