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A Butt Kicking Hike and Link Love!!!

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So, this past Friday, I got to g on my first hike of the season!! I decided to do a shorter one since I was just coming back. I weighted down my new Camelbak backpacking pack and hit the trail. I decided to do Hamilton Mountain on the Washington side of the Gorge. It is about 6.5 miles round trip. A school bus of kids pulled in behind me, so I hit the trail without warming up.

An hour and 15 minutes later I was at the summit. It was a gorgeous day and the views were breathtaking, as usual.

 

If you have never hiked in the Columbia Gorge, you are missing out!!

It took me a good 2 hours to get down, ambling as I went. I wasn’t in a hurry to descend, so I took my time.

The next morning, I could not move!! I cannot believe how incredibly sore I was! All the more reason to go out and do it again, right??? I am hoping to squeeze in as many hikes as I can this summer.

Anyways, totally unrelated……

I love reading blogs! There are sooo many wonderful bloggers out there! Today, I want to give a little shout out to the bloggers I like the most:

Juli at PaleOMG

Katie at KatieDid

Katherine at KatsHealthCorner

Angela at OhSheGlows

Lori at WhatRunsLori

Laura at AgainstTheGrain

Jenna at Paleo Project

Mee at MeeEatPaleo

Mark at MarksDailyApple

Sarah at EverydayPaleo

Heather at HeatherEatsAlmondButter

What are some of your favorite blogs?

 What’s your favorite place to hike??

Summertime Strawberry Muffins

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I loooove strawberries! I could eat them by the crateful with reckless abandon and no regrets! We went through about a quart in less than 24 hours. They were so sweet and yummy! I just had to put them to good use in muffin form for our hike to Hamilton Mtn (which was awesome, btw).

Sandi and I at the false summit- brrr!!!

So, I adapted this recipe from Ohsheglows (Don’t I always!) and am sad to say I only made a half batch and there are only 2 left! Enjoy!!

 
Summertime Strawberry Muffins
Adapted from Ohsheglows
 
Ingredients:

1 cup spelt flour

3/4 cup unbleached white flour

1/4 tsp.  salt

1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon

1/2 cup Sucanat (or brown sugar)

1 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. aluminum-free baking powder

1.5 tbsp. ground  flax (or chia) + 1/4 cup water

1.25 cup almond milk

3 tbsp. nut butter (I always use 2 T almond and 1 T peanut butter)

1 tbsp. vanilla

1 large banana mashed, left a bit chunky

3/4 cup strawberries, chopped

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375F. Grease a muffin tin or loaf pan and set aside. In a small bowl mix the ground flax and water and set aside. In a large bowl mix all dry ingredients (flours, salt, cinnamon, Sucanat, baking soda + powder). Set aside. In a medium sized bowl, mix all wet ingredients (flax + water mixture, milk, nut butter, vanilla,banana). Mix well. Add wet to dry and stir. Fold in chopped strawberries. Bake for 20-25 minutes until firm.

Happy Muffins!

Kim