Hi there,

Hope your Sun­day is going well! What a beau­ti­ful day it is, here in T.O.

This morn­ing, I taught a smaller than usual spin class, due to the fact that most good Cana­dian folks were at home cheer­ing on the men’s hockey team. What a great way to end the olympics! I’ve really enjoyed watch­ing the cov­er­age of the games; I always find the olympics so inspir­ing. I think there are some really good lessons learned from the games — work hard towards your goals, per­se­vere when the going gets tough, focus on the present and rel­ish the moment, and of course, when it’s all said and done, hope­fully feel­ing like it’s all been worth it.

On another note, while I was in Florida, my cousin intro­duced me to these really good crackers/​cakes made out of non-​GMO, gluten-​free, organic corn. I really like them slathered with dijon mus­tard and topped with roast turkey, tomato and red onion. They’re only 70 calo­ries for 3 nice sized crack­ers so you can enjoy them guilt free. I like to stack them up and throw them into a ziploc for a yummy on-​the-​go meal. Try them with humus too.

I whipped up a batch of banana pecan muffins today, for my hubby. He likes to take one to work and enjoy it with a cup of cof­fee. They’re not low calo­rie but they’re not full of sugar or high in fat. I sub­sti­tuted the but­ter with home­made apple­sauce, used half white, half whole wheat flour and reduced the sugar to ¹⁄₂ cup. I pre­fer to use brown sugar but that’s up to you. I also added about a half cup of chopped pecans for a nice crunch. The recipe says it yields 12 small muffins but my hubby likes them big, so I only ended up with 5.

Here’s the link to the recipe…http://allrecipes.com/recipe/banana-muffins-ii/

Have a ter­rific Sunday!