Sweet Teeth

I’ve been eating a lot of sweet and not a lot of savory this weekend.  I don’t have just 1 sweet tooth…I’ve got many sweet teeth Teehee

Yesterday was a weird day for me. Not sure what was going on but I was just feeling blah. It was probably a combination of the clouds, the hormones and feeling lonely that hit me all at once. I only documented some eats but I did do a lot of baking so I’ll show you that. Oh and I finished watching Gossip Girl season 2, finally!  T’was a very productive day…

Saturday

My muscles felt tired so I decided to take the day off from the gym. I started with a monstrous pomegranate!

I could eat pomegranate day and night. I love the burst when you bite into the seeds!!

With some yogurt…

I was craving something sweet so I had a piece of whole wheat bread with raw chocolate coconut spread, almond butter, pecans, and unsweetened coconut. Folded up!

Let the baking begin!

I found a recipe for Pumpkin Carrot Muffins on Sparkpeople that I modified:

Pumpkin Carrot Muffins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup pumpkin
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 cup grated carrots
• 3/4 cup of whole wheat flour
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder

Directions

1. Beat together wet ingredients (pumpkin, brown sugar, oil, egg, and carrots)

2. Mix dry ingredients (flour, salt, spices, soda, and powder)

3. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients.

4. Fill 6-lined muffin tins.

5. Bake at 350 degrees for 18-20 min. Makes 6 muffins.

These muffins turned out quite fluffy! They were not as dense as typical muffins from a store–more cup cakey.

I also baked some Aprican Almond Butter Bars. I used the same recipe as the bites except I added 2 small scoops of chia seeds and I pressed them into a square pan to make bars instead instead of bites.

I wanted to make some bars so a) I wouldn’t have to spend money buying bars at the store and b) I could take them along with me on the days that I am busy busy.

I did, however, use the leftovers to make more bites ha!

Sunday

I woke up and went to the gym immediately. I needed to shake off the weird, crappy day I had–just get it out of my system and get my energy going. I ran 3 miles and ellipticalled for 30 min. I didn’t feel like 100 bucks but it still did the trick.

I was frozen when I came home so I made some warm oat bran w/ banana, pumpkin butter, almond butter, pecans, and flaxseed.

I also crumbled a Pumpkin Carrot Muffin on top!

Hello carrot pieces!

I then had 2 of these babies.

Yes, I’m still workin’ on this bag o’ pepz!! (repeat photo)

After two long meetings, I grabbed dinner at the dining hall before hitting up the libs.

• Eggplant
• Sweet potato
• Kidney Beans
• Tofu (w/ cinnamon??)
• Pita w/ hummus
• Lettuce
• Red Peppers
• Grape Tomatoes
• Red Onions
• Dried Cranberries
• Sunflower Seeds
• Cucumber

Dessert

Okay, I’m being productive (uh huuhhh) at the library tonight. After I publish this blog post, of course! Have a great night everyone!!

Quirky Qs

1) Did you do anything fun this weekend? Nope!  Other than a lot of baking, which I guess would be fun for me if I didn’t have work looming over my shoulders.  Next weekend, however, will be full of jam-packed fun with the rents.

2) In which city have you had the best culinary experience? Not sure, probably Las Vegas with all the amazing buffets  The places I visited in Europe could have been great but I didn’t have the money to afford the amazing food…sad.

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