A Test Baking Day

Good afternoon health lovers!

I have had such a fun day in the kitchen! Today is a test day in the kitchen where I am creating and concocting new + healthy recipes for my bakery. I have been going non stop for about 5 hours now…I guess I better get used to this, right?!

Here is a bit of what I have made…

Absolutely No-Oil Honey Banana Bread:

Oh my gosh the house smelled fantastic!!!

It came out super moist….

I won’t be able to try this until after the end of my sugar free challenge on Saturday. Even though all the sugar in this loaf was natural, I am going to wait until after the dress workshop! :) However, I am going to have about 5 taste testers for this bread and I will be reporting what they said!

Some of the healthy goods in this bread: bananas (4!!), almond milk, Whole wheat pastry flour, cinnamon, and honey.

I made some chocolate chip cookies that failed miserably. They were too flat so I am going to re-try more modifications next time!

Snack:

In between, I had a serving of Mary’s Crackers and a small bowl of spelt cereal for my snack around noon.

Lunch:

Then around 1:30pm I had a quick lunch. I literally ate this as I baked!

Contents:

• 2 cups frozen mixed veggies, cooked in microwave in water
• 1 can Flaked Salmon (Gold Seal)
• Pepper
• 1/2 avocado mixed in (KEY ingredient!!!!)
• 1 Tbsp Kraft Balsamic Vinaigrette

I also had a delicious juicy kiwi, not shown (I ate it too fast!). A great lunch ‘on the run’ It took me a total of 3 mins. to prepare! Can’t beat that.

After lunch I made a batch of Black Bean Brownies. I used this recipe as a guide, but I made many modifications…

You Won’t Bean-lieve It Brownies:

These were the healthiest brownies I have ever made!!

They had black beans, vegan butter, walnuts, carob chips, and honey in there. Talk about antioxidants!

I can’t wait to try them! Eric is going to be in heaven when he gets home tonight! lol.

I am now done baking for the day. :)

Work It Out:

I just did my ab workout to help strengthen my core again as per my Dr’s recommendations. Now I am off to the gym for some elliptical action…..rawr!!!! :)

What are your favourite ab exercises?? Id like to learn some new ones!

See you tonight for some homemade SOY Milk!

PS- Does anyone know how to categorize a post in Windows Live Writer???

“Inspiration never arrived when you were searching for it.”

~Lisa Alther