I have been feeling really sad, ever since the full moon on Monday.
I can’t really explain what or why. Maybe it’s because this full moon was in Scorpio and has us delving into the deep mysteries of the heart and our truth. I’ve been sleepless for too many nights and teary eyed. Apparently that’s to be expected according to this astrologist.
I feel like I’m mourning something that hasn’t happened yet. Or happened so long ago, that I can’t remember it. Maybe it’s a past-life thing, just as my angel cards said, when I went to see my waxing lady on Tuesday.
Post-full-moon-blues, sleepless nights and juicer-pulp carrot muffins.
I am really conscious about food waste, it’s something that I abhor. Why would we ever waste any of nature’s precious resources in any way?!! Which means that every time I make freshly pressed juice, because it’s so good, I feel a little bit sad about throwing all the pulp away. Luckily, at the moment we have 5 happy chickens who will devour some of it, but other times, I bake with it.
Which brings me to the obvious start: I made a massive 1.2 Litre carrot, apple and ginger juice for my love and I for breakfast, and then placed the pulp in a big metal mixing bowl, to bake with later, in between all my other tasks, and before meeting with my beautiful coaching clients, starting from noon.
What to do:
Start by preheating the oven to 180C, and oiling a muffin pan. Then get your bowl of juicer-pulp.
- Add 3 eggs;
- 1/2 cup coconut oil;
- 2 teaspoons of vanilla essence;
- And blend all the wet ingredients together with1/2 cup of sugar. (In this instance I also added a bit of left-over yoghurt mixed with water, because the pulp seemed a little bit dry.)
- Add 1.5 cups of gluten-free plain flour;
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder;
- 1 teaspoon of bicarb soda;
- 2 heaped teaspoons of cinnamon;
- And blend everything together with a fork until smooth. Or with your hands (like I do).
- Then take handfuls of the mixture, roll them into balls and evenly distribute them amongst all the muffin-pan holes.
Place the tray in the oven for about 40 minutes. When ready pull them out, and enjoy! These are definitely best when shared.
Even though baking doesn’t take the sadness away, there is a beautiful process that happens when creating and making things with love, for other people to enjoy. It’s a time to sink within, and allow my hands to be busy, get dirty and my mind to just be still. I get to experience the sensory pleasures of life, without having to make sense of them or explain my sadness.
