Sometimes you have a very rainy weekend that was supposed to be 74 degrees and sunny, but then Sunday rolls around and the sun comes out and it's warm and all the winter-y rain from the two previous days have made the afternoon smell like spring, so you go to the grocery store with bare arms and your best friend and you buy fresh berries because it's time for some muffins.

I came up with this recipe by accident one time when I was making mini-muffins for this post on Skunkboy. I was going to follow a recipe and just substitute regular flour for coconut flour, and then I messed up the measurements and added a bunch of random things like shredded coconut and honey, but what I ended up with was actually the blueprint for a pretty good Paleo muffin base recipe. Then, you can add whatever you want to make a flavored muffin--this time I chose raspberries and chocolate chips.

There's a tiny bit of baking powder in these muffins and if you're a Paleo snob who's going to freak out about it instead of simply choosing not to include it, then we probably can't be friends anymore.

Ingredients:

Makes twelve big boy muffins.

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6 eggs

4 tablespoons coconut oil

1 cup coconut flour

1/2 cup honey

1/2 cup coconut milk

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

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A 6 ounce container of fresh raspberries, washed and chopped

1/2 cup of Enjoy Life Chocolate Chips

(Save a few of the chocolate chips for the top.)

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

2. Melt the coconut oil in a bowl and add flour first, then eggs, and then all other ingredients.

3. Mix the batter together and spoon into greased muffin tins (you can use more coconut oil or an olive oil spray).

4. Bake for 25 minutes, (halfway through you can top them with the extra chocolate chips), broiling at the very end to brown the tops if necessary.

(I had to open one up so you could see inside. And also so I could take a bite.)

Whether it's rainy and cold or sunny and warm, muffins are perfect for whatever season you happen to be in.

Rob and I met in Richmond on Friday night and spent the weekend hanging out with my friend Tina and her boyfriend, Michael. We went to my brother's show on Friday night, did some adventuring, lots of cooking, and even more lying around. On Sunday, Rob and I met my college roommate, Caroline, for some brunch and a couple Bloody Marys.

Traveling almost every weekend is really hard sometimes, but it's nice to have such good friends scattered all over the place--there's always somewhere that almost feels like home.

Thank you all so much for your well-wishes via text, Twitter, and blog post comments this week! 

After several quarts of wonton soup without the wontons plus steamed chicken and vegetables (it was all I could eat--luckily it's my favorite), cup after cup of herbal tea, little cocktails of orange juice, vitamin C powder, echinacea, and colloidal silver (have I ever mentioned that we're kind of crunchy in The House of Flynn?), and about a day and a half's worth of naps, I finally feel like a human again.

[Sometimes I have trouble putting my love for honey into words. I think this photo does it justice.]

I haven't shared Friday Favorites in a while, so I have quite a few links listed today. Hope you enjoy! And let me know what you've been reading/eating/wearing lately!

First of all, I have to say a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my beautiful friend Jenna. Jenna, I love you so much and I miss you!

I'm almost done with this little collection of stories from F. Scott Fitzgerald and you guys, I know we all know this, but that man can write. It's like eighty pages and you should all read it some lazy weekend when you're at home or in a coffee shop.

One thing I love about Rob is that he periodically sends me pictures like this one throughout the week.

Dana from The Wonder Forest has wonderful e-book available called Blog Wonderful: An E-Book for Bloggers.

My friend Whitney sent me this article about coconut oil and I'm all about it!

I'm trying to do this thing where I don't spend any money on anything I don't absolutely need in 2013, but this little tulle skirt is making it so difficult. Also this sweater.

Interesting to read about Israel's ban on too-thin models, as well as a few other countries' responses to the problem.

Robyn's blog always gives me serious wanderlust.

Is anyone else out-of-control excited about the return of Arrested Development?

Diana lives in Minneapolis, loves animals, and is super active and seems wonderful! I especially like her Ask a Vegan column.

Don't forget to enter to win a custom blog design from Signed, xoxohannah!

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I'm off to Richmond this evening to see my brother play a show with his band, She's a Legend. They'll be at The Canal Club and the doors open at 7:00. If you're in the area, come! Send me a tweet if you're around so I can find you!