Rained Out

When I got up this morning (or more accurately, when the five year old burst into my room this morning...) the sky had opened up for a good old fashioned Prarie rain storm. Holy Hannah. I've seen some torrential rain in Halifax but this was something new. Huge gloppy sheets of rain just absolutely pouring from the sky. I was running around closing windows because after less than half an hour the interior window sills were filling up with rain water. Incredible. We got some good thunder and lightening too. Too bad it was daylight.


I'm telling you all of this because it kept me from doing my DIY Booty Camp. Boooooo. Trust me, I need it. Ice cream and carbs are the only two food groups I've been consuming. The rest of our day was too busy to fit it in (and ironically it was way too hot this afternoon anyway). I'm aiming for tomorrow morning...before we go for a cheesecake lunch. LOL.


** Don't forget to scroll back and check out the guest posts that finally started auto-posting. Lots of hard work went into the posts and I'd hate for any of those awesome recipes to get overlooked!

Guest Posts are Working!!

Well, would you look at that...the guest posts have randomly posted themselves now. Booooo to the timing, but better late than never. Please take some time to scroll back because they've all posted for the dates I scheduled them and there were some good ones on the first couple of days. First post was July 4th. Check them out and give my fabulous guest posters some love!!

July 4th: Barbecue Baked Tofu and Oatmeal PB Energy Bars

July 5th: Pumpkin Banana Chocolate Loaf

July 6th: Portobello Mushroom Pizzas and Gingerbread Hearts

July 7th: Homemade Spelt Tortillas

July 8th: Oatmeal Raisin Cookies and Low-Fat Blueberry Muffins

July 9th: Amy’s Quasi Healthy Cookies

Guest Post: Amy’s Quasi Healthy Cookies

-Amy @ Amy’s Quest for Skinny

While these cookies still pack a punch in the calorie department, at least you can sneak in some veggies while you're indulging!

Amy’s Quasi Healthy Cookies

Recipe goes a little something like this:

1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup margarine
1 egg
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 tsp vanilla
1.5 cups Nutri Blend Flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup coconut
1/4 cup flax seeds
5 or 6 chopped prunes
1/2 a chopped banana
1 cup grated zucchini.
3/4 cup oatmeal

Preheat oven to 350.

Mix first 5 ingredients in your mixer.

Add dry.

Fold in 'fun stuff'. Mine came out a little 'wet' so I dried it up with some extra oatmeal.

Drop by the spoon and bake for 10-15 mins. DELICIOUS!

Amy

Guest Post: Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

-Lex @ Sweet Tooth

These cookies are delish!

I got the recipe from Erin at Going Skinny.

Yummy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Mix together in a smallish bowl:

1 c. whole wheat flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt

In a larger bowl mix:

1 c. packed brown sugar
1/4 c. unsweetened applesauce
2 Tbsp canola oil
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla.

Add dry to wet. Stir.

Then add in:

1 1/3 c. uncooked old fashioned oats
1 c. raisins

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Drop mixture by rounded teaspoons onto a non-stick cookie sheet. Use parchment paper if you have it. If not, give it a little spray. Leave a good amount of space between cookies, they spread quite a bit. Bake 8 minutes or until lightly browned. Allow to cool for 5 minutes before removing from cookie sheet.

Makes 40 cookies. Per cookie: 63 calories, 1g fat, 1g fibre

:) Lex

 

Mini DIY Vacation Booty Camp

Yesterday morning I was pressed for time, but being Tuesday I wanted to get my vacation Booty Camp time because I knew my fellow Halibloggers at home would be working up a sweat with Heather. I don't want to be tooooo far behind my girls!

I did a similar run to Sunday's, but admittedly there was a little more walking. My lower back isn't loving the futon we've been sleeping on and is making everything in my body a little tender. It was still a solid 3 km of cardio though.

For my mini-workout at the school park I took an idea from Amy's 15 Week Challenge and decided to use the bench for my exercises. Squats (30), step-ups (30), tricep dips (15), pushups (15) and a plank (30 sec). I wanted to do ab work as well, but they had just mowed the field and the mosquitos were out in full force. Instead I did some walking lunges and then jogged back to the house.

Not bad for a 1/2 hour. :)

Guest Post: Low-Fat Blueberry Muffins

-Lainey @ ShrinkingLainey

Here is a low-cal muffin recipe that I love!

Low-Fat Blueberry Muffins

1 egg
1 c. skim milk
1 c. frozen blueberries
1/4 c. unsweetened applesauce
2 c. flour
1/4 c. sugar
1 t. vanilla
3 t. baking powder
1 t. salt

Optional:
bit of lemon zest
juice from one lemon wedge

Mix everything together and bake 20-25 minutes (until lightly browned) at 400 degrees Fahrenheit.

Makes 18 muffins, at 77 calories per muffin.

Or, a variation…

Low-Fat Chocolate Chip Raspberry Muffins

Substitute for the blueberries:

200 g frozen raspberries
30 g mini semi-sweet chocolate chips

This variation is 86 calories per muffin.

No pictures, sorry!

Lainey