Do Wop Du Bop

I feel like dancing!  Ok, I really wish I did, so I thought maybe if I said it, I would actually do it…We’ll see!

Yesterday was a bit off, but I got in a SWEET STRENGTH TRAINING REGIME before I went off with my mom to a Japanese Craft Fair in town.  I have collected lots of the SELF Pull Out Exercise Cards over the years and pulled them out for some exercise Sunday morning. 

You can check out all the moves that I did in the album, and you can see how many I did by the numbers in ball point pen written on the card.  Overall the 31 cards took me about an hour and 15 minutes and I sure was a sweaty mess afterwards!!!

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Oh, but I wanted to show you all the best way to de-seed a squash…and probably anything else like pumpkins and such: ICE CREAM SCOOPER!!!  OMG it made my life that much easier than using a spoon…What’s your secret to de-seeding vegetables?

I also wanted to give you a review on this bar that I got at the Health Expo before my 1/2 Marathon the other weekend!  If only I had had some greek yogurt to crumble it on top of…alas, the bar was quite good!  It was very very similar to the Pumpkin Crunch Bars by Kashi, and really, I don’t know there was much of a difference!  Actually, I think this one tasted less sweet, which is what I like, so three cheers for Cascadian Farms!!!

 

Blah blah blah about my night and rest of yesterday, lets look at today’s funness so far, shall we?

I decided last night that I wanted Kath’s Oatmeal Pancakes, after seeing Miss Jenny consume their graciousness on her blog…nom nom.  I ended up using:

• 1/3C Old Fashioned Oats
• 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
• 1 egg white
• Dash of Vanilla Extract
• Dash of Unsweetened Almond Breeze
• Cinnamon

I made two pancakes out of the mix and spread 1 Tablespoon of Natural PB between the two, and topped it off with a heated and diced apple in cinnamon. 

 

Food-gasm.

And we had a can of pumpkin puree that needed to be used, so I went to work.  And what else than the great pumpkin recipes on Tina’s Blog?  I made her Pumpkin Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Muffins, but in cookie form, and it works!  But instead, I used 1/4C agave instead of the sugar, and raisins and some walnut instead of the chocolate and peanut butter chips. 

And of course I couldn’t resist not making her Chocolate Pumpkin Loaf, but in muffin form:

I did made a few substitutes though: 1/4C agave nectar instead of either the sugars, 1/2C bittersweet chocolate chips.  Yum!

Now my head hurts and I need to eat lunch!