It was so beautiful outside last night!
The sky was so clear, but it was –23C last night!
Eric and I sat by the fire all night and watched some shows.
Today is a Very Important Day!
I am taking a day off work today, which has not happened since Dec 28th 2009!!!!! The past week and a half was especially crazy as I made and shipped out over 1600 Glo Bars.
I was up at 6:45am this morning because I was so excited and couldn’t sleep! :mrgreen:
So far my day off has included a wonderful fresh juice and Japanese Sencha Green Tea.
This was followed by another killer Booty Camp Fitness workout!
Today I did the Phase 2 Intermediate session which was 43 minutes long. I am just loving these workout DVDs so much. The girls are so down to earth and do not intimidate me in the way many fitness instructors do. They are goofy and just plain old fun to watch!
Here I am with the No Meat Athlete Tee that Matt sent me! Thanks Matt!
I had some carrot juice pulp to use up so I decided to whip up a new muffin recipe.
Recipe: Carrot Chia Spelt Muffins
By:
15 min
25 min
40 min
9 big or 12 small muffins
Ingredients
- Dry:
- 2 cups spelt flour (See note below)
- 3 T sugar (I used sucanat, but regular works)
- 1.5 t pumpkin spice (or mix of 1 t cinnamon and 1/4 t. each of nutmeg and ginger)
- 1/4 t sea salt
- 2 t baking powder
- 1/2 t baking soda
- 2 T cacao nibs for crunch and nutrition
- 3 T raisins
- Wet:
- 2 T chia seeds (or 2 T ground flax)
- 1/2 c + 2 T non-dairy milk
- 1 cup shredded carrot (I used 1/2 cup juice pulp + 1/2 cup shredded carrot)
- 1.5 t vanilla
- 1/4 c maple syrup
- 1 cup sweetened applesauce (or 1 cup mashed banana will work)
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Mix dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
- Mix wet ingredients together in a medium sized bowl and add wet to dry, mixing until combined.
- Spoon into greased muffin tin.
- Cook for 25 – 27 min.
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chia seeds and Navitas Naturals Cacao Nibs:
Into the oven they go…
They rose so well!
One of our favourite things to do on the weekend is look through the flyers! Yes, we are an 80 year old married couple. :mrgreen:
What are your weekend rituals that you love to do?
The rest of the day looks like this:
- Epsom Salt bath (my bootay is killing me!)
- Yoga
- Plan Florida Trip with Eric
- Indigo book store
- Lululemon
- Raw Aura restaurant
- Movie- we planned on Avatar in Imax but it’s sold out again, so we might see another one- suggestions??
Have a great day!
My Saturday rituals usually include: cooking with my parents, visiting the health food store, and catching up on my favorite DVR’d tv shows! All of which I did today, haha =)
It sounds like you have a wonderful day planned!! I loved Avatar!! “Up in the Air” is really good, and “Blindside” is supposed to be awesome.
The moon was so beautiful last night! I thought the same thing when I looked out my window. It was so bright out!
Enjoy your day of. Yeesh! 1600 Glo bars…you deserve it, girl!
I love how fluffy and high your muffins are. The sound delish!
I thought The Blindside was a really good movie. It’s not really your typical sports flick. I think you would really like it.
All your muffin recipes look so good!
Enjoy that day off Angela!!! So well deserved. :)
My favorite rituals include staying in my pj’s until noon, eating breakfast in bed or venturing out to our fav brunch place.
Dude, see Avatar in 2-d! Less of a headache.
Oh my gosh that night time picture is awesome. Love it.
Those muffins sound ridiculously good. I make carrot juice all the time, so the next time I make it (tomorrow?!) I’ll def save it for some muffins :)
Wow you work SO hard, Angela. You totally deserve the day off. Get in some rest, too ;)
I will be trying those muffins starting tomorrow! They look so irresistible in those pictures! One the weekends I LOVE to curl up and read, maybe go out to a restaurant or two, and I like to take different workout classes too!
That is a well earned day off! Enjoy!
I like to get in a long run on the weekend and do something fun with the hubby! Last weekend was cross country skiing :)
you should take two days off :)
Another thing that I like to do w/ the pulp is simply saute w/ a little vegan spread and/or EVOO w/ s/p and through over a salad or mix with rice/quinoa. I love using leftover pulp. Otherwise it’s SUCH a waste.
It’s mega cold here too. I hate that – when the sun is shining and it looks all gorgeous out, then you get whipped by the cold air the second you step outside.
Carrot muffins are my favourite!!! These are definitely being added to the top of my muffin list.
Hope you had a great day off! :)
Wow, Angela you have me so addicted to loose leaf teas. They’re so much better than bags. My newest love!
The muffins look fantastic, I will be trying them as soon as I have the ingredients on hand.
Have a great day off, you deserve it. My weekend rituals are relaxing breakfasts and time with my friends. Amazing.
We love to watch Dr. Who on Saturday nights and watch a movie or go out to exercise on the weekends.
Happy day off. Impressive that you made that many bars.
I made these this morning! Delicious, thank you! :-)
Does the T = Tablespoon and t = teaspoon?
yup!
Yum. Carrot muffins! I have a great carrot cake cupcake recipe that is before my vegan days…you’ve just inspired me to re-create it!
Hold off for Avatar!!!!!! You must.
Enjoy your day off Angela!!!