Good evening! I know my last post was kind of a downer, but life over all has been pretty wonderful. I left UC Santa Barbara for another UC school, and although it has only been a month, I am already loving it here. UCSB was seriously a psychological cancer (for me.) I started out there freshman year in the dorms and struggled to find people that I really connected with. I ended up going on meds to lift my spirits and failing to make any real friends. Many of the students there are extremely self and party oriented. It’s like the rest of the world doesn’t exist. I stuck it out sophomore year and moved into a house of girls I found on craigslist. They ended up being pretty awesome, and I made a couple of lasting friendships. However, in my two years at Santa Barbara, I made less friends and was collectively less happy than I have been in my 30 days here in northern California. Thursday night was one of my 4 house mate’s birthday. We celebrated!
Kristi, Ruby, Chelsea (bday girl), me, Marisa
And since Kristi and I aren’t 21 yet, we weren’t able to join them downtown. So, we went to a house party instead…
Me and the cutest azn ever
Today, I have just been studying for Biochem. But not really. I actually decided to bake a quick bread out of all seasonal ingredients. I have been meeting more and more people recently that are super sugar sensitive, so I decided to try making my own sugar free recipe. It turned out really well (
Alex , you should try it!). It also happens to be low fat. You’d never know by the taste though!
Spicy Sweet Potato Apple Bread
So pefect for fall.
Dry ingredients –
1.5 cups whole wheat flour
2 tbsp dried sour cherries (optional, but awesome)
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/2-1 tbsp fresh grated ginger
Wet ingredients –
1 egg
1 cup 1% milk
50 drops liquid stevia (or sub in 1/3-1/2 cup sugar)
1 cup baked sweet potato, mashed
1/3 of a large, sweet apple, chopped into little pieces
1 tbsp real butter
Directions -
Place the dry ingredients in one bowl and the wet in another. Mix each separately. Pour the dry over the wet and stir with as few swoops as possible. Pour into a greased 9×5 inch pan.
I had a really hard time with the baking times. I baked it for 80 minutes at 325 and it was still not quite done yet, so I turned it up to 350 and baked it for another 15. You could either do that or possibly just bake it at 350 for an hour or so. Follow your heart?
It’ll taste amazing regardless.
I don’t usually post nutrition stats, but this bread is so packed with vitamins that I just had to do it!
| |
| Vitamin A |
34.0 % |
 |
| Vitamin B-12 |
3.2 % |
|
| Vitamin B-6 |
6.0 % |
|
| Vitamin C |
7.9 % |
|
| Vitamin D |
4.9 % |
|
| Vitamin E |
1.7 % |
|
| Calcium |
7.8 % |
|
| Copper |
5.1 % |
|
| Folate |
1.6 % |
|
| Iron |
10.5 % |
|
| Magnesium |
2.4 % |
|
| Manganese |
19.4 % |
|
| Niacin |
2.8 % |
|
| Pantothenic Acid |
6.2 % |
|
| Phosphorus |
6.3 % |
|
| Riboflavin |
7.4 % |
|
| Selenium |
4.3 % |
|
| Thiamin |
3.1 % |
|
| Zinc |
2.3 % |
Good evening! I know my last post was kind of a downer, but life over all has been pretty wonderful. I left UC Santa Barbara for another UC school, and although it has only been a month, I am already loving it here. UCSB was seriously a psychological cancer (for me.) I started out there freshman year in the dorms and struggled to find people that I really connected with. I ended up going on meds to lift my spirits and failing to make any real friends. Many of the students there are extremely self and party oriented. It’s like the rest of the world doesn’t exist. I stuck it out sophomore year and moved into a house of girls I found on craigslist. They ended up being pretty awesome, and I made a couple of lasting friendships. However, in my two years at Santa Barbara, I made less friends and was collectively less happy than I have been in my 30 days here in northern California. Thursday night was one of my 4 house mate’s birthday. We celebrated!
Dry ingredients –
1.5 cups whole wheat flour
2 tbsp dried sour cherries (optional, but awesome)
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/2-1 tbsp fresh grated ginger
Wet ingredients –
1 egg
1 cup 1% milk
50 drops liquid stevia (or sub in 1/3-1/2 cup sugar)
1 cup baked sweet potato, mashed
1/3 of a large, sweet apple, chopped into little pieces
1 tbsp real butter
Directions -
Place the dry ingredients in one bowl and the wet in another. Mix each separately. Pour the dry over the wet and stir with as few swoops as possible. Pour into a greased 9×5 inch pan.
I had a really hard time with the baking times. I baked it for 80 minutes at 325 and it was still not quite done yet, so I turned it up to 350 and baked it for another 15. You could either do that or possibly just bake it at 350 for an hour or so. Follow your heart?
It’ll taste amazing regardless.
I don’t usually post nutrition stats, but this bread is so packed with vitamins that I just had to do it!