Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Egg Muffins

Last week's body image post has led to this one: even if I don't lose weight, I'll be damned if I'm not trying to eat healthfully.

Does that mean I didn't drink beer last weekend at the beer festival I worked at? Heck no. I had 3. 

I will share with you now the deliciousness that I just made for lunch. I've been eating more eggs- they're full of protein & all that. More accurately, I've been eating more egg whites. And I work at home, so I have occasion to mix stuff and bake it while I work. If you don't have that time, you could always spend a wee bit of time on the weekend & make some of these to reheat through the week.  Update: These are even better on day 2!

Also, if you're on weight watchers (again) these have 2 points each according to the new points plus (tm and all that). 

Thereby, I present to you: Egg Muffins!

  • 6 whole eggs- I used large. They were on sale, 2 doz. for a dollar at Food Lion. Yay!
  • 6 egg whites... let me give you a recommendation- separate the egg whites first. If you have any mistakes, you can just toss it in and count it toward the egg count. You probably already knew that, though. 
  • 1 Tablespoon flour- I don't know why, but I read that about it in a recipe at Polyface Farms website I guess it holds stuff together.
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • Salt & pepper
  • 1 cup feta cheese - I used reduced fat- if you use regular, make sure you account for it if you're watching that sort of thing.
  • 3/4ish cup cooked spinach which started out frozen
  • 1 tomato, chopped up
  1. Preheat oven to 350
  2. Pop frozen spinach in microwave
  3. Whisk together the egg whites & eggs, milk, flour, salt & pepper.
  4. Cut up the tomato & mix in gently
  5. Allow the spinach to cool a bit & add that in
  6. Add in feta
  7. Spray muffin tin with cooking spray & pour in mixture
  8. Cook at 350 about 35-40 minutes!
  9. Eat your healthy AND delicious meal!
After I made these, I realized a few things....
  • Full-fat feta would probably work better. Either that, or more low-fat feta. Because more cheese always = more delicious.
  • Next time I'm probably going to cook up some turkey bacon and dice it up and put it in. Because mmm, bacon.

Friday, April 13, 2012

I love my body?

Yes, a question mark. My body does amazing things. Things it couldn't do a few years ago. For example:
  • 15 push ups on my toes (probably more, the truth is, I haven't tried).
  • Hold a plank on my toes for 1 minute 15 seconds.
  • Skate 25 laps in less than 4 minutes.
  • Squat, squat, do more squats, and then squat more.
  • Carry Agent N on my back (he is about 70 lbs!)
But I am still a big girl.

When I joined roller derby, I saw it as a place where big girls were GOOD. Big was beneficial. Basic physics says that force = mass x acceleration. I have more mass than you and I have decent acceleration therefore I have more force.


But the more I play, the more I see these teeny tiny players getting amazing and I'm still a thorn in their collective sides, but.... but I don't know. I'm fast. I'm the fastest blocker on my team. I'm faster than some of our jammers. I'm proud of this! I am! But damnit if I don't want to look like them.

I want to fit in a smaller size. That's all. It's vanity. It's self doubt. It's not accepting who I am right now. If I died tomorrow, they wouldn't say "she was fat" at the funeral. Right? I mean, please tell me they wouldn't. They would say that I was a mom, a teacher, a derby girl. That I gave 100% in everything I did (except cleaning the house). That sometimes I got angry when other people weren't willing to believe in themselves.

Oh. hey. Let me think about that one.

Monday, April 2, 2012

DIY: art for small boys

Agent X and Agent N have a bathroom that is largely their own. It's pretty boring- all tan. It has an awesome world map shower curtain but that's about all.

I bought some canvas at Michael's that was in a value pack kind of thing, and saw an awesome project on Pinterest.


It was really simple, and the boys got to help make art for their bathroom! It was also messy, so do it outside. (note: the lighting in the bathroom was kind of yellowish so I brightened this picture up with Photoshop)

1. get some bubbles & some food coloring.

2. Put the bubbles into 4 small bowls. Add all of the food coloring. You need a lot of food coloring to make the bubbles show up.

3. Let kids blow bubbles onto the canvases. Do this right before bath time. Food coloring will stain skin for a little while & the quicker you get it off, the less time your kids will have blue lips & fingers.

4. Let dry. I let these dry a week- they were actually dry long before that, but I wanted to cover them with a clear coat and not have it make the bubbles run.

5. Spray with clear spray paint.

6. Hang on the wall and admire!