You guys. Sometimes internships are really important. And helpful for people who are entering the real world. But the place I’m not comfortable with having an intern is during my annual pap. Yep, that’s how I’m starting this blog post. A couple weeks ago, I had literally the most awkward pap of my life. Usually, they take like 5 minutes. With an intern there, it took almost 20 minutes. 20 minutes with 2 people gazing into my soul. No ok. She couldn’t even find the one thing she was looking for up there. They kept telling me to just relax. Um, ma’ams, you’re asking me to relax when you have 4 eyes searching for an object that seems foreign to you? You’re high. I’m requesting no intern next year. She will have to learn anatomy on another human.
Let’s catch up! About stuff other than my pap. Sorry I haven’t had a ton of new recipes for you recently! With my traveling schedule along with working on a new project for you guys, my creativity hasn’t been at an all time high. But don’t you worry, that will change before you know it and all my attention will be on you guys, you needy only child. Oh wait, that’s me. Coming up with new recipes is just hard sometimes. I feel like I’ve made everything possible within paleo’s boring perimeters, but then thankfully I pull something new out of my ass.
Other things that have been happening: I’ve started to look for a house to actually buy. Such a grown up thing to do. From 2006 to today, I’ve lived in 7 different apartments/homes, all renting. Nowadays, I live in one of the hip and up-and-coming neighborhoods. Up-and-coming means people who are shooting up and tripping balls are around the corner, but you still pay a lot for your apartment. It doesn’t make much sense, but I do have an exciting nightlife outside of my back door. Sadly, I’m not much into nightlife anymore. I’m in to sleeping. Sleeping is pretty much the greatest thing of all time. But people are partying until 2am then work traffic picks up at 6am, that gives a night silence of 4 hours. Which is usually interrupted by sirens for the people that were shooting up all night on the street corner. You get what I’m sayin’? I need suburbs. Not like the hills of Golden suburbs, because I grew up in a neighborhood like that, but suburbs that are still at least 10 minutes from downtown. It makes me feel less old that way. I’ll probably never drive downtown, but knowing that I could, makes me feel like I’m not being an old fart. I just can’t wait to walk Jackson around a neighborhood that I don’t constantly have to pull him away from someone’s vomit. It’s the little things.
Don’t you hate when you google something you don’t want other people to see, then it pops up on one of the ads of a website you’re looking at? The worst. Thank the lord I’m not googling STD’s. My pap intern would have been real freaked out. Too far?
Protein Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Yield: 16-18 1x
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup pumpkin puree
- 1/2 cup smooth almond butter
- 1/4 cupcoconut sugar
- 1 egg, whisked
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 scoop (35 grams) Vanilla Primal Fuel
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- pinch of salt
- ½ cup dark chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Add all ingredients in bowl and mix well until combined.
- Use a cookie scoop or tablespoon to scoop out batter and place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. The batter should make 16-18 cookies.
- Baking for 15-18 minutes until cooked through.
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Is there a substitute for the protein powder? I am not a fan….
I just made these and they are amazing! If you are interested I can suggest a great tasting Protein Powder that is Vegan and Gluten free. Dilemma ……take to share at book group or keep them to myself!
Had to make these tonight. Delish hot out of oven with the chocolate all melty. Can’t wait to try them frozen…thanks again for another yummo, not overly sweet, dessert!
I just made these, but I substituted sunflower butter for the almond butter because it causes really bad inflammation for me. I also used the chocolate Formulx powder because that’s all I had. They’re really tasty! I think 15 mins was a bit too long because they came out more cakey than gooey, which I like better. The sunflower butter also made them slightly meringue-like in the look of the cookies, more of a sheen and very smooth. Hope this helps!
I have to admit, when I first read this I thought to myself “why would Juli’s intern have been sitting through her pap?” Clearly, I need more coffee this morning.
YES! High five to living in the burbs. I’ve lived in an “up and coming” downtown neighborhood and it sucked…esp because I’ve got two dogs and walking them was a similar obstacle course to the one you describe. We moved to a close-in suburb and were happy as clams. We could even tell a difference in our dogs’ behaviors too. They were so much more calm!
Juli, ran out of pumpkin so I substituted in avocado and they came out great! Good luck with the House search, the Denver market is crazy right now.
I had an intern once during a gyno appt and he was extremely attractive, slightly awkward
Used a chocolate protein powder & omitted the chocolate chips. The consistency was not that of a cookie, so I improvised and made cupcakes. Delicious!
Sorry but my Swedish brain doesn’t understand the thing about your “pap”? What is a “pap”?!! Tried to google it and it said it was a slang for the word jerk. but I still couldn’t understand what you were writing… Need help haha!!! Those cookies looks real yummy though!
google papsmire
Juli, sorry to correct you, but that should be “pap smear” or “pap test.”
Emma, it might be called something different where you live. It’s a screening for cervical cancer that women are advised to do on a yearly basis.
I, too, would like to know if there is a suitable substitute for the protein powder. These cookies look really tasty.☺
My 8 yr old baked these last night. Substituted Almond Butter for Cashew Butter, and Organic Cane Sugar instead of Coconut Sugar. Couldn’t keep them long enough, had request from friends, neighbors and colleagues! Def will be making these again – SOON!