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I had so much fun watching the Golden Globes last night. :D
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My vote for Best Dressed Female: Olivia Wilde
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Her dress was stunning. Unexpected, original, and very memorable. It didn’t look as good in photos as it did on screen!
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I tried to think of the one dress that stuck out in my memory and her’s was it! Normally I am more of a ‘classic’ fan, but this was just so different I had to pick it.
My runners up for Best Dressed Female were Halle Berry (jaw-dropping), Emily Blunt, and Drew Barrymore.
Who were your best dressed?
It turned out that we didn’t get 24 on our basic cable channels. We are going to have to watch it online somewhere I guess! Don’t tell me what happened!
Sketchie caught up on his beauty sleep by the ‘fire’…
Speaking of beauty sleep, the past two nights I have slept like a baby cat. I sprung out of bed this morning at 6am, rearing to go! I think my body is slowly starting to get the hang of this Early Rising Challenge. I absolutely love early mornings. I am the only one up and it is so peaceful. I also feel like I am most productive in the mornings. There is something to be said about a long morning ripe with opportunity!
However, I will admit there was something that helped spring me out of bed this morning…
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15 min
20 min
35 min
12 muffins
Ingredients
- Dry
- 2 cups whole grain spelt flour
- 1.5 t baking soda
- 2 t aluminum-free baking powder
- 1/4 t fine grain sea salt
- 1/2 cup sucanat (or regular sugar would work)
- Wet
- 1/3 cup-1/2 cup (approx) leftover juicer pulp (made up of kiwi, cantaloupe, grapefruit, carrots) OR chopped fresh fruit of your choice
- 1/3 cup applesauce (I used sweetened)
- Flax egg: 1 T ground flax + 3 T warm water (replaces 1 egg)
- 1 t pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup non-dairy milk (I used unsweetened almond milk)
- 1 t lime juice
- Filling
- 1/2-3/4 cup sweetened yogurt (approx < 1 T per muffin)
- Garnish
- Lime zest
- 1 small banana, sliced (approx 2 slices per muffin)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Grease muffin tin.
- Whisk ground flax and water in a small/medium bowl and let it set for a few minutes.
- In a large bowl, mix the dry ingredients together.
- Take the smaller bowl with the flax in it and whisk again.
- Now add the rest of the wet ingredients to the flax mixture.
- Make sure to pick out large pulp pieces before putting it in. Whisk well.
- Now add the wet mixture to the dry and stir until just incorporated.
- Spoon 1 heaping tablespoon of batter into the muffin tin.
- Now add approx 1 Tablespoon of the yogurt on top and follow it with another tablespoon of batter on top.
- Repeat for the remaining 11 muffins.
- Garnish with lime zest and banana slices.
- Bake for 18 – 20 minutes.
I adapted these from my Lime and Cantaloupe Margarita muffins.
Oh, these are good. So so so moist.
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You can see the yogurt flowing like a river throughout the muffin!
I love the lime zest. So tropical and so fun.
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A great way to include some fruit and veggies in your morning muffin!
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These are definitely something to get up early for! I had one muffin with a Green Monster.
What is your favourite muffin flavour?
I LOVE all kinds, but especially Banana-nut-blueberry, Classic BRAN, and carrot spice.
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Updates:
- Check out the great discussion going on in my ‘5 Ways I beat The Obsession’ Post.
And because this always makes me giggle when I say it… ;)
GIT ‘ER DONE!!!!!!!!!
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The discovery of a new dish does more for the happiness of mankind than the discovery of a star.
~Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
i didn’t get to watch the golden globes last night, but i always read the updates the next day! you’re right, that dress is stunning!
love the muffin recipe :)
LMAO…happier than a pig in shit?! That’s how my Chihuahua gets with his heating pad.
I MUST try these once I have a juicer (and therefore, leftover pulp to use).
My favorite dresses were definitely Penelope Cruz and Emily Blunt!
I definitely loved Halle Berry. Another fun dress was Ginnifer Goodwin. Oh and i liked the purple on Sandra Bullock. I did not like Heidi Klums total package. Her hair was a mess!!
Those muffins look awesome!!
Love the happy cat photo!! That’s how my dogs look in front of the fireplace on a cold winter’s night:)
Now this is one of the times when it’s not so great being in Europe… the award shows are on in the-middle-of-the-night!!!
Sketchie looks gorgeous next to the heater. I tend to assume the same position when there is a heater/fire in the room ;-)
It’s great you fins a use for all that juice pulp. I feel leagues behind now… our blender doesn’t arrive until tomorrow. I am so excited to finally try a Green Monster!
Yumyumyumyum!
One question for the bakestress, though: what’s a good replacement for spelt flour in this recipe? There’s NO finding it here, sigh. (I have a feeling my next trip to North Am will have me hauling big amounts of dubious-looking white powders that will cause all sorts of trouble at immigration when I explain what it all is!)
You can use whole wheat pastry flour too (ive tried it and it works) and possibly whole wheat flour, although I have not tried whole wheat flour.
Thanks! I should be able to find that here. Let the baking begin….
I’m doing the getting up early thing too! I got up at 5:45, did yoga, dressed, ate, and now have a few minutes to relax before heading out. It feels great!
Definitely BRAN! Helps keep me regular!
Those muffins look absolutely incredible… I must must must try them!!! Could you use regular milk in place of the almond milk?
Olivia Wilde’s dress is so pretty! I didn’t watch it last night but I do love that dress. It fits her perfectly too.
P.S. Cute picture of Sketchie!
Yes you can use regular milk too!
I didn’t see the Golden Globes, but I am looking online at all the photos :)
You can write a cookbook just on how to use juice pulp. It’s awesome!
I get too bored to watch the entire awards show but I did check out the fabulous fashion choices at the red carpet. My favorites were Marion Cotillard and Drew Barrymore.
Oh yumm! Those look phenomenal! You’ve been on a breakfast roll as of late!! I loved the GG’s. I though Drew looked stunning, as did Emily Blunt. I have to say IMO there weren’t a tonnn of misses this year. Everyone looked pretty gorgeous!
Wow- those muffins look to die for! I especially like the river of greek yogurt running through them :) I didn’t catch the golden globes but I saw some pics- I’m a fan of the jewel tone in Sandra Bullock’s dress. So pretty!
What a great idea for leftover juice pulp!
Ahh I totally missed the golden globes! But I just looked over the red carpet pics and sadly I wasn’t too wowed by any dresses :( But I thought Marion Cotillard’s dress was very interesting!
banana blueberry are my favorite! Or maybe pumpkin :-)
I completely forgot about the Globes! Olivia Wilde does look stunning though.
And those muffins look fantastic as well!
I think my favorite muffins are anything with banana (or chocolate!)
I love award shows!! I can’t wait for the fashion recaps on E! (Although I miss the days when Joan Rivers ran the show)
The only dress that stands out in my mind was for WORST dressed, and that was Tina Fey!! I was so sad– I LOVE her! But that dress just was not doing it for me!