Quick meals

Hello and welcome to Monday (I'm hating this Monday).

So craziness ruled my house as usual this last week. We had a clogged sewer line that runs to our septic tank. So until we could get it figured out and fixed I had to haul my laundry out to our shop. We found a free washer on a Facebook page and use it to wash the guy's work clothes. So after 5 loads I was putting the last load in and realized there was a sock in the bottom (top loader and I am 4'10") so I did a hop to reach the bottom and nailed my head on a shelf and again on the washer on the way to the floor.

So here is where you can laugh. This is the 2nd possible 3rd time (I don't know my brain is injured) I have hit my head doing laundry.

I'm fairly sure I got a concussion this time as days later I'm having headaches, eyesight issues and just want to sleep. So yeah what about you how's your Monday?

I am horrible at feeding myself when I am home alone. I tend to skip eating altogether and it is getting me off track of my weight loss goals, so I went in search of ideas and found this picture. I hope it helps you too!

Baked Pumpkin Donut Holes

Hi guys!  (No racial slur or otherwise negative content meant) LOL  The world today is a crazy place man.  Maybe it always has been it's just that as we age we pay more attention to things like that.  Who knows.  Anyway on to my purpose lol.  Happy Thursday!  Hope your week is going well.  Mine is going, but you know Thursdays are my favorite, for having the day off!  So, to the eats.......!
Today our feature can be a snack or dessert, but whatever you call it it's yummmmmmmmm.  Super easy and I think I would probably call them Mini Pumpkin Muffins, but it's not my recipe so that's that lol.  But I can and will call them super good!  Hope your residents enjoy them.!  See you Saturday!

Baked Pumpkin Donut Holes

Yield: 24 donut holes                               Cook Time: 10-12 minutes

For the Donuts:
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoons nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon allspice
1/8 teaspoons ground cloves
1/3 cup canola oil
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup canned plain pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling)
1/2 cup milk

For the Coating:
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
2/3 cup granulated sugar
2 tablespoons cinnamon

directions:
1. Preheat oven 350°F. Spray a 24-cup mini muffin tin with baking spray and set aside.

2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves. In a separate, large bowl whisk together oil, brown sugar, egg, vanilla, pumpkin and milk until smooth. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix until just combined.

3. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

4. While the muffins bake, melt butter in one bowl and combine granulated sugar and cinnamon in another bowl. Remove muffins from oven and cool for 2 minutes. Dip each muffin in melted butter, then roll in cinnamon sugar to coat. Serve muffins warm or at room temperature.

Recipe from The Craving Chronicles

Quinoa Snack

Hellllooooo Thursday!  One of my favorite days of the week these days!  Hope you're week is going well, hang on it's almost the weekend.  Oh and thanx so much for stopping by.  I'm only here for a minute.  Today is short but sweet and of course crazy lol.  My dad found today's recipe in the Extra Section of the Roanoke Times Newspaper.  There is a column by Dr. Michael Roizen and Dr. Mehmet Oz.  I don't buy into too much that these two "drs" have to say but this snack just really sounded good.  So I tried, and we liked it!  They are different and I think if you have an aversion to quinoa you probably won't like them. But as with all things, you should give them a try! The article just gave the recipe without a name so I have dubbed them Quinoa Snack LOL.  Not very original but I personally won't have to wonder about what recipe it is since it's new around here!  Hope all is well at your Asylum and I will see you on Saturday!

Quinoa Snack

1/2 Cup almond butter 

1/2 Cup puffed quinoa (Cooked)

1 teaspoon Vanilla

Combine all ingredients.  Refrigerate for 20 minutes, then roll into marbel-size balls.  Store in refrigerator in a container lined with parchment paper