valentine’s day – Plum Joyful https://plumjoyful.com Tue, 08 Mar 2016 04:49:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.20 https://i2.wp.com/plumjoyful.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cropped-favorite.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 valentine’s day – Plum Joyful https://plumjoyful.com 32 32 101224769 Be your own Valentine: Get your self love on. https://plumjoyful.com/be-your-own-valentine-get-your-self-love-on/ Fri, 12 Feb 2016 00:00:10 +0000 http://plumjoyful.com/?p=245 This Valentine’s day, regardless of wether or not you have a partner, I’m going to encourage you to get your self love on. Not that kind of self-love, get your mind out of the gutter. That’s a different post for a different day. I’m talking about taking the kindness and compassion that you show for your friends and family and directing some of that towards yourself. Why is it that loving ourselves, and being kind to ourselves takes such effort when it flows so effortlessly towards our loved ones? As someone who is habitually hard on myself, I wanted to get some clarity on this topic. There is a new area of psychological research emerging around the area of Self-Compassion. For perfectionists, the sensitive, the ones who can’t get back to sleep after feeding the baby at three AM because your obsessing over the fact that in your exhausted stupor you forgot to tip the barista at Starbucks that morning and they MUST think your a horrible person…..just a hypothetical..ahem… here is what the research shows. It will shed some light on the importance of self compassion, and hopefully inspire you to give yourself a break and a big old […]

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]]> 245 Paleo “That’s my Jam” Olive Oil Muffins https://plumjoyful.com/thats-my-jam-paleo-olive-oil-muffins/ https://plumjoyful.com/thats-my-jam-paleo-olive-oil-muffins/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2016 16:39:18 +0000 http://plumjoyful.com/?p=336   In honor of Valentine’s day, I wanted a simple yummy easy to make sweet paleo friendly treat you can bake for your significant other, or yourself! This muffin is the perfect way to start your day. Healthy, gluten, refined sugar and dairy free, SCD and GAPS friendly, it’s moist and sweet with a little tart kick from the raspberry jam on top.  Ingredients 3 eggs 1/4 cup olive oil 1/4 cup honey 1/3 cup plus 1 Tablespoon coconut flour 1/4 tsp salt 1/4 tsp baking powder (if you are paleo use Featherweight baking powder, or one that uses tapioca or potato starch in place of cornstarch. If your hardcore paleo, baking soda can be substituted) 2 Tablespoons cooked sweet potato (hardcore Paleo peeps can omit) All fruit (no sugar added)  Rasberry jam, or any jam you like Combine the eggs, olive oil, sweet potato and honey and blend well. Combine sifted coconut flour, salt and baking powder and add to the wet mixture until well blended. Pour batter into cupcake or muffin cups. Add a small dollop of jam to the top of each one. Makes 6-8. Bake at 400 for 12-15 minutes. *Baking times may vary oven to […]

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