Baking A Blimp
Ugh...The New Year is usually a time of reflection and renewal and perhaps a time to tackle one's health. The reflection and renewal parts I think I've got down. The "health" part really is tough to do while working on a baking book. Recipes have to be tasted and tested. Lovina and I have basically divided up the book's recipes for testing. At HER house she has 10 mouths to make quick work of anything she tries. At MY house I have me - and Rachel which can pack on pounds quickly, hence, my reference to being a blimp. This morning I whipped up homemade banana muffins and a batch of molasses/coffee cookies. The banana muffins were really good, I actually saved several for breakfasts throughout this week. The rest went to my mother's workplace, as did the two dozen molasses cookies. Dozens of employees can sample the stuff and it keeps it out of my hands (and mouth). Still, I'm having to taste each item, sample different versions, sample batter. All of this as my weight hits an all-time high (anyone watch Oprah on Monday?). Some on this site have started a diet and exercise support group, which I need to join. Feel free to check it out at http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/diet_buddies/.
I did buy an Ipod nano yesterday. I've been an avid runner for most of my adult life but about 5 months ago just up and up quit....I was burned out, needed a break....I love to run to music and I am going to load my nano with my favorite running songs and start pounding the pavement tomorrow....Meanwhile, tonight it's cornmeal pie, Indiana brown sugar pie, and butterscotch pie. Sheesh. I will share one recipe with you, the coffee-molasses cookies, see below:
CAPTION: I got the green-colored Ipod COFFEE MOLASSES COOKIES
3 /4 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs, beaten
1 cup molasses
4 cups flour
3 /4 cup strong, cold coffee
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 teaspoons ginger
1 /2 teaspoon cloves Preheat oven to 350. In a large bowl, mix all of the above ingredients until you get a thick batter. Drop by teaspoon onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 10 -15 minutes. Makes about 7 dozen.
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Paula, my husband is the same way! No fair! If I even look at something fattening, I gain ten pounds! ~Diann
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My father can eat whatever he wants and however much of it he wants and he never gains a pound...SIGH, unfortunately, I got my mother's genes.....
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I guess the iPods are really popular this week. LOL I received one from my hubby and kids for my birthday yesterday! (The black one.) Of course, I'm still trying to figure out how to USE the thing...and the instructions that came with it aren't all that "intuitive" but... I'll get it figured out! LOL
By the way, Kevin - and anyone else interested - there's a website (Cool Running, I think it's called - if you Google C25K, you'll find it) that posts Podcasts meant to get you running. The music, from what I understand from a runner friend, is tempoed for pacing; and, if you are doing their Couch-to-5k program, the Podcasts also tell you when to alternate between walking and running. I'm really looking forward to trying them out!
Rebecca
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"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift... that's why they call it the present."
It is amazing that as much as an iPod does, it only comes with a pamphlet telling you how to use it. They expect you to go online to figure it out. I have had mine for a couple of years, and the only thing I have done with it is download music and podcasts...although I can do video, etc.
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I was lucky enough to get the purple Ipod nano for Christmas. Sure makes the 4+ hour drive back home more enjoyable. No more stacks of cds. :)
I would be willing to test recipies for you. My DH is always looking for goodies to snack on -he has the metabolism of a hummingbird.
Paula
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I know it is pretty cool to plug in the ipod to the car and go! Your DH is lucky?? Also the one time we've allowed repeated DVD (can you say veggietales??) watching was on our trip, that was an absolute lifesaver, I can say that it massively reduced the times "are we there yet" was asked!!!
To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. Titus 2:5
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I was just looking at 1 the other night & considering getting it for my walks. My youngest had told me she would give me her old one a couple years or so ago, but that seems to have gone by the wayside.
Cindy/KS
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That reminds me of the time I went on a quest to find the best meatball sandwich in the area where I worked. Unfortunately, it was a large city (San Francisco), and after about a week my insides felt like cement, and the quest had to be indefinitely postponed.
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Did you ever find the sandwich?
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Sadly, my quest had to remain unfinished due to digestive difficulties. But a place called Max's Deli was in the lead.
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Hey Kevin, we're not so much a 'diet' group as we are a support group. There are no negative 'you should have' or maybes in the group. I have found it really is helpful to keep track of what you are eating and this is a good way to do it. With the reflection, I also see and know that I don't get nearly enough exercise. The good news for me, I've given up sodas and being able to 'pat myself on the back' on this blog makes me feel like I can do this (even though it's only day two
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"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift... that's why they call it the present."
Yah, Kevin, come join us!
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I did watch Oprah yesterday and today. I'm going to concentrate more on the exercise than the eating. I get very little exercise sitting at a desk all day. So I'm going to start walking more and lifting some weights to start.
Good luck with the running!
Maybe you could donate the goodies to an assisted living facility, a rescue mission or a place for troubled teens...
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Terri,
Always good to hear from you. Yes, I actually have a one-week "baking blitz" coming up where I am going to be testing a gazillion recipes...it just so happens that during the same week my church is hosting a group of homeless people for a week...the church bulletin said they need baked goods donated...MUSIC TO MY EARS!!!:) - Kevin
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