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  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 12,112
    josevolution said:
    Damn that’s impressive you must have a green thumb 
    Thanks. Got lucky this year. Also maybe learned a few things along the way. Peaches are from the farmstand. First year that I actually fed my tomato plants and peppers. Also planted about 5 plants in a super sunny spot that I normally plant only flowers. Those ones are doing great. 
  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,293

    One of the recipes in my Mediterranean Diet cookbook is for fig muffins. They are made with a combo of oat flour and buckwheat flour. The only sweetener is 3 tablespoons of honey and 12 chopped figs that are in the batter. They came out really good. They are not as sweet as muffins I am used to eating but still delicious. 
  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 12,112
    Creative^ never heard of that. I love figs too. Not always easy to find fresh ones.
  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,293
    Loujoe said:
    Creative^ never heard of that. I love figs too. Not always easy to find fresh ones.
    It is hard to find them. I got them at Whole Foods. They had a bunch of them there. I had to buy 16 whole figs for this recipe. 12 of them got diced up small for the batter and 4 got sliced to put on top of the muffins. I ate one today and put the rest in the freezer. Twenty seconds in the microwave should be good when I want to eat them. 
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,067
    GlowGirl said:
    For the past few months I have been eating really poorly in terms of healthy food. First I was traveling with the PJ tour and ate delicious food but probably not the healthiest. When I came home I just wasn’t into cooking much and have been ordering in a lot. Again, delicious but less nutritious. So I decided to try the Mediterranean diet for a while. For me to stick with it - it had to be easy. I found a great cookbook that covers 4 weeks. Each week has a shopping list and a schedule of what to eat each day, what to prep ahead and freeze, etc. also, the recipes are for one person. So I decided to try this. I started today. Lunch was chicken and Faro salad, and dinner was roasted butternut squash soup topped with sautéed pumpkin seeds and sour cream. What I like about this is that they use part of the dinner for lunch the next day. So tomorrow’s lunch is the soup (I have tons left for the freezer) and a grilled cheese sandwich. Here is what I had today:


    Farro rules. Regularly have a farro salad with cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, kalamata, feta and more in the fridge in the summer  
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 32,167
    GlowGirl said:

    One of the recipes in my Mediterranean Diet cookbook is for fig muffins. They are made with a combo of oat flour and buckwheat flour. The only sweetener is 3 tablespoons of honey and 12 chopped figs that are in the batter. They came out really good. They are not as sweet as muffins I am used to eating but still delicious. 
    Whoa nice figs are my top 5 fruits for me so these are right up my alley 
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  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,293
    josevolution said:
    GlowGirl said:

    One of the recipes in my Mediterranean Diet cookbook is for fig muffins. They are made with a combo of oat flour and buckwheat flour. The only sweetener is 3 tablespoons of honey and 12 chopped figs that are in the batter. They came out really good. They are not as sweet as muffins I am used to eating but still delicious. 
    Whoa nice figs are my top 5 fruits for me so these are right up my alley 
    If you want the recipe let me know. I will take a picture of it out of the book and post it. 
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 32,167
    GlowGirl said:
    josevolution said:
    GlowGirl said:

    One of the recipes in my Mediterranean Diet cookbook is for fig muffins. They are made with a combo of oat flour and buckwheat flour. The only sweetener is 3 tablespoons of honey and 12 chopped figs that are in the batter. They came out really good. They are not as sweet as muffins I am used to eating but still delicious. 
    Whoa nice figs are my top 5 fruits for me so these are right up my alley 
    If you want the recipe let me know. I will take a picture of it out of the book and post it. 
    Yes 👍 thanks, I see figs in my local farms out here on the island 
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  • CROJAM95
    CROJAM95 NEW YORK Posts: 11,201
    josevolution said:
    GlowGirl said:
    josevolution said:
    GlowGirl said:

    One of the recipes in my Mediterranean Diet cookbook is for fig muffins. They are made with a combo of oat flour and buckwheat flour. The only sweetener is 3 tablespoons of honey and 12 chopped figs that are in the batter. They came out really good. They are not as sweet as muffins I am used to eating but still delicious. 
    Whoa nice figs are my top 5 fruits for me so these are right up my alley 
    If you want the recipe let me know. I will take a picture of it out of the book and post it. 
    Yes 👍 thanks, I see figs in my local farms out here on the island 
    Get a tree…. My mom and my cousin have them, pull them out every year to put in garage during winter… but they yield plenty of figs 
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 32,167
    CROJAM95 said:
    josevolution said:
    GlowGirl said:
    josevolution said:
    GlowGirl said:

    One of the recipes in my Mediterranean Diet cookbook is for fig muffins. They are made with a combo of oat flour and buckwheat flour. The only sweetener is 3 tablespoons of honey and 12 chopped figs that are in the batter. They came out really good. They are not as sweet as muffins I am used to eating but still delicious. 
    Whoa nice figs are my top 5 fruits for me so these are right up my alley 
    If you want the recipe let me know. I will take a picture of it out of the book and post it. 
    Yes 👍 thanks, I see figs in my local farms out here on the island 
    Get a tree…. My mom and my cousin have them, pull them out every year to put in garage during winter… but they yield plenty of figs 
    I have one but the last two seasons I’ve almost killed it by not covering it properly! It’s got three dominant branches small figs but they won’t get ripe this season maybe a couple of them, I need to wrap it good this fall so next season I can get a good harvest 
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  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,293
    josevolution said:
    GlowGirl said:
    josevolution said:
    GlowGirl said:

    One of the recipes in my Mediterranean Diet cookbook is for fig muffins. They are made with a combo of oat flour and buckwheat flour. The only sweetener is 3 tablespoons of honey and 12 chopped figs that are in the batter. They came out really good. They are not as sweet as muffins I am used to eating but still delicious. 
    Whoa nice figs are my top 5 fruits for me so these are right up my alley 
    If you want the recipe let me know. I will take a picture of it out of the book and post it. 
    Yes 👍 thanks, I see figs in my local farms out here on the island 

    Here you go. If you end up making them let me know how they turn out. 
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 32,167
    GlowGirl said:
    josevolution said:
    GlowGirl said:
    josevolution said:
    GlowGirl said:

    One of the recipes in my Mediterranean Diet cookbook is for fig muffins. They are made with a combo of oat flour and buckwheat flour. The only sweetener is 3 tablespoons of honey and 12 chopped figs that are in the batter. They came out really good. They are not as sweet as muffins I am used to eating but still delicious. 
    Whoa nice figs are my top 5 fruits for me so these are right up my alley 
    If you want the recipe let me know. I will take a picture of it out of the book and post it. 
    Yes 👍 thanks, I see figs in my local farms out here on the island 

    Here you go. If you end up making them let me know how they turn out. 
    Will do! Thanks for posting it
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  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 12,112
    Fig season. I might try to grow one or two. I knew a dude that grew them. I think he bent it over and buried it in a trench for the winter. Probably 100 ways to overwinter them. I like the thought of just putting it in the garage.
  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 12,112
    CROJAM95 said:
    josevolution said:
    GlowGirl said:
    josevolution said:
    GlowGirl said:

    One of the recipes in my Mediterranean Diet cookbook is for fig muffins. They are made with a combo of oat flour and buckwheat flour. The only sweetener is 3 tablespoons of honey and 12 chopped figs that are in the batter. They came out really good. They are not as sweet as muffins I am used to eating but still delicious. 
    Whoa nice figs are my top 5 fruits for me so these are right up my alley 
    If you want the recipe let me know. I will take a picture of it out of the book and post it. 
    Yes 👍 thanks, I see figs in my local farms out here on the island 
    Get a tree…. My mom and my cousin have them, pull them out every year to put in garage during winter… but they yield plenty of figs 
    If you could elaborate on how it's done. Dm me if you want.
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,218
    edited August 17
    I know a few LI guys that have fig trees. They cannot give them away. They are all over the stores up here, but pricey! Great on a charcuterie or cheese board.
  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,293

    Made my first zucchini bread. I never usually bake, and now twice in one week. It came out really good. 
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 32,167
    GlowGirl said:

    Made my first zucchini bread. I never usually bake, and now twice in one week. It came out really good. 
    Looks perfect we got a good amount of zucchini from our garden this season need to make some bread! Good idea 
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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 32,167
    Made Pan Amasado today cool temperatures we can use the oven to bake 
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  • CROJAM95
    CROJAM95 NEW YORK Posts: 11,201
    Loujoe said:
    CROJAM95 said:
    josevolution said:
    GlowGirl said:
    josevolution said:
    GlowGirl said:

    One of the recipes in my Mediterranean Diet cookbook is for fig muffins. They are made with a combo of oat flour and buckwheat flour. The only sweetener is 3 tablespoons of honey and 12 chopped figs that are in the batter. They came out really good. They are not as sweet as muffins I am used to eating but still delicious. 
    Whoa nice figs are my top 5 fruits for me so these are right up my alley 
    If you want the recipe let me know. I will take a picture of it out of the book and post it. 
    Yes 👍 thanks, I see figs in my local farms out here on the island 
    Get a tree…. My mom and my cousin have them, pull them out every year to put in garage during winter… but they yield plenty of figs 
    If you could elaborate on how it's done. Dm me if you want.
    Put in a deep pot…wrapped in burlap tape wrap, tight … until replant in spring 

    my mom has luck with hers, it’s delicate from season to season 
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,652
    GlowGirl said:

    Made my first zucchini bread. I never usually bake, and now twice in one week. It came out really good. 
    I’m not sure “never usually” is a thing. :lol:

    looks good, tho!
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