Monthly Archives: March 2011

Eats

Weekend eats

Peach muffins

I know I have a bit of a muffin problem lately but here’s the deal, A. I am trying to clear the freezer of all the peaches, apples, and plums I put up last summer and B. I’ve gotten used to having muffins available for a quick breakfast or snack.  I usually make a batch of 6 or 7 and freeze half right away.

These aren’t really worthy of recipe sharing but here are a few recent muffins that are worthy.

PBfull Banana Bran Muffins

Inside Out Carrot Cake Muffins

Sprouts!

I have been intending to get back to sprouting for weeks, if not months, and I finally remembered to hit up Rebecca’s Natural Food for some sprouting lids.

Garbanzo sprouts on top of overwintered spinach and arugula.  These greens didn’t grow much over the winter but they sure are sweet!

Mung Bean Sprouts.

Rosemary-Almond Crackers.

These  decadent, melt-in-your-mouth crackers were inspired by a recipe for Rosemary Almond Meal Biscuits from the GORGEOUS blog Green Kitchen Stories.  The recipe is actually a guest post from another inspiring and visually stunning blog, Roost.  Both of these blogs are new to me but quickly growing into my favorites.

I subbed the grape seed oil for 3 parts coconut oil, 1 part butter and omitted the eggs.  They were served with pureed peaches (from the freezer 😉 ) and were a huge hit at the birthday party I took them to on Saturday.

What was the best thing you ate over the weekend?

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Jog+Commute=Jomute?

How do you fit exercise into a busy day?

Plan and prioritize!

Last night Tate and I talked about making exercise a priority today, despite seeing patients at the clinic from 7:45am-6:15pm, and so we set forth making plans to move.

First order of attack, we walked the morning commute, coffee in hand.  1.6 miles and fresh air? Check.

Tate even did a little resistance training on the way by carrying a backpack full of our running shoes and clothes.  Phase Two of our plan involves a 3.5 mile jog home on our lunch break.

After a quick shower and lunch we’ll bike back to work, Phase Three A.

Biking between home and the clinic actually takes the same amount of time as driving so it’s really a no brainer.  Plus I LOVE the feeling of biking, it’s like flying when you cruise down one of Cville famous hills.

I am most looking forward to Phase Three B, which involves an after-work bike ride to have drinks with some girl-friends.  It’s supposed to hit upper 70’s here today and I know a little social hour on the porch will start my weekend off just right.

On the topic of starting the weekend off right, I have gotten some requests from local readers to add a weekend Core Four class.

Starting next Saturday, March 26th, I will offer a 9 am Core Four class at Gracefulfitness Training.

The goal of this class is to give participants a full body workout that includes the four core elements of fitness; strength, cardio, flexibility, and coordination. Elements of high intensity interval training are mixed with yoga and Pilates to create a maximum efficiency workout that you will feel in all of your muscles, including your heart!  Start your weekend off on the fit foot!

How do you fit exercise into a busy day?

Even if you don’t have time to run at lunch or can’t walk to work, remember that every little bit counts!  There are always work jacks

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