Aspire to live quietly,
and to mind your own affairs,
and to work with your hands.
I Thessalonians 4:11
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on a recent early morning i came across
a recipe for apple-oat muffins and decided to give
it a try. once the hubs was awake and
settled in his comfy chair in the
loft, coffee in hand, i set to work.
the recipe calls for oat flour.
i have oats in the pantry
thanks to Azure Standard
so i simply put some in my food processor,
grinding to a fine powder.
(no need to purchase the flour)
if you have a fancy dancy high powered
blender it'll be quicker job
than a food processor.
the recipe came from Gimme Some Oven
which i'll link at the bottom of this post.
i did make a slight alteration of using
whole milk rather than almond milk.
the muffins were wonderful
and i'll gladly make them again.
one addition i'll make at that time
is raisins along with the apple.
a pat of butter on the muffin, along with a small
dish of greek yogurt mixed with protein powder
and topped with raspberry fruit spread,
and a cut up mandarin orange..
enjoyed while doing my devotions.
last summer's harvest
{from my garden & farmer's market}
was enjoyed in its fresh state
and i decided to make good use of the
remaining leaves. no sense in tossing.
you've most likely seen and possibly
even purchased *super greens* or similar
products - a good way to add more greens
to your foods - baked goods or smoothies.
i dehydrated and vacuum sealed the greens
then into the pantry they went.
i used them here and there through
autumn and winter:
soups and baked goods.
this morning
i chose to condense the lot into one
jar by making the greens into a powder
mentioned above. easy peasy!
no longer have i the
need to purchase powdered greens
as a nutrition aid.
a big plus is that it came mostly from our
garden ..... with a couple from
the farmer's market.
an additional plus being i used
the entire plant. no waste.
here are the empties:
swiss chard, beet leaves, kale, carrot,
sorrel, bok choy, radish leaves
our swiss chard grew SO well last summer,
i plan on growing double
the amount this coming season.
and here is the 1.5 pint jar holding the powder.
you can see the layers before i mixed it up.
nearly 3 cups of edible greens
a scoop at a time.
thankful.
thinking a protein shake of
blueberries, banana and greens
would be yUm on a warm day
lounging on the front deck in early afternoon.
or on the back deck in morning
after tending my garden plots.
... planning ahead ...
thank you for visiting, friends.
hoping your day brings unexpected joys.
with love,
.sherry.
below is the link for the apple-oat muffins.
sure hope you try the recipe.
if you do, let me know. :)
there's a butternut squash muffin recipe
i plan on trying soon. i have a few butternuts
still to use up so will roast the squash
for a meal then use what's left over
for the muffins.
