(5) I just made muffins from scratch, and boy howdy are they good -- also very full of fiber and with almost no sugar and no flour at all;
No flour? Do tell.
It's a recipe that's part of the Weight Watchers Core plan (to make it completely core, the applesauce needs to be sugar-free, and the sugar should be replaced with fructose or splenda) -- they're dense but not insanely so, and pretty yummy.
Fruit Muffins
Into a large mixing bowl put the following:
2 cups 9 Grain Cereal [this is just a fiber-y blend of grains -- I found it in the oatmeal section of the cereal aisle -- in a bag]
2 cups of oatmeal
2 cups applesauce
2 cups ff plain yogurt
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
Mix all together and allow to soak for about 20 minutes
Meanwhile, mix together the following:
2 cups oatmeal [you can substitute uncooked Cream of Wheat cereal for 1 cup of the oats -- since Cream of Wheat has a finer texture, it is -- sort of -- "flourlike"]
1 tbsp baking powder
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 cup sugar (or Splenda) [if you use fructose, cut it down to 1/2 cup]
2 tsp cinnamon (or any mixture of spices you enjoy)
Add the dry ingredients to the moist and stir just until all is moistened.
Add 1 cup of blueberries (frozen are fine)
Spray muffin cups with fill them to the very top (they do not rise).
Bake at 375F for 20-30 minutes.
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I cut the recipe in HALF, and it made 18 regular-sized muffins. I'm guessing it would make 8-9 jumbo muffins.
Plei, we just got namechecked as the high water mark for obsessiveness. Again.
HA!
We rule!
And I only watched, like, one episode today. And, okay, maybe that clip from home on YouTube until just thinking about the word "please" coming out of Dean's mouth made me want to cry, but still! Just the one ep.
I have no plans to scan transcripts and episodes for a full inventory of the number of times he actually begs his family for something. None. Nope.
Lillian would like her stenographer to make a note that she is currently, due to Extreme Teething (editor's note: she may be lying about that, but she did say "Mouth hurt." during negotiations), indulging in Dessert Before Dinner. (editor's second note: which is to say, nursing before solids")
She recommends to all toddlers that they play the Pain Card and make big sad anime eyes to go with it.
Those sound good, but god, are you making like 9,000 muffins? 2 cups of cereal, 4 cups of oatmeal, 2 cups of apple sauce, 2 cups of yogurt, 4 eggs? Those are hard core numbers.
Just saw your PS. Still.
I'm marking that post for future reference, Teppy.
Very cute and funny kids posts.
I never made it out earlier because my stomach rebeled. TCG was late coming home from work, so we managed to fit in dinner at Chili's and TJs for groceries but no time for the bookstore (I guess I will have to settle for one of the other hundred or so books I have). TCG bought me some pretty yellow roses with other yellow flowers (the red roses were all half dead) and a bottle of sparkling wine in case we're stuck in in the storm tomorrow.
Re: MCR, MCR-Swaps, Guessing of the A Word Games, "plans that are not Pete's" and other shenanigans, especially ones conceived by Aimée:
No. Oh hell, no.
Re: Halo 2 Fragging
Myself and Drew are tentatively playing on Thursday evening, presumably somewhere around 8pm, maybe earlier. Anyone interested in joining, let us know.
PETE!!!!
What should I wear to MCR?
Hey, Paul MIGHT be fraggable, if you do it a little before 8. But he'd pumpkinize like so much orange mist at around 8:55, on account of the Holy Day of Obligation.
Does this mean we can drink champagne and pet your nape?
Been there. Done that. Going back for more.
And also? Does anyone else think "Jennifer Runyon" when the word "funyon" is used?
I'm so totally going to hitch a ride in Lee's trunk when she heads over to watch "Slings and Arrows" wid da Kool Kids and the 'tilda toes.
on account of the Holy Day of Obligation.
It took a moment but we're talking SPN, aren't we?
If Paul wishes to join, let him know I'll give him a call when I'm heading onto Live.
My plans are AWESOME and my shenanigans are EVEN AWESOMER.
You are just so selfish. All your wife wants is a Rock Star. And she wants both her rockstar AND you. Take one for the team, wouldya?
