Muffins!

Short post today!  I made some FANTASTIC blueberry muffins.  Check out the recipe here, and just sub blueberries for raspberries.  Simple, quick, vegan, and oh so good.  To make these muffins vegan, I substituted the egg from the recipe with soaked chia seeds (about 1 1/2 T- I just kind of eyeballed the amount that I thought an egg would be and hoped for the best hahahaha).  They worked BEAUTIFULLY!!

Soaked Chia Seeds:

Mix the dry ingredients.  This time I used 1 1/2 C whole wheat flour, 1/4 C Oats, and 1/4 C Flax Meal.

Mixed the 'wet' ingredients, including the Chia.

And mixed them all together.  Added blueberries.

THESE SMELLED SOOOO GOOD BAKING IN THE OVEN.  HOLY.  MOLY.

AWESOME.   Seriously.  I drizzled a little local honey on them.  MMMM.

See the honeycomb?  Y.U.M.

Gettin Clean... With Honey?!

Hi everybody!  Sorry for the lack of posting yesterday!   I went to the 311 concert at a total spur of the moment.  Remember 311?  They're the ones that play such songs as:




and...







It was a good show as usual, but boy I'm tired today!!

So if you'll remember my 'Confessions' post, I talked about how I've always had an issue with acne. In college I got so desperate that I resorted to this:

The good news-  it was a face saver (as far as acne was concerned), but loaded with TONS of chemicals.  Then I ran across this video from Raw Radiant Health:







Raw honey to wash your face?!  YES!  You better believe that I ran out to Trader Joe's and got:

$5.99 for this big-ol' tub!!!  The verdict?  My face feels great!!!  I'm floored.  My pores are smaller, my face is smooth (NOT dry or flaky!!), and no new problem areas popped up!  (Heavens open....choir sings....)  I'll let you know over the next day or so how it goes! 

Have a great FrIdAy!  I have a BUSY weekend coming up-  tonight we're going to a Greek restaurant to celebrate Brenton's birthday, then tomorrow I teach EARLY in the morning, and Sunday I have a band concert.  Hopefully I come out the other side alive!  Make it a great day!

Road to recovery...

Yesterday, I was sick. I woke up with a sore throat, and just plain felt 'off'. With the scare of the H1N1 virus running rampent these days- I decided to stay home and take care of myself. I'm going to share with you what I took/did to help myself feel better quickly. Now, what I took to get myself over the cold was not recommended to me by a doctor, but rather, was taken because of my own knowledge and the knowledge of others that I'm close to (mainly my sister).

Here's what helped me to feel better, FAST!-
Zinc
Orange Juice (fresh squeezed, not from concentrate)
Oil of Oregano
Kombucha Tea
Echinacea Tea, Peppermint Tea (hot)
Water
Zicam Nose Swabs (gross, but I swear by them!)
Probiotics
Ricola Throat Drops (the original)

And.... SLEEP AND A HOT SHOWER!!

The combo of all of these things helped me to feel better very quickly, and they're available through my Amazon Store. I'm still on the up and up, and feel even better than yesterday! Colds are no match for me, no sir!! I think what happened was I ran myself too thin this weekend, and then it caught up with me...

One very good thing that came out of my self-nurturing was that I discovered my absolute FAVORITE NEW SWEET SNACK- Plain Organic Lowfat Yogurt (Greek, especially!!) with HONEY drizzled on top. YUM-O!!! The texture is so great! I didn't mix it up- I just ate it with the swirls on the top. Heaven in a cup.

I would also like to say that I am THRILLED to enter to win a Spirooli from Gena!!! I would LOVE to try some raw pasta made out of summer squash topped with fresh garlic, tomato and basil! HOW COOL WOULD THAT BE?! YUM-O!!!!!

Take care of yourself, then each other. Until next time, Namaste.