[Aloha home! Until we meet again. <3]
Ok, I admit it.
I feel a little bit better.
We're on day three of our experimental vegan cleanse and I feel slightly better.
A little healthier maybe but my face is breaking out more? Unrelated maybe, but still.
I read somewhere that a vegan diet for two weeks is a good cleanse for your body and after almost three weeks in California and eating a lot more Mexican food than usual I felt all gross and thought coming back home would be a good time to try it.
We had no food at home because we got rid of almost everything before we left for California.
We had ketchup and chocolate almond milk in the fridge pretty much.
So the day we got back from California, yes the same day, like after a 6 hour long flight with 4 young kids, I went grocery shopping. Not a cool move, I felt like dying when we got home but anyways I got all the stuff we needed to start our Vegan diet thing and we began! I know some Vegans, I know lots of people who have been Vegan at some point in their life and I am amazed by you. I can't handle it, it makes me want to cry everyday thinking of all the eggs and cheese and crispy prosciutto I could have eaten. But we're doing ok. We're on day three and it has been hard everyday! Haha. I have no idea what to cook and beans are not in my repertoire.
[A stop in Santa Cruz, the swings are just so pretty!]
My cousin texted me that she was going to go Vegan for a week too so we could text each other about how hard it is. She's already a vegetarian so I think it's a head start, but still. So here we go! Looking forward to seeing how I feel on day 7. We decided to go just one week instead of two because we're lazy and miss good food. For me it's also a test of willpower. I don't have any. If I want something I figure out a way to get it but I wanted to test myself to see if I would actually do what I said I'm going to do. I say random things I'm going to do all the time like: I'm going to join a roller derby team! I'll take the bus. I'm just going to Target for a couple things! But then I never do those things, so I'm kind of forcing myself to do something I say I'm going to do.
So here they are, Vegan Blueberry Muffins. They taste good I'm just kind of weirded out about the avocado in them, hot or cold I couldn't really taste it so.....yum! Try them out!
Vegan Blueberry Muffins
[adapted from www.averiecooks.com]
Flesh from 1 very ripe medium Hass Avocado, mashed well. About 3/4 cup.
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar, packed.
1/3 cup Coconut Oil
1/3 cup Blueberry Coconut Yogurt
2 tsp. Vanilla extract
3/4 tsp. Cinnamon
3/4 tsp. Nutmeg
1 cup AP Flour
1 tsb. Baking Powder
1 cup fresh Blueberries, tossed in 2 tsb. Flour.
1. Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F and line 16 muffin tins with liners.
2. In a large bowl mash the avocado, the softer the better.
3. Stir in the oil, sugars, yogurt, cinnamon, vanilla and nutmeg until all combined.
4. Fold in flour and baking powder until just mixed. Do not overmix.
5. Fold in berries tossed in fruit and divide batter evenly in lined pan.
6. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes, lower to 350 degrees and bake an additional 20 minutes.
Veg on.
