Good morning, kids! I have to make this super quick, but you’ll forgive my ALACRITY (GRE word of the day!) after I share the following creation:
How to make a chocolate brownie sundae – in three steps
STEP ONE: Purchase the following
STEP TWO: Heat up a Vitatop
STEP THREE: Top with Mousse
I know, right? You can thank me later.
This morning I took some of my own advice and had a delightful snack! Pumpkin Muffin spread with CREAM CHEESE
Have you ever head the pleasure of enjoying pumpkin cheesecake? Yeah, it’s kinda like that.
You should make these muffins just so you can enjoy this flavor combo. Now if only I still had some Cacao Bliss left, as I’m sure that would make a decadent treat, as well!
What is your favorite “muffin top”per?
I’m getting my hair cut tonight – gaaaahhhhh – it always makes me a little nervous! I don’t think I’ve ever recovered from the mullet my mom gave me when I was little.
I don’t know about you, but I’m still kind of sour over the fact that we barely had a fall this year. (I tend to hold grudges…) It went from sunny and warm to FREEZING and cold almost overnight! And since spring is nowhere to be found, I figured I’d try and re-live a bit of fall. Because there’s nothing that BAKING can’t fix 
Introducing: “If you close your eyes you’ll swear it’s fall” PUMPKIN MUFFINS!
You’ll need:
1.) Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2.) Spray 12 2-1/2 inch muffin cups with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
3.) In a large bowl, stir together dry ingredients and make a well in center of the mixture.
4.) In a separate bowl, combine egg substitute, milk and applesauce. Stir in pumpkin.
5.) Add pumpkin mixture all at once to flour mixture and stir until just moistened (batter will be lumpy).
6.) Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling about 2/3 full.
7.) Bake for 15 to 18 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Remove from muffin cups. Serve warm. The batter makes 12 muffins!
These are incredible (and only 100 calories!) and you’ll notice they are very healthy! Although I assure you that they don’t taste healthy – no sir! These babies are so moist and jam-packed with fall flavor! And if you don’t want to re-live fall, that’s fine too — because pumpkin is perfectly acceptable all year round — right? Please tell me I’m not the only fall-obsessed crazie!
Snack ideas for pumpkin muffins:
Any other ideas?!
I’m about to commit a blogging FELONY. I am about to KNOWINGLY post a terrible photo. I know it is a terrible photo. I do not need to be told it’s a terrible photo, nor do I think you won’t notice it’s a terrible photo. Let’s just get that out of the way now.
Phew! Moving on…
Here’s the most delicious thing I have eaten all week (prepare yourselves for the aforementioned photo):
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(wondering how many readers I’ve lost by now)
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BAM!
Now that wasn’t SO bad, was it? Are your eyes still in tact? No blood? Phew! See by making you believe the photo was FAR WORSE than it actually is, it doesn’t look too bad, does it? HA! Consider yourself foiled! Me= mind control genius
This sandwich was so incredibly simple but so undeniably delicious. Since the photo is just so terrible, I’ll break it down for you.
Simply toast the bagel, mash the ‘cado (it’s what the cool kids are saying, get on board) and spread on bagel, top with sliced tomato and season with a bit of salt. My aunt (foodie guru) swears by adding a bit of balsamic, as well, but I didn’t have any — NEXT TIME! As if I needed a reason to make this again!
Is my love of guac/avocado becoming a problem? I didn’t think so…
How do you like to show your love for this marvelous fruit? Yes folks, it IS a fruit.
You know that J’adore commercial where Charlize Theron makes you feel like an awkward 14-year-old? Because she’s SO incredibly, unattainably sexy? I don’t think I could be that sexy if I had round-the-clock lessons and a new set of ankles — I tend to trip…a lot. That little necklace she throws to the ground? Yeah, I’d trip over the beads. If I could just have the sexiness she carries in the TIP OF HER PINKY finger my life might be a little different…but I digress.
But even though I can’t strut like Charlize, I can still FEEL like Charlize. How? I’m so glad you asked!
[image source: Glo Bakery]
Created by the ever-so-talented Angela, own of Glo Bakery (and blogger behind Oh She Glows), these little babies can make anyone feel sexy. Some of you look confused. Let me break it down for you…
From the Glo Bakery website:
Do you dream of mouth-watering S’mores roasted over the campfire? Well, now you can enjoy one in a delicious Glo Bar- and it’s vegan to boot! Roasted vegan marshmallows, handmade chunky vegan graham crackers, dark chocolate, and cacao nibs come together to create a Glo Bar filled with love and adoration.
Ingredients: Oats, brown rice syrup, chunky homemade graham crackers (spelt, water, sucanat, canola oil, agave, cinnamon, vanilla, salt, baking powder), natural peanut butter, non-dairy dark chocolate, vegan marshmallows (corn syrup, beet sugar, corn starch, corn dextrose, carrageenan, soy protein, vanilla flavor, titanium dioxide, salt), crisp rice cereal, flax seed, cacao nibs, pure vanilla extract.
Homemade graham crackers? Dark chcolate? MARSHMELLOWS? Now just try and look me square in the eye and tell me marshmallows aren’t sexy. I DARE YOU! And did I mention each glo bar is wholesome and healthy? So you won’t just feel sexy, you’ll look it.
These bars really do taste as good as they sound (and look!). I love that they are soft and practically melt in your mouth. The pillowy marshmallows are making my mouth watering just thinking about ‘em! With each bite, you feel more and more of the love. I’m tellin’ you, they are definitely the most delicious way to feel sexy. I urge you all to buy some — you won’t regret it!
If you need, me, I’ll be practicing my strut.
What foods make you feel sexy?
