Well good morning sunshine! So nice to see you.
There is construction in my neighborhood and my car alarm keeps chirping as the trucks roll by. Now that’s one badass alarm system. Or annoying one, depends how you look at it.
I did exactly what I wanted to do this weekend. I drank. I ate good food. I worked out. And I slept. Pretty damn good weekend. I intended to drink vodka sodas and bloody marys, eat some delicious food, and I absolutely did both of those things. A bit too much of both. The drinking only occurred one of the nights…and day. But people think it’s weird when you order a bloody mary at night, I would know. So I choked back some vodka shots with Laura and before I knew it, I was ready to go home. Shots really catch up to me in my old age of 24. It’s weird. In college, I would take millions of shots before I left for the bars, then just dance on the bar the entire night. But now that I’m an adult and have to have adult conversations while standing on two feet, I can actually feel the alcohol making me sway in all directions. When you’re dancing to Beyonce, it’s pretty easy to not understand how drunk you are. But when you’re in a bar that has quiet music, calm humans, it’s pretty easy to figure out you’re too drunk. Long story short, it was an early night. Reason #12: why I suck as a girlfriend. I’m working on it.
Funny how different last year was compared to this year. Last year around this time, the CrossFit Open was starting and I was freaking out. I was doing a balls ton of workouts, heavy workouts, and crying regularly as I attempted to get better at muscle ups. Funny how things change….
Ugh. I’m signed up for the CrossFit Open. I don’t want to be, I really don’t. But I want to support CrossFit Broadway and get points for the team. But I DO NOT want yet another thing telling me how much I suck at CrossFit nowadays. I already know. I see it daily on the board, I feel it daily in my workouts, and I can tell with the looks I get. Thankfully, I’ve finally gotten past feeling like I’m letting people down. I’m finally at a happy place again. I’m not constantly stressing out about what I can’t eat or drink, or stressing about getting multiple workouts in, or stressing about getting stronger. Now I have the time to think about other stuff. Like an outfit I want to wear. Or the next recipe I want to try to create for my second cookbook.
Was anyone else as confused as I was while watching ‘Tron’? I literally didn’t know what was happening the entire time. So.Many.Neon.Lines.
Pumpkin Espresso French Toast Rounds
- Yield: 3-4 1x
Ingredients
- 1 banana, peeled
- ⅓ cup pumpkin puree
- ½ cup sunflower seed butter (or other nut butter)
- ¼ cup coconut oil, melted
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 eggs
- 3 tablespoons coconut flour
- 2 teaspoons instant coffee (I used coffee grounds)
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- pinch of salt
For the french toast
- 1 egg
- ½ cup canned coconut milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- pinch of cinnamon
- couple tablespoons coconut oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Place banana, pumpkin puree, sunflower seed butter, coconut oil, honey, vanilla extract, and eggs in a food processor or blender and puree until smooth.
- Then add the coconut flour, instant coffee, cinnamon, baking soda and powder, and pinch of salt. Puree once more until completely combine.
- Scoop or pour ingredients evenly into 6-8 lined muffin tins* (I used silicone liners, but you could also use paper liners).
- Place in oven to cook for 20-23 minutes or until completely cooked through.
- Once muffins are done cooking, either eat them as muffins OR let them cool to use as french toast rounds.
- When muffins have cooled, cut each muffin in half, widthwise.
- Mix together french toast ingredients.
- Heat up a large skillet over medium-high heat, add a bit of coconut oil to the pan and then drench each french toast round in the french toast ingredients on both sides.
- Then place directly into the hot pan and cook on both sides for 2-3 minutes.
- Once french toast rounds have cooked on both sides, top with sliced bananas and delicious maple syrup. OMG.
Notes
I used muffins tins because they are smaller and cook through a little better than a bread pan, BUT you could also use a bread pan as well. Cooking times may be changed because of that.
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Yum! This looks delish. I also get weird looks for ordering bloody marys in the evening. Doesn’t stop me!
Well these look incredible. I do a weekly cheat meal too! Sometimes I get crazy and do something 100% NOT paleo, but I find I do better when I make paleo treats or more paleo-friendly things for cheat meals. One of our favorite cheat meals of all time is your banana bread french toast… This recipe might give that a run for it’s money!
I think it’s funny how you say you “suck at Crossfit now”. I know you’re not where you used to be, but it’s all relative. I can’t even do a kipping pull up (try as I might!) So it’s easy for me to get into the “I suck at Crossfit” mentality, as I watch every other girl in my gym whip out pull ups. But I’m working really hard on thinking “I’m doing the best I can and what’s best for me right now”. You’re doing what’s best for you right now. I think you should be damn proud of yourself. That takes a lot of courage.
i like you susie. you’re positive. i need to hang out with you!!
Sometimes annoyingly positive… But I’m in CO! I vote we institute a Denver-area positive/eating/relativelysuckingatcrossfit day.
Susie,
This sounds like a fantastic idea! I’m up for it. 🙂
I think you should do another 21dsd because I am in the middle of one right now and you’re killin’ me, Smalls!!
I am all over this. Pinning this RIGHT now
FEED ME!
This sounds amazing! And Susie is so right about it all being relative. At this point last year I was finally getting my kipping pull up and I figured I would be doing a muscle up in no time. Unfortunately shit don’t work that way (might be my addiction to starbucks thats helping limit that) so I’ve learned to be happy w/ what I do kick ass at and not worry about what my ass gets kicked at. And no matter what, remember that we all rock!
Good for you for doing what makes you happy!!!! That should be your #1 priority and don’t let anyone else tell you differently! Making this for breakfast tomorrow, I have pumpkin puree just waiting in my fridge to be used up. Love your recipe’s and can’t wait for your cook book.
Thank you for all your hard work in the kitchen! I love your recipes and beyond excited to finally get my hands on your cookbook, can’t wait for it to come in the mail: ) And thank you for this post! We are totally on the same page and hearing someone like you speak the words I just though is a great reminder that life is to short to stress over something so small in our lives. Anyway a big thank you for all you do girlfriend! Keep it up and congrats on your relationship!
I suck at crossfit and I’m dreading the open too! I find myself getting so caught up in this stuff it’s taken over my brain like some crazy obsession! Takes the fun right out of it! I’m so happy you posted that with the yummy food, you are awesome! Just enjoy the open and go to your happy place, I bet you will rock no matter what place your in, your own personal rock star self! good luck
What silicone liners do you use? When you say I used coffee grounds does that mean like regular coffee you use to make a cup of coffee?
You’re great! Love your blog. Thanks for helping me enjoy paleo