Weekend Recap Yesterday I got to see my awesome friend Angi at her baby shower. I met her when I first moved out to San Diego, and she became my partner in crime when our Marines were deployed together. Last year her and her hubby moved to Arizona and I miss her horribly! It was great seeing her and getting to catch up a bit (and inappropriately touch her baby bump more than once!). Did you know that it's National Park Week? Harley and I went for a long hike this afternoon at our nearby regional park. Usually it's pretty busy there on a Sunday, but today, there was barely anyone around. Kind of nice, slightly creepy. My legs are still sore from my workout last Friday, and they were feeling seriously fatigued a bit into our hike. But we made it to the top! The puppy seemed ... [Read More]
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Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins + An Easy Pasta Dish
Happy Friday! I'll get right down to the good eats of my day, because quite frankly, they rocked. The muffins I made this morning are tasty - so tasty that I planned one eating one and somehow wound up inhaling two! I love banana + chocolate chips. Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins Makes a dozen muffins Ingredient List: 1 1/2 cups of whole wheat flour 2 bananas, mashed 1/2 cup brown sugar 2 TBSP vegetable oil 1/2 cup almond milk, plus extra as needed 1 TSP vanilla extract 1/2 cup chocolate chips 1 tsp cinnamon 1/4 tsp salt 1 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda Preheat oven to 375. Line muffin tin with muffin cups. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and brown sugar. In another bowl, ... [Read More]
Mmm Mmm Muffins: Banana Cinnamon Muffins from Skinny Bitch
After having various puppy toys nudged onto my lap for most of the day in an effort to get me to play, I took a break from working this afternoon to take Harley to run around at a nearby park. By the end of our playtime she was a very happy girl: Check out the dirt on her tongue. Yum. This morning I whipped up a batch of banana cinnamon muffins from my Skinny Bitch cookbook. I've made these a few times before and they are delish! I've tried out a lot of recipes from this book and have enjoyed the vast majority of them. I like the author's no-nonsense approach to clean eating. Her recipes are all vegan, but I tend to add some dairy into the mix, as I did with these muffins today. The only problem I've noticed with the cookbook is that sometimes the nutrition stats and/or serving sizes ... [Read More]