The Beats!
So, I understand it's rainy in Seattle, but normally it's what I call a heavy mist - weak sauce. If it's going to rain, I want it to RAIN. Anyway, a few weeks ago in a moment of irresponsibility I signed up for another marathon, which means I need to start running. Well, I probably should have started about two months ago. So despite the heavy mist falling a few nights ago, I set out for a run in the dark. Half way through my run, the heavy mist suddenly got a lot heavier. This was not weak sauce rain. In fact, it started to really hurt hitting my eyes and I was squinting, running along the dark trail looking like a drowned rat. There was no distracting myself from the typhoon I was in, so I tried to distract myself from the fact that I was running in it by trying to list all the music I know about rain.
I was all ready to go with my rain themed playlist and then my roommate mentioned that it was kind of a depressing idea. And yes, I suppose it is depressing. And yeah, I've been a little emo lately. But I'm not convinced this rain theme means the music is depressing so I forced her to listen to the Fat Joe song "Make It Rain" until she agreed that "making it rain on them hoes" wasn't necessarily depressing, maybe just a little weird (and maybe she just said all this to get me to stop playing the song). Anyway, you're getting the playlist, depressing or not. And no, nothing about this playlist screams quality music. But it doesn't have to, because I'm being emo.
The Treats!
So, I understand it's rainy in Seattle, but normally it's what I call a heavy mist - weak sauce. If it's going to rain, I want it to RAIN. Anyway, a few weeks ago in a moment of irresponsibility I signed up for another marathon, which means I need to start running. Well, I probably should have started about two months ago. So despite the heavy mist falling a few nights ago, I set out for a run in the dark. Half way through my run, the heavy mist suddenly got a lot heavier. This was not weak sauce rain. In fact, it started to really hurt hitting my eyes and I was squinting, running along the dark trail looking like a drowned rat. There was no distracting myself from the typhoon I was in, so I tried to distract myself from the fact that I was running in it by trying to list all the music I know about rain.
I was all ready to go with my rain themed playlist and then my roommate mentioned that it was kind of a depressing idea. And yes, I suppose it is depressing. And yeah, I've been a little emo lately. But I'm not convinced this rain theme means the music is depressing so I forced her to listen to the Fat Joe song "Make It Rain" until she agreed that "making it rain on them hoes" wasn't necessarily depressing, maybe just a little weird (and maybe she just said all this to get me to stop playing the song). Anyway, you're getting the playlist, depressing or not. And no, nothing about this playlist screams quality music. But it doesn't have to, because I'm being emo.
The Treats!
These muffins are ridiculously easy, and although I loooove using my kitchenaid mixer, there's still something really satisfying about a recipe that just requires you to dump everything into one big bowl and stir. The preparation part of this recipe should take about 5 minutes tops, unless you're like me and forget to add the oil, then try to incorporate it into the batter later and end up siphoning the layer of oil off the top because, no, it just will not mix in. Oh well, healthier muffins I guess. I'm a big fan of almond flavoring but lemon extract would work as well, if you happen to prefer it.
Almond Poppyseed Muffins
Makes 24 muffins
What you'll need ...
What you'll need ...
3 cups flour
2 1/4 cups sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 cups milk
1 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs
1 teaspoon almond extract
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 Tablespoons poppyseeds
Sliced almonds for garnish
Muffin tin liners
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease, spray, or line the muffin tins for 24 muffins. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
Add eggs, milk, oil, and almond & vanilla extracts. Whisk until smooth.
1 comments:
1) i want some of these to eat. now
2) my favorite thing about this post? as soon as i saw 'rain playlist', i thought " please please let the hilary duff and CCR songs be on here". success.
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