Adventures in Baking, part 3 (aka WTH, Glenda???)

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This evening I made the bacon and Brussels sprouts thing that de23 made at NAH, except I used different spices (top dish), more of those wonderful pumpkin bars (left) and the Berry Good Cobbler (right) from the Everyday Paleo book loaned to me by de23. However, instead of the cinnamon it called for, I went with apple pie spice.

Clearly, this is getting out of hand! I hope the Brussels sprouts and the cobbler freeze well. (I know the pumpkin bars do.)

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The Brussels were AWESOME. The use of a mixed roasted garlic and herb seasoning (containing garlic, sweet red pepper, salt, and 'spices') and additional minced onion worked really well. I think I chose it from my cabinet because brussels have always tasted a bit like cabbage to me and I think red pepper is good in cabbage.

The cobbler was pretty good, better after being in the refrigerator overnight. Yes, I would like the cobbler recipe from the well-fed book. Leigh, I think you will love the pumpkin bars (especially if you are like me and love pumpkin! Bars is a misnomer in that it is a bit more like cake than a true bar).

I haven't tried many of the recipes I copied from the first book De loaned me because they often call for coconut flour. So, I ordered some from amazon. It is nice eating different things than my same old, same old. (Even if I do have to actually cook) So far, I've chosen recipes that don't require all that much prep work.

My plan is to cook some on the weekends and eat it most of the following week. Any good yellow/zucchini squash recipes?

I have been really good this week (with the exception of artificial sweetener/Coke Zero. I can't completely give it up and, IDK, maybe I just need that little something that is "wrong" as, strangely enough, it helps me stay away from other stuff, overall). However, I am usually pretty good the WEEK OF (after the diet devastation of the WEEK BEFORE.) You know of which I speak.

Oh, yoga. A friend has asked me to go with her to hot yoga once before (I didn't get her message in time) but I don't think I'd ever be able to get past the awkwardness of doing yoga positions in front of other people. I just hope to exercise more this weekend and get out of my unmotivated funk. Maybe I will since the SUN is shining and SPRING is around the corner.