I just found this beautiful collection of mouthwatering food photos! The photography and food styling is outstanding and inspiring!

 

 

If you have a free minute or an hour check out the collection here

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’ve been making these muffins lately but each time I make them I’ve been in a hurry and did not take the time to take photos. Today I finally did it!

 

 

This recipe was inspired by a possibly vegan, or maybe paleo cookbook. I really can’t remember. I read the recipe then tried to make this from memory.

 

 

So it goes something like this:

Mince some ginger. Though the minced ginger was not in the original recipe.

 

 

In a bowl add almond butter and coconut oil.

 

 

And mix together.

 

 

Then add eggs and beat in.

 

 

Then add almond meal,

 

 

baking powder,

 

 

sunflower seeds,

 

 

shredded coconut,

 

flax meal,

 

 

a pinch of salt,

 

 

I like pink salt.

 

 

A pinch of cayenne,

 

 

sesame seeds,

 

 

and some flax seeds.

 

 

I like to cut semi frozen cranberries in half so they let out their red juice as the cook.

 

 

Next partially fill muffin pans with batter

 

 

and top with minced ginger

 

 

and cranberry pieces.

 

 

Bake at 350 for about 20 min or until starting to brown around the edges.

 

 

 

 

Almond meal cranberry muffins

• 1/2 cup almond butter
• 2 tablespoons raw honey (optional)
• 1/4 cup coconut oil
• 5 eggs
• 1 cup almond meal
• 3/4 cup shredded unsweetened coconut
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 cup sunflower seeds
• 2 tablespoons flax meal
• 1 tablespoon flax seeds
• 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
• 1 teaspoon salt
• pinch of cayenne

 

In a bowl add almond butter and coconut oil.
And mix together. Then add eggs and beat in.
Add almond meal, baking soda, sunflower seeds, shredded coconut, flax meal,  flax seeds,

sesame seeds, salt, and pinch of cayenne,
Next partially fill muffin pans with batter and top with minced ginger and cranberry pieces.
Bake at 350 for about 20 min or until starting to brown around the edges.

 

If you had a kayak and you saw this what would you do?

 

 

Get out and carry it around?

 

 

Nope!

 

 

 

not these guys!

 

 

 

 

Yup, he’s fine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The sun came out  and it made it up to 70 degrees today! Then I spotted them, tiny little yellow bits of color. Yes, the crocuses are finally here. Spring may actually be on it’s way.

 

 

While I was crawling around on the ground I saw  the thumb sized kale plant

 

 

And a brussel sprout plant that has not made any brussels but never mind this post isn’t about calling out freeloaders.

 

It was a great day to be pouring concrete yesterday.

I saw the sun reflecting on the water and then I saw it, the mixer backed up to the pump, pumping to a another pump on a barge, pumping to another pump on another barge, pumping it to the pier they were pouring!

 

 

Then I spotted all the mixers lined up waiting their turn.

 

 

Currently this is the bridge to get across the Tennessee river. I’d love to shoot from that bridge but it’s so busy with so much traffic and as each vehicle passes over it the bridge wiggles so I wouldn’t get a clear photo.

 

 

I talked to some old guys in the fishing access parking lot and they said there had been mixers lined up since the first light of dawn.

 

 

When I came back by after dark there were still a row of mixer headlights waiting in line. I didn’t stop for more photos as it had started to rain.