OMGOMGOMG! PUPPYYYYYYYYY!

I swear, I'm bouncing on the walls, with my new family member Delilah. :) I adopted her and I found her on Petfinder.com. She's a real cutie. My friend Fiona helped me pick out a name. Her original name was... Meh... So we (my brother, my mom and I) changed it ^_^ At the shelter she was barking a storm but since she's stepped out she hasn't barked at all, only a few yelps when I tripped on her paws. When you adopt a dog, well, your first dog (I shouldn't speak of others), it feels like you just wanna scream and shout "I HAVE A DOG!!!". I think I'll make some fudge... When I'm happy, I bake :)

Pugs and Kisses,
Sonia

Go Vegan!

I remember a time when a lot of my friends started going vegetarian and vegan and all those special diet things. At first I thought it would be living hell. I mean, what would they eat?! But now I realized how easy it is with these Vegan Applesauce-Oatmeal cookies. Scratch that, they're not like cookies, nor muffins, nor scones. It's like a combination of all three. Is that even possible?! How should I call these... Vegan Applesauce-Oatmeal "Scooffins"????

Vegan Applesauce-Oatmeal "Scooffins"
(For those who have a hard time deciding what desert to have ;])

Ingredients:
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup white sugar
1 cup applesauce
1 cup flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup oats
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 tsp. cinnamon (or a little more if you like a lot of cinnamon, like myself)
1-2 Tbsp. water (in case the batter isn't mixing well)

1) Preheat the oven to 375F
2) Mix all the ingredients except water, applesauce and raisins.
3) Mix in applesauce. If the batter isn't mixing well add 1-2 Tbsp. water if needed. ;)
4) Fold in raisins
5) Scoop 1/2 Tbsp.-fulls of the batter onto a baking sheet sprayed with non-stick cooking spray, or oiled with butter or however you non-stick you sheets!
6) Bake for 10 minutes each. Let cook for a few minutes before taking the "scooffins" elsewhere (A.K.A. your mouth!!)

This recipe makes somewhere between 20-30 "scooffins", depending on how big you make them

Hope you like 'em!
-Sonia ;)

Eep, I should've gotten this up FOREVER ago...

'Kay, so my laptop was really screwed up for the past 2 weeks, so I couldn't upload any pictures from my camera to the internet, so this is probably 2-3 weeks late (this picture, and the meaning of this entire post...). I had made applesauce-oatmeal-raisin mini-muffins, a slight adoption of Joy the Baker's recipe for applesauce-oatmeal-blueberry muffins. For whatever reason, I love my muffins to be mini. In my head, mini = cute. :)

-Sonia

Update on the 30 (29 for me...) Healthiest Foods

Hey, so I'm just gonna put up my progress. I think I'm doing pretty dang good! I was spell-bound with spinach, sassy with sweet potatoes, and mushy with my mushrooms >.< (Yes, the cheesiness is all good. C'mon! It's S.A.D. *Singles Awareness Day* and Valentines Day!). Here's what I've tried so far, with a few side-notes for you inconvenience ~hahaha~:

-Mushrooms
*Tried it on my friends' mothers homemade pizza. Delish times 10!!

-Whole-grain pasta
*Tastes great with cooked veggies. I had some whole grain macaroni with spinach and red peppers :-)

-Peanut and nut butters
*Almond butter + apple cinnamon rice cakes. 'Nuf said.

-Oatmeal
*Thanks to The Oatmeal Diaries and this list, I am in LOVE with this stuff. When I was younger my brother would always have his with applesauce and raisins. I think this is one of the first things we can agree on; this stuff is daaaaaaaaaang good!

-Quinoa
*I just tried this for dinner today. It had a good texture; it was softer than rice, but not super-mushy.

-Almonds
*When I tried this, it was in one of those microwave-things with green beans. I guess it counts... It was quite a good combination!

-Non-fat Greek yogurt
*Ew, sorry Greek yogurt lovers, but I hated this stuff. Too dry for me. Sorry :P

-Chicken Breasts
*I also had this for dinner tonight ^.^, marinated with teriyaki to have it nice and tender.

-Broccoli
*For the past few days, I've had broccoli very frequently. You can do so much with it!!

-Sweet Potatoes
*I had 1/2 of one, does that count? It was just there in the fridge, all alone... So I put it out of it's misery by microwaving and and demolishing (Oops, I meant to say painlessly eating, I mean putting it out of it's misery) it with cinnamon. }:)

-Edamame
*Boiled plain, ooh oooooh good! And with some sushi to make the meal, SPECTACULAR!

-Oranges
*My new Vitamin C fix ^_^ I've had one at least every other day so far!

-Spinach
*Those steam-in-a-bags; You gotta love 'em!


So so far, I've had 13/29 (Can't have skim milk...) Top Healthiest Foods for you. I might lower it to 28 though because sardines come in those cans and still have their little eyes and... I just can't bring myself to do it :(.

Oh yeah, have a good Valentines Day! I'm off to make a Banana Boat ( Open the inner flap of banana, scoop out 1/2 the insides and eat that, fill with marshmallows and chocolate chips, and microwave for 30 seconds. Don't worry about the rest of the banana peel turning black-ish. It just happens :\)!!

XOXO,
Sonia

30 Healthiest Foods

So, here's the dealio:
1) I'M SOOOOOOO SORRY I haven't posted in what seems like forever! My laptop was really screwed up for the past week but just a day or two ago my dad came over and helped set the internet back in order ^_^
2) When I was on the computer (the family desktop... No comment), I was playing Ravenwood Fair on Facebook. If you haven't tried it; TRY IT.
3) I've been following this blog called "Carrots and Cake", and I love it. One of the posts, which was published awhile ago, was titled "The 30 Healthiest Foods Challenge", and no-foshizzle, I clicked on it. The blogger, Tina , said she was going to try to try all 30 foods in the next month, and I was thinking I should try it. The only things I have against it is the fact I'll never be able to find all those things in 1 month and have it all (And also the fact that my mother won't allow me to have skim milk... -______-). I started it this February, and I plan on finishing it by June, because even different foods, I somehow put it off. Don't judge!! If you're too lazy to click the link, here's the list of top 30 Healthiest Foods:

• Mushrooms
• Walnuts
• Whole-Grain Pasta
• Peanut and Nut Butters
• Oatmeal
• Barley
• Quinoa
• Lentils
• Bulgur
• Almonds
• Eggs
• Nonfat Greek Yogurt
• Chicken Breasts
• Wild Salmon
• Sardines
• Kale
• Kiwi
• Blueberries
• Broccoli
• Avocados
• Black Beans
• Sweet Potatoes
• Extra-Virgin Olive Oil
• Edamame
• Chard
• Kidney Beans
• Oranges
• Spinach
• Pumpkin
• Skim Milk

The foods with the links and such are from Carrots and Cake's posts where she tried it, so I can't get 'em off, but hey, it's fun to surf the internet!

-Sonia ;)