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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Is it really weird you basically just described my weekend in which I did the EXACT same thing?!? Get drunk>crave carbs>watch the Great Gatsby…… woahhhhhhh
I love your blog! We did “bring Sally up” yesterday for the first time. Anywho..My batter was very runny. Is that normal?
it shouldn’t be very runny…
You have to let any batter using coconut flour sit for 5 minutes before baking, so the flour can suck up some moisture.
And – separate thought, saving comments – you can get canned pumpkin on Amazon, but it’s not cheap over here! It’s like canned salmon; never know how good I had it before moving here.
Just made these muffins. Thinkin I’m a genius they’re so good. Since it’s your recipe Juli, you’re obviously the genius. Thanks for letting it rub off. 🙂
This is BS. If they really are Aunty Flow’s muffins I believe they are required to contain craisins…
holy crap balls i just made these and they are AMAZING!
i am tempted to have another but those potatoes are roasting in the oven and this red wine needs to be consumed.
oh life, you challenge me so.
I read that Japenese women have never heard of the concept of PMSing eat a totally normal diet during their period and have a lot fewer symptoms than western cultures, perhaps supporting your idea that the bloat is more a diet change problem. But who knows, chicken or the egg?
Just made these and they turned out amazing! I doubled the recipe and made 6 jumbo muffins 🙂 I also used 1/2 agave nectar since I didn’t have enough maple syrup. They are nice and sweet like a dessert, but I think I’ll cut some of the maple syrup or chocolate chips next time to make them more breakfast-y. Thanks for the recipe!!
Renee, Thank you! for saying doubling it made 6 jumbo muffins cause thats exactly what i was needing it for! and hey are for breakfast! awesome
I’m stoked that all the pumpkin madness is coming out now, I live in New Zealand but even though it’s spring I’m getting pumpkins in my veggie boxes. Great timing for all the US recipes! Definitely gonna try this, plus I saw one for a pumpkin chia pudding (YUM). Still kinda wish we could get pumpkin in cans here…roasting and peeling is a bit labor-intensive
I made these last night and they are so good! I didn’t have cloves, so I subbed allspice instead and it worked well.
These are so incredible and so EASY! (Which is great for me because I’m a dork in the kitchen.) Even my non-paleo friends raved about them. I used pumpkin pie spice and a dash of cloves. Perfection!