Have you ever felt bad for going against the grain? There are moments from childhood that you never forget. No matter how much you grow up, you still remember them as if they were happening right now. That is what happens to me with the carrot muffins my mother used to make for me for school recess. This recipe is very special to me because of what it signifies. I’ve always had a strong personality and have never envied others, but it is true that sometimes that took a toll on me. You know how kids are. For school, my mother would make me carrot muffins. The other kids usually brought processed snacks, but I liked my muffins with their cloth napkin, which I would then bring back home for my mother to wash. Since they were made with whole-wheat flour, they looked quite dark. They weren't burnt, of course, but that is exactly what my classmates would tell me. "How can you eat that? It's burnt!". At home, we’ve always been quite sustainable and I never had any problem with that, but sometimes I got tired of hearing those phrases every day. "Mom, can't I take a processed snack like the others today?", I would ask her. To this, my mother would answer something that left a deep mark on me during my childhood and that I still remember to this day: "Sweetheart, don't worry, we odd ones will come into fashion." That phrase from my mother didn't mean as much to me then as it does now. The most beautiful thing about this story is that two or three years after starting Luz de Nehca, when they started inviting me to events and this world started moving more, my mother uttered the phrase: "I told you, I told you that one day we would come into fashion". How little she was mistaken. For me, those muffins were the start of a new era. I felt strange, but proud. Proudly strange! That is why I would love to share the recipe with you in case you also feel that a part of you is "strange". You are not alone.
