Daily Run and Some Heidi Swanson
Time of Day: 5:25 AM
Weather: 77*, 84% humidity
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 57 seconds
Distance: 8 miles
Average Pace: 8:37/mile
Notes: Yesterday I made it a whole 68 minutes on the elliptical and I went nice and fast. I think it was a record.
Today I got up at 5 to run before work. I love running at about 6 AM when the sky is just beginning to get a little light, but 5:25…not so much. Makes a big difference. Also, it makes me tired and I wish I was napping right now, but I have to wait until Milo naps and stops jumping on me.
No naps here
My run was going so well until about mile 5 when I was hit with a bathroom urge. No bathroom to be found, so I had to hold it for 3 more miles. That can really ruin a run. In fact, I think it’s the most common run-ruiner for me.
Annnnd back to Thursday! Sorry to jump around like this, but I think Milo is on the verge of napping and I need to wrap this up. I went to a friend’s place for a hotdog bbq on Thursday. I told him I could bring salad or cookies, and he chose salad. This saddened MSB, so I asked him what kind of cookies I should bring. He said to bring my three-ingredient peanut butter cookies, so I made them with M&Ms and chocolate chips and they were wonderful…but didn’t make a big batch and what if someone was allergic? I decided to try Heidi Swanson’s chocolate chip cookies from Super Natural Cooking. They’re called Mesquite Chocolate Chip cookies, but I have yet to be able to find that stupid mesquite flour, so I subbed whole wheat pastry flour like she suggests. I wish I had read David Lebovitz’s post so I had known to use buckwheat flour. He posts the recipe just slightly altered from Swanson’s cookbook.
I made them and they were decent, but mostly because I used big disks of El Rey chocolate and extra dark chocolate chips. The cookie itself was pretty average. Wish I had found that mesquite flour.
They lacked the lovely brown flour from the book.
The cookies still got good reviews from my friends, but I think I like the peanut butter ones better. Also, Heidi Swanson cookies remind me that I love this recipe of hers and might need to make it again.
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Love AM workouts and the energy they give to power through a morning, but it’s so true how a half-hour earlier from your “normal run wake up time” lets the afternoon fatigue right in. Mesquite cookies sound like a cool twist from the norm. I definitely need to make those 3-ingredient pb cookies!
not having access to a bathroom on the run is the worst and was totally the story of my boston training! annoying!
you are such a parent with milo. that sounds like exactly what parents say “i have to wait until the baby naps until i can” hahah!
i also need you to, like, air mail me some cookies. i’m not a big enough fan to make a batch myself so i need you to do it for me
ooh, i’ve got some buckwheat flour i’ve been meaning to play with, i should use that in those cookies! i’ve only seen mesquite flour/powder online… but haven’t broken down and bought it yet.
Hi there, I’m Peter from Casa de Mesquite (formerly Casa de Fruta). Please send me an email Peter_Felker@hotmail.com and we will see what we can do to get you some mesquite flour. If you get a bunch of friends together you can also buy a 22 lb box from us for $3.25 per pound
Peter
i love that you are always looking out for those with a nut allergy when you bake cookies for others
so sweet of you. of course, i’m sure you also don’t mind having a little extra batter around!
you won my csn giveaway – send me an email so i make sure to send them the right one so you can get your giftcard!