FRIDAY!! FRIDAY!! FRIDAY!!!

You know.. when I wrote the title I was definitely thinking of it spoken like those Monster Truck commercials.. You know.. like these ones!

Well, in Friday fashion.. let us start with a delicious cupcake to drool all over our keyboard for!! Look at those beauties! Mini Pumpkin Pie Tarts from Danielle over at Against All Grain! Make sure to head over to her website to show her some love.. NOT TO MENTION that her new cookbook is coming out soon! You can pre-order it on Amazon!

 

 

 

Now onto the random things that have been circling my mind all week..

1. I eat WAY too much nut butter! Yes, it’s true! I got some awesome NuttZo from a giveaway and I had to toss the last third of the jar because I was eating WAYY too much with a spoon.. Normally I’d just go with it, but I’ve noticed that lately I haven’t been feeling 100% (headaches for dayyysss!) and I honestly think that nuts might be playing some part in it..

 

 

2. I went on my first nature run in FOREVER last weekend! Since I raced on Sunday, when I headed to my sister’s house on Saturday I decided to stop off at a Michigan State Park to do a nice nature jog.. Just 20 minutes, but it was beautiful… I parked by the lake and ran away from it (up the dirt road) then back to it.. it was breathtaking!

 

 

3. I FINALLY found farm fresh eggs! I’m sure they were at the farmer’s market last week, but I didn’t see them.. So I was ecstatic to find them this week! You can’t find a better deal, $3 for a dozen eggs that are FARM FRESH! I was paying about $6.50 for two dozen organic eggs at CostCo, but Farm Fresh>>>>>Organic anyday!

 

 

4. Thursday was spent waiting on a reaction and looking through YouTube videos to see what country sounds I need to DL.. I made a pretty decent list!

 

 

5. I LOVE BRUSSELS!! I got a two pound bag from CostCo for $3.99 a week back and finally made some Thursday night.. DELICIOUS! Just brussels, cooked in coconut oil, drenched in balsamic vinegar! YUM YUM YUM!!

Oh.. and I know this goes against the “five facts Friday”.. But I’m heading to a race track (horses) with my boyfriend and some of our friends tonight! I cannot wait! $1 hotdogs, $2 beers, and $2 minimum bets! I probably won’t bet, because I’m not a big gambler (my mom and I can use the ‘free money’ at the casino and play for hours.. which we’ve done on many occasions), but the cheap food & beer will be nice.. Well, minus the stomach ache afterwards.. but we’ll try not to think about that right now!

HAVE A GREAT FRIDAY EVERYONE!!!

Chocolate Cupcakes & Five Facts Friday!

Sometimes I don’t know what I like most about Fridays.. The fact that it’s Friday.. Or that I get to eye-oogle a delicious paleo cupcake.. Or that I get to randomly rant about five things that strike my fancy.. I know! Such a hard decision!!

Today I think I’m going to have to pick THESE delicious looking cupcakes!! I mean who doesn’t love chocolate?! Oh, you don’t? Well you’re just weird!! JUST KIDDING, please don’t leave!!! I’m just saying that chocolate is DELICIOUS and we should all head over to Health-Bent and let Brandon & Megan know that we think they’re awesome! Both them and the cupcakes!

Friday Facts!

1. Speaking of Health-Bent I just recently purchased their new cookbook and I couldn’t be happier!! It’s beautiful!! There are a few things that I love.. a) they don’t use any almond flour! I love that because that stuff is EXPENSIVE! Seriously, next time you’re in your local grocery store check it out!! Sometimes you can find a 16oz for $2 off, but then it’s still about $9!! b) there is a picture for EVERY recipe!! SO cool!! Oh, I also got Paleo Cooking from Elana’s Pantry the other day! So happy to finally have paleo cookbooks!!

2.I finally made a real breakfast this week!! I’ve really been on the kick of just eating some almond butter with an apple.. I need to stop that because, as I’ve mentioned before, nuts make my face breakout! And breakouts are NOT fun!

3. I got my first tomato out of my garden the other day!! My boyfriend said it was delicious!! I don’t like raw tomatoes, so I tried it and thought it was gross.. BUT cooked into a dish and I could definitely see how it would be awesome!!

4. This FroYo place being close to me is getting deadly.. It’s SOOOOO delicious.. I may or may not have made my way twice this week.. and it may or may not have been in back to back nights… whoops.

5. Check back tomorrow to see what these little tabs are all about!! =]

Have a great Friday everyone!!