Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Tis the season...


Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread

1 stick room temperature butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups whole-wheat flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 can pure pumpkin
1/2 cup sour cream
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a loaf pan and set aside. Mix butter and sugar. Add eggs. In a medium bowl whisk together flour, baking soda and salt. Add to the butter mixture and mix. Add pumpkin, sour cream and vanilla, mix to combine. Stir in chocolate chips and pour into prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 10 minutes. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then remove from pan and cool on wire rack.
Enjoy!
Mmmmmmmmmm.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Our Morning Joe.

Green Smoothie

2 bananas
2-3 heaping handfulls spinach leaves
1 Tbsp ground flax seed meal
1-2 cups of water (depending on how you like your smoothies)
1 cup frozen strawberries
1/2 - 1 cup frozen blueberries
Blend in blender.
Enjoy.
Be happy knowing you've ingested greens and you didn't even have to taste them.
This makes enough for our entire family. Cut recipe in half for smaller serving size.