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Month: February 2011

Farewell February

February 28, 2011 by gracefulfitness 15 Comments

Highlights from the weekend

Vegan Very Green Lasagna

I won’t bother with the details except to say that the tofu filling prompted Tate to proclaim “WOW, what’s in here?” and proceed to eat two helpings

Pressed tofu processed with nutritional yeast, italian herbs, smoked paprika (the real highlight), lots of fresh garlic, soy sauce, and a few spoons of flour to soak up excess water.

A fresh batch of kimchi


Signs of Spring!

More signs of Spring!

As Tate moved a fence from the back of the yard to the front I started in on my container herb garden. (Yay for February goals!)

Other highlights

  • Dancing Friday night away!
  • A delicious dinner invite from neighbors last night (another goal accomplished!)
  • 70 degrees!
  • Walkin’ talks with girlfriends.
  • Setting out for a 3.3 mile run and running 5 because it felt so good.

What are your weekend highlights?

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More Muffin Mania

February 26, 2011 by gracefulfitness 9 Comments

My dancing dogs are barking!

The Carolina Chocolate Drops had me on my feet until 11:30 last night.

Have you heard these recent Grammy winners?  This string band puts on a great show with lots of audience interaction and shining charisma.  They play mostly old-time traditional southern string band tunes with a few modern hits thrown in.   One of the highlights of the show was Adam Matta and his beat-boxing wizardry.   Check out this mix of “Irish mouth music” and beat-box!

It was so much fun to see a big live show!  It’s been a long time, like since before we moved to Peru!

My legs might also be feeling my run yesterday, I set out for 5 miles but took a wrong turn and ended up completing 5.7!  I seem to have a habit of doing that…

FYI, yoga was delicious yesterday.  Upon returning from my run I flowed through 20 minutes of salutations with a few favorite poses thrown in at the end (Half Moon!).  The first few minutes were really distracted but after that I was able to drop into being present and enjoying what I was doing instead of being preoccupied with what else I could be doing (my main roadblock on the mat these days, when I actually get on the mat).

I promised you muffins this morning so muffins I will deliver.

Inside Out Carrot Cake Muffins

Prep

Preheat oven to 365* F

Butter and flour 6 cups of a muffin tin

Place 1 cup of plain yogurt (I used organic nonfat) to strain.

Soak 1/4 cup raisins in 1/4 cup of water for at least 15 minutes before you start in on the batter.

The Wet

  • soaked raisins and soaking water
  • 1.5 cups unsweetened applesauce
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup grated carrots

Process raisins and water in a food processor for 1 minute.  Add applesauce and process for another minute.  Add egg and process until completely mixed (~15 seconds).  Pour mixture into a bowl and add grated carrots.

The Dry

  • 1 cup whole wheat flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1.5 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp each ground cinnamon and ginger

Whisk all ingredients together in a bowl.

The Filling

  • 1 cup strained yogurt
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • stevia to taste

Mix all ingredients together in a bowl.

To Make

  • pour dry into wet and stir just enough to mix throughly
  • put a heaping spoonful of batter into the bottom of each muffin cup
  • with a wet spoon, make an indent in each batter pile

  • fill indents with a spoonful of yogurt filling
  • top with another big dollop of batter (it may be helpful to use clean hands here the scrap the batter off the spoon and cover the filling)

Place in pre-heated oven and bake for 22 minutes.  Once out of the oven leave in tin for 5 minutes or so to cool before removing onto a cooling rack.

Filled with frosting-like goodness!

(Note: this was my second batch, where I used a flax egg instead of a real egg.  The egg produced better results so I went back to it for the post but I forgot to take a picture of the cross section.  These ones fell and were a little dense :(. )

These muffins are free of refined sugar and loaded with vitamins A and C and fiber.  They are about 175 calories a piece and are great with coffee (what isn’t?).

Have a delightful weekend!

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I am Faith Levine, a movement instructor, home gardener, mountain biker, hiker, pickle maker, closet poet, and best of friend to some of the most amazing women in the world.

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