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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Bleh. You and me both, I ate so much carby, sugary junk this weekend. And I still want more. I’m thinking that time of month is going to make me its biatch in a few days.
The flip side is when people who don’t post all of their divorce drama via social media and then get awkward encounters from social acquaintances asking deeply personal questions about said divorce. Happened to my honey the other day. He’s been divorced for two years and some people are still just figuring it out.
Did we have the same weekend?? Seriously, down to the divorce posts on Facebook.
Except I learned the lesson long ago on not watching movies that don’t have happily ever after endings that give me a skewed opinion on how relationships (or life in general) are suppose to happen – I just watch Halmark channel so there is no chance of an unhappy ending sneaking in……
Easy and yummy.
I did the Bring Sally Up WOD today- WTF. I was annoyed my coach was having us do it because I thought it sounded easy. HA- jokes on me and in my face. Jello legs today… I bet the press was cray.
Watched Great Gatsby with my husband over the weekend. And didn’t like it at all. I never read the book though cause in my HS you could count advanced theater as english your senior year.
And I always use the extra bloating as an excuse to eat extra junk food. Like, my stomach is going to be bulging anyway, it might as well be bulging with chocolate.
Wheeeee! I already happen to have all of this stuff on hand! Making as SOON as I have time!
I just made your regular chocolate chip muffin recipe last week and my BF loved it, so this will undoubtedly be even better.
Possibly making tonigh if I can get home early enought! YUMYUMYUM YAYYYY!
So excited to try these! Pumpkin is the best and so is Fall!
Question….Although this recipe doesn’t call for it (YaY!) I am allergic to nuts. What does anyone suggest I use to replace almond flour in these recipes? Thanks for yuor help!
You can use ground up pumpkin seeds (the inners of the seeds not the shell) you can find them at Trader Joe’s in bags. They do have kind of a unique taste, but not a bad one, I use them for muffins because my son can’t have nut foods in his class, he has a classmate with an allergy.
What coconut flour do you use? I can’t find one that doesn’t taste like coconut—-Does such a thing exist? I don’t want my pumpkin choco-muffin delights to have tropical undertones. HELP!
i don’t think that really exists 🙁 i’m sorry!
This looks great!!! Can’t wait to make them!! BTW….your pics are looking great!
You do know we have to give you some grief for complaining about not being prepared for the ending of a book considered a classic, that came out 88 years ago and has spawned multiple movie versions, right? 😉
Also I REALLY want to try Bring Sally Up! Have you seen the Roxanne/Burpee warm-up that looks fun, too.