So as we all head into the new year we are all faced with the concept of New Years resolutions. Oh I have made
them before only to fall short of my goal as life (family and work) take over my good intentions. So this year I decided to get my friend Angela involved in my New Year resolution so that I have to be accountable to someone other than myself. Oh, I guess this would be a good place to tell you what my New Years Resolutionis.........well the plan is to be physically active for a minimum of 30 minutes for all 365 days of the year. That is right every single day of 2012. So now you might be asking why are you blogging about it? Well Angela and I were trying to figure out how to keep each other on track, she lives in London and I live in Collingwood. We tried google calendar but that was really frustrating and then Angela sent me an excel sheet that had dates on it and that is not that much fun. So when I was snowshoeing the other day I thought to myself maybe I should blog about our efforts - make us accountable not only to each other but anyone else who might be interested in what we are up to. So that is the beginning of this blog I hope you enjoy and I look forward to your comments.

Krystin
get active NOW!

Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Day 39

Today was an early start to the day.  Off to the Y for the 6 am spin class. Would have loved to have slept in but too much happening today and I knew that if I did not get my workout in early I going to have a hard time finding any  other time today.

The one good thing about getting up early to workout is that when you get home and everyone else is still sleeping you can get a lot of stuff done!  I was so awake and raring to go that I made pumpkin pancakes for the boys for breakfast.  Lately I have been trying to get more protein into them before school.  These pancakes had protein so we tried them out - they were a hit.  Below is the recipe if you want to try them.   I substituted the flours with gluten free flour, the evaporated milk with almond milk and added flax seed.



Pumpkin Pie Pancakes

1 cup         whole wheat flour
1 cup         all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp     baking powder
1 1/2 tsp     pumpkin pie spice
1/2 tsp        baking soda and salt (I didn't use salt)
1 can          (14 oz) 2% evaporated milk (or14 oz of almond milk)
1 cup         canned pure pumpkin
1/4 cup      brown sugar
2                eggs
2 tbsp        butter, melted
1 tsp          vanilla

  • combine flours, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda and salt.
  • in another bowl mix all other ingredients
  • add wet to dry and stir until moistened
  • cook in frying pan medium to high heat until brown
  • serve with maple syrup and fruit
makes 12 pancakes
per cake   217 cal, 3.9g fat, 6 g protein, 2.1 g fibre

Enjoy!


Krystin
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