A Weekend Full Of Nothing & A Recipe

You know those weekends full of nothing to do? Those delicious weekends with no plans, no work and in our case no food in the fridge. Weekends were you end up living in lounge wear and maybe rearrange some photo frames or actually have time to clean out your underwear drawer. Long days wrapped up in a movie, and deep hearty laughs with your spouse. Time to actually breath and enjoy the feeling of nothing in particular.

Our weekend, it was awesome. It was awesome because our bodies slept straight till lunch time each morning. It was awesome because we walked to Trader Joe's in our work out pants topped with the shirts we slept in the night before. It was awesome because we camped out in our bed in the afternoons watching football (I watched movies on my computer) and ate nothing but snacks. Anyone else totally in love with Trader Joe's and all their snacks!?

Happily doing nothing with the one you love. Whatever that feeling is ... it is a good one.

We needed this weekend full of nothing more than we knew. Of course I can't help but remember our weekends full of nothing were truly the best with Ryan. But, I can't think of that right now because I'll start to cry. And I don't want to cry...not today. What I'll think about are all the moments from this past weekend with my husband...

The moment of us giving each other high fives after realizing we slept in till 11am! Or when I said "I'm going to take a shower." and Dan said "Why?" My favorite moment was when we were walking home from dinner and decided to stop into this travel bookstore for "just a sec." We stayed for an hour tucked away looking at a million books, dreaming of a million adventures.

Dear Weekend Full Of Nothing,

Thank you. We needed you badly. We needed happy, lazy and lots relaxation. We needed to ease off the sadness for just a few a days. We needed to just be.

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This weekend wasn't totally full of nothing if you count my time in the kitchen Sunday afternoon. I had a can of pumpkin puree burning a hole in my cupboard and a serious craving for sugar...as I typically always do. I love these "donut" muffins which aren't really anything like donuts except for that sugar coating. It reminds me of my favorite kind of donut. You know those round ones coated in white sugar? Those are awesome. These are awesome too...Enjoy!

Pumpkin "Donut" Muffins

What You Need

2 cups pumpkin puree

2 cups of all purpose flour

1 cup whole wheat flour

1 1/2 cups raw sugar

2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp pure vanilla extract

3 eggs

1/2 cup vegetable oil

3 tsp pumpkin spice

or if you don't have pumpkin spice try...

2 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp nutmeg

1 tsp all spice

For the cinnamon and sugar coating

1/2 cup of raw sugar

2 tsp cinnamon

What You Do

-sift all your flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and spices together.

-with a whisk mix your eggs and pumpkin.

-add your oil and vanilla to your eggs and pumpkin. Whisk until all incorporated.

-slowly whisk in your dry ingredients.

-mix until there are no lumps.

-scoop batter into a greased muffin pan.

-bake for about 15-20 minutes at 350 degrees.

-while your muffins bake mix your sugar and cinnamon together in a big bowl.

-once your muffins are out of the oven and cooled, use a butter knife to loosen them out of the pan.

-toss your muffins one by one in the cinnamon and sugar coating.