1000 Seed Banana Date Muffins
Random thoughts going through my head:
Do you think that someone actually counted out a thousand seeds in this recipe? At what point did they get interrupted by a 3 year old and lose count? My guess is 33. Do you think it's a thousand seeds per muffin or per batch? If I walked over to the mirror right now, how many seeds would be stuck in my front teeth? Who would be the first person to tell me about that poppy seed stuck near my canine? Why is the term muffin top so good yet so frightening? Why can I not resist a bread product covered in seeds?
Do you think there's a thousand specks of glitter in my nail polish? I put on three coats...
Pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, poppy seeds and sesame seeds make up that seeded muffin top. I told you they were seedy! They're super healthy (almost NO oil!) and packed with a fun ingredients including yogurt, bananas, whole wheat flour, ground flaxseed, whipped eggs whites and pureed dates! If you're planning on eating one before you leave the house, check your grill in the mirror! It's totally seed central.
SHUTTERBEAN + MINTED GIVEAWAY!
Reminder Alert: Valentine's Day is just around the corner.
This year I decided to doing something a little different; I'm making personalized journals from Minted!
When I was at Alt last week, I spied these cute/custom journals at the Minted booth. Top-notch paper & print quality, customization options, with a fantastic assortment of designs? COUNT ME IN!
A few days ago, I made six personalized journals yesterday for a few of my friends & family. Each journal contains 40 pages of lined/unlined paper. I made the executive decision and chose lined paper for each journal and I customized each one of them with a few personal touches. Here's what my journals will look like:
This is a journal for my Valentine. That's me & Casey. Although I think I'll be the one using this notebook ;)
Since that journal might be a little too girly for Casey, I made him a custom wine journal!
He's always stealing my notebooks & ripping papers out. Now he has a special custom journal with a few pictures I took of wine on the outside. On the inside I put a picture of me drinking red wine.
I also included a cute little quote from Dean Martin- "You haven't drunk too much wine if you can still lie on the floor without holding on."
Hilarious.
Here's one for Cooper! I bet he'll love the fact that his picture is on this inside.
We can draw in it together. I'm pretty excited about that.
Here's one for Joy. It's special, just like her. Maybe she'll scribble ingredients for a super special recipe in it?
Maybe she'll draw pictures of leg candy in it? Who knows!
My friend Christine deserves one! She's redesigning my website, after all!
Plus she just put up with my messy hotel habits at ALT. This print reminded me a little of her blog background.
I know she'll love the paper quality and the fact that her name is on it!
And of course I made a notebook for MY MOM. She loves reading & she loves making lists of books she's read.
Hopefully she'll like this little book journal! How could she not? I put a pic of Cooper in it!
I added a quote from Carlos Ruiz Zafón "Books are mirrors: you can only see in them what you already have inside you."
Here's the deal! I'm picking SIX different winners for this giveaway.
You each get to make your own custom journal!
To enter, please leave a comment below.
You can enter TWICE by going to the Shutterbean Facebook page and liking/following me!
(Just leave another comment telling me that you did so)
GIVEAWAY ENDS WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 1, 2012.
Be sure to check out all the cool journal designs at Minted. They have a fantastic assortment of customizable Valentine's Day Cards too!
My Everyday Life: Week 4
Here's what this week looked like:
THOUSAND seed muffins coming at ya next week!
I love lists, Friday!
(that's me & my friend Jenny at the Alt Summit! Thank you Smilebooth! I'm kind of obsessed with you!)
- This is such a good idea! Confetti shooters!
- My friend Becky got me hooked on this website.
- 48 Things to Be Grateful for When you Need to Shift Your Focus
- Pantry Porn! Truly Madly Deeply.
- Bloody Mary. Number 1 item on my TO DO LIST.
- If only I had enough hair for a sock bun.
- This was one of the most valuable panels I attended at Alt Summit this year!
- Cooper needs one of these. I'm sure of it.
- Sh*t Liz Lemon Says (thank you Nicole!)
- You Should Read These Blogs!
- Beautiful photos, Beautiful soup!
- Chipper Things!! This blog is adorabuns!
- How to Give Compliments & How to Take Them!
- I have major love for pinterest.
- Proud to be letter S in this post! xoxo to Lisa!
- Thinking of going Sugar Free? Danielle is doing it. I wanna do it!
- This needs to be an audio book!
Episode #35 of the Joy the Baker Podcast is up! It's called My Legs are Not Candy. This week, we talk about The Bachelor (I totally watched it) Glee, Jamie Oliver, Lists & LISPS. We also share two musical play lists that get us motivated! Lotta giggles. Hope you enjoy!
MY ORGANIZING GOALS FOR 2012 are up on High Straightenence! I'm putting it all out there. Let's get organized together!
Raw Chocolate Milk
Brace yourselves. Your minds are about to be blown. You ready? You braced? Good.
What if I was to tell you that you can easily make chocolate milk that tastes like a frothy chocolate malt without using malt or dairy?
(Omg. This is starting to sound like an infomercial! Crap! I need a big screen projector behind me!)
Well, YOU CAN. You can make delicious chocolate milk with your blender!
(this is not an infomercial for a Vitamix cuz I don't have one. I want one though! Like really really bad.)
So this is raw chocolate milk. What makes it raw? So glad you asked! It's made with cashews that have been soaked in water! There's also cocoa nibs up in this mix which makes things extra fancy in my book. Looking to make plain vanilla cashew milk? Just omit the cocoa nibs and reduce the agave syrup. This recipe is a game changer & approved by my picky 3 year old. Winning!
Disney Cruisin’ Part 2: Adult Time
The nice thing about going on a Disney Cruise is that with the help of on board activities & camps for kids, you're able to sneak in some adult time! The camp that Cooper went to ran from 9am-midnight with open drop-in hours. During nap time and at night, Casey and I traded Cooper duty so we could both be apart of some memorable ADULT TIME activities.
So in those brief moments of adult time, this is what happened:
Apricot Coconut Energy Bars
APRICOT COCONUT ENERGY BARS:
Tangy, sweet, crunchy, chewy, delicious, healthy, raw, nutty, vegan, scrumptious, simple, homemade.
All you need is a few pantry items, a food processor and a bit of freezer time and you've got yourself a week's worth of healthy snacks.
Who needs to buy expensive energy bars when you can make your own?
Sorry energy bar companies, I totally sold you out.
My Everyday Life: Week 3
This is what this past week looked like:
Fresh off the airplane, I needed something healthy!
