I’m really into eating today. How does that time of the month change a woman’s eating habits? It really makes no sense. I think it’s the placebo effect. We just think that we want more food during that time of the month because that’s what we have been told all of our lives. Period = chocolate. Chocolate = bloating. Bloating = Omg, periods are the worst. When really, it’s just the 18 pounds of M&M’s we consumed that are actually the worst. Maybe I’m making all of this up. I don’t think that can really be considered a placebo effect. Damnit. Are you as lost as I am? Moving on.
I just put brownies in the oven. What a beautiful day.
So this weekend was pretty damn uneventful. I did get a bit too drunk one night and found myself awake at 6:15am with a stomach ache that could kill a small child. Thankfully, I had some leftover pumpkin cream donuts in the fridge along with leftover sweet potatoes. So this is what I did. I put 2 strips of bacon in a pan, then added the sweet potatoes, then eggs on top and fried the eggs. All while eating the stuffed donuts. Alcohol makes you crave carbs. I don’t know if that’s a fact, but I’m going to say it is since it’s sugar. Sugar makes you crave more sugar. Which I craved all weekend. Alcohol AND that time of the month, oh hells no. Kill me now. It’s like the atomic bomb of sweet cravings in one weekend. That was a poor analogy. Back to the point. After stuffing my face with food and watching Spongebob Squarepants while shivering in our 60 degree house, I went back to bed until 9am. Then you know what I did? I went to the gym. And had a pretty great workout. All it did was offset all the food I ate, but whatevs. Have you ever done the ‘Bring Sally Up‘ workout thingy? I can’t squat nowadays, so I did it with a press. It was delightfully miserable.
I’m not really sure how many movies I watched this weekend, but too many. I have no idea how people spend their weekends inside, on the couch. My back actually hurts from sitting too much. But there are movies out there to be seen, and sometimes you just have waste your money and body to be hip with the times. I finally watched the entire movie The Great Gatsby. I don’t know if I ever actually read that book in high school. Guessing no because I used to only read the clif notes to everything when I was in high school. I was a rebel. And hated following the rules. And listening. And doing what I was told. Anywho, I wasn’t impressed with the movie. It was a bit of a downer. I understand movies not having super happy endings, but I’d like to be warned ahead of time. I like paying for movies that are going to give me an ending worth watching. That make me think all relationships turn out perfect. And give me a skewed perception of happiness. Now that’s my kind of movie.
Does it make anyone else uncomfortable when people talk about their divorce via Facebook status? Hand raised over here.
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins
- Yield: 5 1x
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup pumpkin puree
- 1/3 cup maple syrup
- 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
- 3 eggs, whisked
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup coconut flour
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/8 teaspoon powdered ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 1/2 cup Enjoy Life Mini Chocolate Chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix together wet ingredients in a bowl: pumpkin puree, maple syrup, coconut oil, eggs, and vanilla extract.
- In another bowl, whisk together coconut flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, ground cloves, powdered ginger, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- Pour dry ingredients into wet ingredients and mix well.
- Fold in chocolate chips.
- Use an ice cream scoop to scoop batter into silicone muffin liners.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes
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So I made these today and they were very good, except mine did not rise as much as yours seem to have in your picture. They were also super oily for my taste. I figured maybe adding more flour? Any advise? Otherwise definitely will make them again!
I would add a bit more flour next time, that should help with the rising and oil
I noticed a lot of people asked for the calorie info on these. I always work out the calories in all of my paleo baking so I don’t go overboard eating them (I tend to go overboard anyway…). I don’t do all the nutrition info, figuring out the calories takes long enough! Anyway, if you make 6 it works out to a little under 288 calories per muffin. The entire recipe is 1727 calories, so if you make more or less than I did you can do your own math based on that. Hope that helps!
I tripled the recipe for these and was able to make a 12 regular size muffins and 12 mini muffins. These are the bomb, and I fooled my gluten eating friends with them. Hehe.
Forgot to leave a rating 🙂
These are so much more coconutty than pumpkiny. I’m nine months pregnant and I wanted pumpkin. Wah. Don’t get me wrong; they taste good. But they’re so much like the chocolate chip banana bread recipe. And I think the cooking time could be reduced by a good ten minutes.
These were amazing!!! thank you so much for the recipe 🙂
These are yummo! Thought the mix needed a bit more dry ingredients..might put in some coconut or something next time
4 stars
I have only been eating Paleo for the past 6 weeks and this is definitely one of my favourite recipes so far!
I live in Britain and was sent orange chocolate buttons in my shop in error (Asda for anyone struggling to find wheat, gluten & dairy free choc) but they actually added a lovely flavour! WIll add slightly more flour next time as my mixture was slightly runny but thank you for an amazing treat!
These muffins were phenominal! Even my fiance who is skeptical on grain-free baked goods couldn’t get enough of them! Thank you for the wonderful recipe. Can’t wait to bring these to our Halloween potluck at work. 🙂
I made these muffins last night and they were NOT a success for me! The recipe sounds amazing, but my batter was really liquid-y and they did not cook well at all!
I didn’t have any coconut flour, so I ended up using regular flour (I know, I know, bad non-Paleo flour!) but I didn’t think it would make that much of a difference.
I’m determined to make them though, I will try again! WITH coconut flour!
Coconut flour cannot be substituted with other flours equally… Coconut four absorbs A LOT of liquid. You would probably needs 3x the flour and half the eggs in order to use all-purpose flour.