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Daily Mood Alert and Food/Fitness: Mon, May 14
Mood: Annoyed. The dogs are bored cause it has been raining all day. So I am cooking and then we are going out to see The Avengers.
Food: Breakfast was coffee and a protein bar. Lunch was egg beaters and an english muffin. Then there were carrots, an apple and some strawberries. And I am going to do my best with this for dinner: Cajun Chicken Pasta Recipe – Allrecipes.com. And now there will be POPCORN!!!!!
Fitness: This morning was the first day of a Faster 5k program that runs 5 weeks. So it was speedwork. 6×400 @ faster than race pace. I got through it! Worked hard on the treadmill. It felt good to push like that.
Food Friday: Apple Cake
I found this recipe through TasteSpotting. I dare you not to spend HOURS looking at food on TasteSpotting.
It came together easy enough thanks to my apple corer/peeler/slicer. How did I wait so long before buying one of these? I feel a product review coming.
The batter is thick and dark and smells like cinnamon. I left out the nuts and dates ONLY because I didn’t have any in the house. I don’t think it will ruin the recipe at all.
The smell throughout the house was amazing. It didn’t slice very well due to my impatience and it still being warm. It is delicious. Enjoy!
Food Friday: Crack Bark (Salted Chocolate Pretzel Toffee)
I found this recipe at Ezra Pound Cake and you can find it here. How can you not want to try something that combines pretzels, chocolate, salt and toffee. And it looked (and read) so incredibly easy. The only ingredient I was missing was pretzels and it actually took me a few days to get around to the store and get some.
You start by melting butter and brown sugar together. Easy. Then you pour that over crumbled pretzels in the bottom of a jelly roll pan.
Bake for 5 minutes. Not complicated. Then sprinkle on chocolate chips and let them melt for a few minutes.
Spread the chocolate around and sprinkle on some sea salt. Anyone lost yet? Throw it in the fridge to cool. And break it into pieces.
I have been storing this in the fridge and it is unbelievably, ridiculously good. I can hardly believe there is any left. It is a testament to my will power.
Food Friday: Apple Pie Muffins
I saw this recipe on My Baking Addiction here and knew I had to try it. I LOVE anything apple (except juice) and put PIE somewhere in the name and I am sold.
The only ingredient I was missing was buttermilk, so off to the store I went.
The rest of the recipe was very easy to put together. Three separate bowls, flour mix, butter and brown sugar mix, and topping, all came together at the end and into the oven.
25 minutes later there was a little piece of heaven coming out of the oven and onto a plate! Thank god I saved some calories for the day.