Jamie Eason's Cinnamon Swirl Protein Bread

I saw this recipe from Jamie Eason, of bodybuilding.com, this morning and was more than excited to try it. I had been craving something like this and finding it this morning via Twitter was perfect timing!

This kind of recipe is perfect for when you are craving something unhealthy.  Luckily, with this bread, there's no real cheating involved.  If you look at my last post, you may notice that I often improvise when I'm out of ingredients.  Well, today was no different!!

I had all but a couple ingredients.  The recipe (seen here) called for 2 scoops of vanilla whey protein powder, baby food applesauce, and an optional 1/4 cup of low sugar vanilla yogurt.  I had barely one scoop of vanilla whey protein left, so I added some chocolate rice powder because that's the only other protein powder I had and really wanted to try this recipe.  I used some Greek yogurt instead of low sugar vanilla and used Stevia in place of Xylitol.  I also do not have an 8x8 pan, but I do have an 8in cake pan (which I used to make a hippo cake for BF's birthday...see end of post!) :)!  Oh...one more thing...I forgot to spray the pan before adding the batter, but no matter.  It was nonstick and it came out perfectly :)

Batter Before Baking

Almost done!

I can't wait to try this recipe again with the actual ingredients Jamie listed because then I'm sure it'll look a bit more like it did in her recipe's picture than it did for me today ;).  Regardless, it's delicious!

Hope you try it and have a great week! :)

As promised: hippo cake picture http://twitpic.com/5ssj0v

...BF one-up'd me on my birthday by making a cake replica of my cat: http://twitpic.com/571h7o and a fire engine for his nephew: http://twitpic.com/5euqhm

Quinoa Wraps

I watched Tone it Up's video with Tenley Molzahn where they made quinoa wraps with collard greens as the wraps!  Here is the video that has their (great) recipe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jji4r7I2WSY

I, however, was hungry and did not have collard greens, avocado, or tempeh.  What I DID have was quinoa, romaine lettuce, swiss chard, lime juice, tuna, water chestnuts, cilantro, and parsley!

How to recreate this yummy meal:

1. Cook quinoa.
2. Lay out romaine lettuce (or collard greens or any other kind of green for a wrap) and place some swiss chard on top (optional).
3. Mix the tuna, water chestnuts, cilantro, and parsley with lime juice, sea salt, ground pepper, Jack Daniel's mustard, and red cayenne pepper in a bowl.
4. Place cooked quinoa on wraps and cover with the mixture from the bowl! :)

This was great and it makes amazing left overs!

Make Your Life Better...With a Bracelet?

Described as basically a Livestrong with brains, the "Jawbone Up" bracelet/wristband is supposed to track your activity, sleeping, and eating activities and make suggestions to better control those areas of your life.  It has sensors in it and works in conjunction with your iPhone or Android via an app (that I assume will be known to you when you buy the wristband...likely something to do with "Jawbone").

It is supposed to take a picture of your food and estimate the calories of your meal based on the picture and it also gives you healthy suggestions based on how you are doing in other areas of your life (sleeping, eating, etc).  For example, if you did not sleep much, Jawbone Up might tell you to eat a high-protein meal and lots of water when you wake up.

The wristband supposedly comes out at the end of the year and is said to be "affordable", whatever that means.  I think this looks like a very worthwhile device for someone like me or my friends on the Tone it Up team.  However, I am a bit skeptic about the calorie estimation based on a picture, but with all the technology that's out now, that is something I will just have to wait and see about.  I do love the idea of this wristband, though, and I'm really digging the blue color pictured in the article :).  Guess we'll just have to wait and see what this is all about later this year!  I'm looking forward to it!

See article here: http://www.tuaw.com/2011/07/15/jawbone-up-wristband-sensor-design-for-your-health/