Today’s Letter: ‘B’

Getting started with some. . . .

Banana-Blueberry Buttermilk Muffins

(Adapted from this recipe.)

Yield: 16 muffins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup milk + 3/4 Tablespoon white vinegar (to make sour milk/buttermilk)
• 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup canola oil
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup mashed ripe bananas (about 3 medium)
• 1-1/4 cups whole-wheat pastry flour
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/8 cup ground flaxseed
• 1-1/4 cups blueberries, frozen

Directions

1. Combine milk and vinegar and allow to sit for a few minutes.
2. Whisk buttermilk, brown sugar, oil and eggs in a large bowl. Stir in mashed bananas.
3. Whisk whole-wheat pastry flour, all-purpose flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, and flax in a medium bowl.
4. Fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and stir until just combined. Fold in blueberries.
5. Coat muffin tin with non-stick cooking spray or line with paper liners.
6. Preheat oven to 375°F.
7. Bake 20-25 minutes or until the tops are golden brown and a wooden skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.

Delicious!! Moist, full of flavor, and I even cut back on the sugar!! I love the pockets of blueberries!!

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Blueberry yogurt

I grabbed a couple of these at the grocery store when I saw they were 50% off. They were on sale because the expiration date was 2/7, but I knew I would be eating them before that.

Overall, I liked the yogurt, but there was nothing special about it. It had an excellent blueberry flavor, but I wouldn’t buy it again if it was the original price.

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(da) Bomb!

My run today:

Distance: 13 miles

Time: 1:50

Weather: 20 degrees, partly cloudy/kind of sunny

Blue and Black clothes (tops):

Layer #1: black Nike thermal top

Layer #2: black The North Face fleece quarter-zip, pull-over

Layer #3: blue Asics jacket

Overall, it was a good run. I felt good and the time went by pretty fast. I zoned out for most of it and dreamed about blue skies, bluebirds, and bikinis!!

I carried a Clif Shot Gel with me and had it at various times throughout my run:

1/3 @ 45 minutes

1/3 @ 80 minutes

1/3 @ 100 minutes

I liked this flavor better than the Razz flavor.

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Super Bowl. . . .something I really could care less about and haven’t watched at all yet today, but I plan on watching some of it, so I can see my BFF. That would be my: BoyFriend Forever (a.k.a. my husband)!

* Overall grade for the day: B.

The day lost points for the weather (It is too cold in my book.) and the fact that it is Sunday which means I have to go back to work tomorrow. 🙁

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Question

What grade would you give your day?