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This blog has received a makeover and a new location.  I will still post recipies and musings like before.  To see my other digital footprints visit my website.

Construction

So in case you’re wondering why there hasn’t been any new posts, I’ve been thinking about changing the context of the blog.  So look for an overhaul coming soon.

Side Project

As a side venture to FAHBG I’m doing a Crossfit style workout with some girls.  Check it out, it’s a brand new blog so pics and info updates coming soon, it’s called ‘The Girls Work it Out’ http://thegirlsworkitout.wordpress.com/

Abby 2.0

Are there ever times in your life where you feel so completely tired of being who you are?  Tired of how you look, dress, act, think, move, etc?  I go through times like these.  It’s funny really, as if I actually had the option to completely change everything about me.  I heard a Radiolab podcast yesterday and the segment discussed if we even have a thing called ‘free will’.  Apparently, your brain starts firing to enact an action before you even think to do it.  So what should I do?  If I have no free will and my brain acts how it wants, what do I do about changing me? Buy some new clothes?  Cut my hair?  Do something completely out of character? 

Maybe a change of scenery is called for.   I find a new atmosphere brings on a sense that there is a possibility of a fresh start.  Somewhere no one knows me, somewhere I don’t know anyone.  It’s liberating and tantalizing at the same time.  Even if I have no free will, I can still feel as though I can change the inevitable.  Micah and I keep revisiting the notion that we should move.  It’s like a cycle; stay, go, stay, go, stay, go…..

Yet, times where I feel I need a complete overhaul of who I am, I always want to move as far away from my current location.  Does that make me a coward?  Running from my current predicament?  Maybe.  Or perhaps it’s the push I need to move forward.

Fading

Say this but for a moment,

and I am more than willing to share.

Yet refrain from the alternative, for it is the ‘Forever’ that I  fear.

Relapsing to those places,

So obscure and so bare

I am but myself, a glimmering light of despair.

I can’t help in wondering, if I were to ever

Turn clear

Would I be as present, as I am

Right here.

Primal Apple Pie Balls

 

This post is dedicated to Mara Eller who created this yummy recipe.

1 c Almonds
1 c Walnuts
1/2 c Pecans
3 scoops vanilla protein powder
1/8 c dried coconut
1 t cinnamon
nutmeg, cloves, ginger to taste
1/8 t salt
1 1/2 c dried apple (about 6 oz)

2-4 tablespoons coconut oil or coconut milk (so that the mixture gets clumpy)
handful of raisins if desired

Run the nuts in a food processor until ground into a fine flour. Add
the protein powder, coconut, and spices and run again. Add apple and
run again until smooth. Finally, add coconut milk/oil and blend until
it starts sticking. Finish by rolling the paste into 1-1 1/2 inch
balls and press in more dried coconut. Refrigerate for hardness, and
enjoy!

Ruminating when I’m tired

What does it mean when I say I’m lost in life?

Swallowed by things I can never control

Wondering if it’s even necessary to

Anymore

Wishing to succumb

And drift

Sometimes, Just

To find means beyond my means

Just once to let it be

Paleo Quiche

Here it is….it’s delicious…it’s eggy…it’s really freak’n easy to make  

6 eggs – farm fresh if you swing it

1 cup of finely chopped sunflower seeds – mix a little salt in with it

1/4c each of diced red and green pepper, onion

3 or 4 big leaves of FRESH basil – dice small

little salt little pepper

1 cup of cooked sausage – I used venison sauage but you can use beef or pork just as long as it’s ground sausage – no link 

For Crust:

Add some water to the sunflower seeds till it’s a paste.  It’s better too dry than too wet.  Press to the bottom of a round pie pan.

For filling:

Add egg, veggies, sausage (cooked), basil, salt and pepper.  Mix together and dump into the pie pan.

Cook @ 350 degrees for about 15 minutes or until you stick a fork in the middle and it comes out clean.

Paleo Blueberry Cobbler

Ok, so I’ve never really measured this but it’s really hard to mess up.   Just keep taste testing till it tastes good.

Everything is estimated:

1c Blueberries

1c Almonds –  ground in food processor, leave some chunks – you can also add a little flax meal for some added nutrients

2 heeping tablespoons of Almond Butter

1 heeping tablespoon of honey or add to taste

Add a little coconut milk & coconut oil just enough to keep it moist

Mix all the ingredients together then bake at 350 for about 10 minutes, I like to turn on the broiler and crisp the top – stirring every now and then. 

This dessert is great with some added coconut milk or coconut ice cream on top.  If you’re into dairy, whip up some whipping cream with a little honey to make homemade whipcream. 

You can also add different fruits – a great combo is strawberries with a drizzle of dark chocolate on top (add choco after you take it out of the oven).

Tough Goings

So it has been tough getting back into the flow of Crossfittedness.  Ever since the holidays, workouts have been sporadic and lazy.  It’s quite depressing at times, being this unmotivated, I miss the fire and intensity that surrounded the gym just a couple of months back.  For a while I tried to fool myself but in all reality the morning crew has lost its community, it’s structure, and motivation. 

What is Crossfit if not community?  Does anyone really enjoy doing these workouts alone?  I don’t.  So I’m not really sure where to go from here.  Should I keep up with the current state of affairs and hope things get better?  Or do I want to give up and find my fitness through some other means?  *sigh* 

Through the good times and the bad, I guess I won’t give up on you FAHBG quite yet.  Hopefully this is just a phase and we can soon motivate each other once again.