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Healthy Blueberry Muffins

20 Monday Jul 2015

Posted by lewstories in Baking, Cooking, Food, Gwyneth Paltrow, Photography, Recipes, Recipes gone wrong, Still life

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Baking, Blueberry muffins, Breakfast, Butter, Foodie, Gwyneth Paltrow, Healthy cooking

Healthy Blueberry MuffinsThere are two blueberry muffin recipes I like to use in one of my favorite cookbooks, “My Father’s Daughter,” by Gwyneth Paltrow. This one is an altered version of the more healthy of the two. ( I didn’t have all of the ingredients called for, so I improvised)

1/2 cup vegetable oil (I used canola oil)
1/2 cup soy milk (I used 0% fat regular milk)
1/2 cup maple syrup
1/4 cup light agave (I forgot this altogether. I would have either added honey or more maple syrup.)
1 cup white spelt flour
1 cup whole spelt flour
(I used 2 cups of gluten-free flour and added 1 1/2  teaspoons xanthan gum)
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 cups fresh blueberries

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line 12 cupcake tins with papers. Mix the wet ingredients together in a bowl. Mix the dry ingredients in a separate bowl and pour in the wet ingredients. Fold in blueberries and divide among the muffin tin cups and bake for about 25-30 minutes. Check centers with a toothpick to make sure they are done.

Let cool a bit before eating.

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Limes, Salsa and dishwater

20 Thursday Mar 2014

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Fish, Gwyneth Paltrow, It's All Good, Salmon, Salsa

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I found a great new recipe in “It’s All Good.” A salsa for the top of your fish … which is always salmon for us. I also put it in my salad for lunch today. It really is easy and delicious.

AFTER

The clean up.

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Lemons & Leeks … and Granola

13 Thursday Mar 2014

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Elizabeth Rider, Granola, Gwyneth Paltrow, Leeks, Lemons, Risotto with peas and greens

LemonsAndLeeksVertR Lemons and LeeksRI have been utilizing my new cookbook, “It’s All Good,” by Gwyneth Paltrow, a lot lately. It’s pretty good. And healthy to the point my migraines have been considerably reduced! Whoo Hoo!

Anyway, I plan on trying a risotto recipe this week, and decided some of the ingredients needed to be photographed.

I have not tried this recipe yet, but it looks pretty good.

 

GranolaR OliveOilAndSpoonsRMeanwhile, in a completely unrelated recipe, I’ve started making my own granola. The four pounds I lost with my new diet start to creep back up whenever I make this. It is REALLY good.

In fact, I think the name of it is called, “The Worlds Best Granola.” Anyway, I found it on the internet. It comes to us from Elizabeth Rider. So thanks to her!

GRANOLA
(Measurements do not have to be exact)

2 cups raw, whole rolled oats
1/2 cup raw nuts, chopped
1/4 cup seeds (sunflower or pumpkin) I use wheat germ here
1/2 cup dried fruit (I use raisins and dates)
1/4 cup coconut shavings (Not called for but I use it)
2 to 3 tablespoons maple syrup or raw honey or a mixture of both (I mix both. It’s better that way.)
2 tablespoons coconut oil or any other health cooking oil
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract or almond extract
1 large pinch of salt

Because I always add extra dried fruit, I usually add a little extra syrup to the mix.

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl and use clean hands to mix well. Spread the mixture in a thin layer on a baking sheet or pan and bake for 10 minutes, or until lightly toasted. If I remember, I try to stir it halfway through cooking. Let cool and then break up with a spatula and store in an airtight container.

It will keep for 2 weeks, but it never lasts that long with me.

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Balsamic Lime Vinaigrette – Snapshot of the Day, No. 363

22 Wednesday Jan 2014

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Balsamic-lime vinaigrette, Chattanooga, Food, Gwyneth Paltrow, It's All Good Cookbook, Migraine diet, Photography, Salad dressing

012214_363BalsamicLimeVinaigretteRSo far, so good with my new diet to prevent migraines.

One thing to avoid: processed foods. So, that means homemade salad dressing for my lunch.

Again, this is from Gwyneth Paltrow’s new cookbook, “It’s All Good.”

 

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One Tablespoon – Snapshot of the Day, No. 338

29 Sunday Dec 2013

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Food, Gwyneth Paltrow, It's All Good Cookbook, muffins, Photography, Sweet potato

122913_338OneTablespoonRTI got a new cookbook for Christmas: “It’s All Good,” by Gwyneth Paltrow.

Due to some health issues, including migraines, she developed recipes to help eliminate her medical problems.

Hmm. Migraines. Why not?

For a few weeks, at least, I plan on gearing my diet as closely to hers as I can reasonably manage. No coffee, shellfish, soy or alcohol (no problem). No dairy or gluten (small problem). No processed food. (Going to be tough)

Here’s the biggie: No sugar. (Not possible) I must have my morning Coke. But I will cut down on the amount I drink. Not quite a whole one per day.

I adhered to it pretty closely yesterday and felt great all day. We’ll see if it’s just my imagination after a few days.

At the very least, I’ll be healthier for a while. With any luck – it will cut down on my migraines.

My first healthy recipe: Sweet Potato + Five-Spice Muffins

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Regular Cookies – Snapshot of the Day, No. 296

17 Sunday Nov 2013

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Fiber health, food photography, Gwyneth Paltrow, Oatmeal raisin cookies

111713_296RegularCookiesRThese oatmeal raisin cookies are from a recipe in Gwyneth Paltrow’s cookbook, “My Father’s Daughter.” I alter it a bit because I cannot find all of the ingredients that it calls for.

They are pretty good, and also pretty healthy. The only sugar in them is from maple syrup. Joe and his mom love them because they make them – how shall I say…….

Regular.

Joe calls them “Poop cookies.”

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Story of the Day — vegetarian chili and the BCS

09 Friday Mar 2012

Posted by lewstories in BCS football, Gwyneth Paltrow, Photography, Recipes gone wrong, Stories, Vegetarian chili

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Vegetarian Chili recipe from Gwyneth Paltrow's, "My Father's Daughter," cookbook.

My husband makes great chili. It’s a little too hot for my taste, but it really is good. But my husband is good at everything. It’s annoying. He does most things better than I do. SO! When I saw a vegetarian chili recipe in my new favorite cookbook, “My Father’s Daughter,” by Gwyneth Paltrow, I thought I would challenge my better half at his own game. And what better time to try out my new-found recipe than for dinner during the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) this year between Louisiana State University and Alabama – Roll Tide Roll, y’all!

LSU and Alabama are fierce rivals. LSU won the only game Alabama lost during the regular season, so this was personal. This was the rematch of The Game of the Century. This was was important. THIS was SEC football at its best, and I wanted to make it special for my husband.

After two hours of cooking, we sat down to eat dinner about 15 minutes before kickoff. It did indeed taste great – for the first 5 seconds. And then it hit. A heat hotter than anything I’ve ever tasted – including my husband’s chili.

What the heck!?

I got up and re-read the recipe: 1 can kidney beans – check! 1 can black beans – check! 1 can whole peeled tomatoes – check! 1 teaspoon chipotle in adobo – Huh? 1 teaspoon? I put in THE WHOLE CAN! Darn it! I was so used to seeing, “1 can,” I guess I just kept in that line of thinking.

I was so mad at myself, and so disappointed that I had wasted so much time and money. AND I was ticked that I had failed at one-upping my husband – again! Meanwhile, my cell phone rang. I had to run downstairs to answer it, and stayed down there talking for a few minutes so not to disturb my husband’s pre-game viewing. When I went back upstairs to remove our dinner for our own safety, I walked in to see my husband sitting back in the chair with a distressed expression on his face.

“What’s the matter?

He said, “I don’t feel well.”

I looked down at his bowl of chili – he had eaten the entire thing.

“You ate the entire bowl! WHY did you do that? I made it way too hot!”

He said, “I ate it because you made it.”

“Well, that is very sweet, but stupid. Don’t ever do that. You’re going to make yourself sick doing that. . . You don’t look good.”

He said, “I don’t feel good.”

And then we heard a noise neither one of us had ever heard before, and it was coming from his stomach. “Awruoooooghbroooom”

I thought, “I’ve killed my husband. Now he won’t be able to watch the rematch of The Game of the Century. What have I done?”

“What can I do? Do you want some more water?”

He said, “No, maybe check to see if we have an anti-acid. That might help.”

Fortunately I found some. He took it and all was quiet for the rest of the game. Although I did keep checking on him: “How are you feeling? Are you ok? How’s your stomach? I’m SO sorry, etc.”

The game was great, too. For us, at least. I have never, EVER seen a football team’s defense stop the other team the way the Crimson Tide stopped LSU. It was a history-making game, for sure. As was my chili concoction. It will always be known as the BCS chili with which I tried to kill my husband. I don’t see my living this down anytime soon, either.

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