Pomegranate-Bulgur Salad
Today was such a glorious day - sunshine, +8 Celsius, day off from work - it was simply impossible for me to do anything but just soak in the sun and enjoy the beauty around me. Pre-spring! The buds are starting to get fat earlier than they did last year - I sure hope we can get some warm spring weather this year and not the cool long-drawn-out spring we had in 2011.
I enjoyed a beautiful long walk at Aldergrove Park walking all the way around the perimeter trail. Such a wonderful day.
I felt like a new person after being outdoors again especially during daylight hours.
Anyway, came home and decided that I simply could not go back inside yet so I mucked around in the garden cleaning a few dead branches out of the way, trimming some of the hydrangeas and pruning the rose bushes. Yay! Wow - it felt SO GOOD to be out there next to the earth again!
Then I decided I could no longer avoid the kitchen so made a couple of new recipes today.
First: Pomegranate-Bulgur Salad from Whole Living Find the recipe here.
And then I tried a whole grain cake recipe - Honey Apple Cake:
2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp ground mixed spice
3 tbsp honey
1 1/3 cups dried chopped dates
2 eggs
1/2 cup apple juice
1/2 cup sunflower oil
1 1/3 cups grated apple
2 tablespoons chopped filberts
Grease & line an 8" round deep cake pan (I used a springform pan that's about 10" round, I believe).
Place flour, baking powder, spices into bowl of stand mixer. Make a well. Put the remaining ingredients (except filberts) into the well. Mix and then beat the dough for a couple of minutes. Pour into prepared pan, sprinkle the chopped filberts on top.
Bake at 350 F. for 1 to 1 1/4 hours until toothpick comes out clean.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Esther
I enjoyed a beautiful long walk at Aldergrove Park walking all the way around the perimeter trail. Such a wonderful day.
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| Woodland Trail |
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| Beautiful Mt. Baker in the State of Washington |
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| Birch trees |
Anyway, came home and decided that I simply could not go back inside yet so I mucked around in the garden cleaning a few dead branches out of the way, trimming some of the hydrangeas and pruning the rose bushes. Yay! Wow - it felt SO GOOD to be out there next to the earth again!
Then I decided I could no longer avoid the kitchen so made a couple of new recipes today.
First: Pomegranate-Bulgur Salad from Whole Living Find the recipe here.
And then I tried a whole grain cake recipe - Honey Apple Cake:
2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp ground mixed spice
3 tbsp honey
1 1/3 cups dried chopped dates
2 eggs
1/2 cup apple juice
1/2 cup sunflower oil
1 1/3 cups grated apple
2 tablespoons chopped filberts
Grease & line an 8" round deep cake pan (I used a springform pan that's about 10" round, I believe).
Place flour, baking powder, spices into bowl of stand mixer. Make a well. Put the remaining ingredients (except filberts) into the well. Mix and then beat the dough for a couple of minutes. Pour into prepared pan, sprinkle the chopped filberts on top.
Bake at 350 F. for 1 to 1 1/4 hours until toothpick comes out clean.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Esther
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