Thanksgiving is right around the corner and I am sharing some fun, new recipes to healthify your Thanksgiving meal!
First up, are these Pumpkin and Orange Mini Bundt cakes. I wanted to come up with a Thanksgiving dessert that was gluten free, dairy free (without the icing) and refined sugar free BUT still tasted amazing! So, I came up with this mini bundt cake. Plus anything mini is instantly cuter and more delicious. Amiright?!?!
These mini bundt cakes are based off of my Healthy Chocolate Coconut Bundt Cake. Instead of chocolate, I used some pumpkin puree and instead of milk, I used some freshly squeezed orange juice. To capture that Thanksgiving flavor, I added some ground cinnamon too.
If you don't have a mini bundt cake pan, you could even make this recipe as cupcakes. They would still be just as cute and equally as delicious!
I love that this cake is filled with lots of health-ful ingredients and still tastes so good!
Instead of the typical all-purpose flour that most cakes use, this cake uses coconut flour. It's high in protein and fiber so it really fills you up and gives your body more nutrition than a typical cake. Coconut flour does give a slight coconut-y flavor to the cake, but honestly, the cinnamon and citrus flavors are more pronounced so that makes the coconut flavor almost unnoticeable.
I also used coconut oil in place of the usual butter that most cakes have. Coconut oil is a healthy fat containing medium chain fatty acids. These types of fatty acids are more easily broken down by the body and used as fuel. Medium chain fatty acids are also not as easily stored as fat in the body and is antimicrobial and antifungal. There are so many proven benefits to coconut oil ranging from helping diabetes to fighting off cancer cells. That's pretty amazing stuff!
To epitomize the flavor of Thanksgiving, I knew I had to make these bundt cakes with pureed pumpkin. I mean, what's more Thanksgiving-y than that?! To contrast the deep, rich pumpkin flavor, I used orange juice and orange zest to add a zing of color and flavor to the cakes. The orange really helps to brighten the flavors of the cake with an unexpected twist.
I also used ground cinnamon in the cake to give that sweet, rich aroma and flavor that we so often love about holiday baking. The combination of the pumpkin, orange and cinnamon goes together so well!
Now for the icing! My favorite easy icing recipe uses Neufchatel cream cheese, agave and vanilla extract. For this mini bundt cake, I added more orange flavor to the icing with orange juice and zest. I love the extra burst of citrus in the icing. It really adds brightness and interest to the dessert. Plus the tangy cream cheese is a wonderful contrast to the sweetness of the cake.
These Pumpkin Orange Mini Bundt Cakes are an awesome Thanksgiving dessert! The pumpkin, orange and cinnamon are such a delicious combination. I've made them a couple of times for my extended family and they always love them! Plus, each little bundt cake is the perfect portion size. You can even make these cakes ahead of time and keep them in the fridge till you're ready to serve them. Or let them sit at room temperature for an hour or so before serving. I think these cakes would also be a great dessert to bring to a Thanksgiving meal at someone else's house. And no one would even know that they are healthy!
Give these little cakes a try! If you do, make sure you tag me at @nourish_with_renata as well as using the hashtag #nourishwithrenata.
A Thanksgiving Dessert that you can feel good about eating. Filled with all your favorite Fall flavors like pumpkin, orange and cinnamon, this mini bundt cake is sure to be a hit! And no one will even know that it's healthy!
Grease a mini bundt cake pan, or a muffin pan, with non stick spray. If using an intricately shaped bundt pan, greasing is essential to ensure the cakes come out easily and with the shape you want.
For the cake, in a medium sized bowl, mix together the coconut flour and baking powder till well combined.
Add in the pumpkin puree, eggs, orange juice and zest, coconut oil, agave, vanilla extra and cinnamon, and whisk till thoroughly combined.
Pour batter into mini bundt cake pan or muffin pan till they are almost full. The cakes won't rise too much during baking and will deflate a little as they cool.
Bake in a preheated oven for 20-25 mins, till a toothpick inserted into the middle of one of the cakes comes out with moist crumbs attached.
Allow the cakes to cool in the pan for about 10 minutes. Then turn out onto a wire rack to finish cooling.
For the icing, whisk all the ingredients together till the icing is smooth and creamy.
Spread the icing over the top of the cooled mini bundt cakes and garnish with a little extra orange zest, if desired.
Store in the refrigerator in an airtight container, for up to 1 week.


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Forest restoration can make a major impact in battling climate change
Critical new research from the Crowther Lab has revealed that restoring forests is the single most effective solution for mitigating climate change. The researchers determined that new forests could take up two-thirds of the CO2 that has been released into the atmosphere by human activities.
The experts also found the potential to increase the world's forest land by a third without impacting existing cities or agricultural practices. Once mature, an area of trees the size of the United States could store 205 of the 300 billion tons of man-made CO2.
The study is the first of its kind to quantify how many trees the Earth can support, where they could exist, and how much carbon they could store. The researchers emphasize that the need for action is urgent because the climate is already changing and subsequently reducing the amount of land that can support new forests.
"We all knew restoring forests could play a part in tackling climate change, but we had no scientific understanding of what impact this could make. Our study shows clearly that forest restoration is the best climate change solution available today and it provides hard evidence to justify investment. If we act now, this could cut carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by up to 25%, to levels last seen almost a century ago," said study senior author Professor Tom Crowther.
"However, it will take decades for new forests to mature and achieve this potential. It is vitally important that we protect the forests that exist today, pursue other climate solutions, and continue to phase out fossil fuels from our economies in order to avoid dangerous climate change."
The future scenarios proposed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) indicate that limiting climate change to 1.5°C will require up to an extra billion hectares of forest by 2050, even while drastically reducing emissions. The new study confirms that this scenario projection is "undoubtedly achievable under the current climate."
The Crowther Lab team determined that forests could be regrown on 1.7 to 1.8 billion hectares of land in areas that are not currently used as urban or agricultural land. If cropland and urban areas were included, the researchers identified an additional 1.4 billion hectares of land where forests could be regrown.
"Our study provides a benchmark for a global action plan, showing where new forests can be restored around the globe," said lead author Dr. Jean-François Bastin. "Action is urgent and governments must now factor this into their national strategies to tackle climate change."
More than half of the potential to restore trees was found in just six countries: Russia, the United States, Canada, Australia, Brazil, and China.
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"Our forests are the world's biggest natural ally in the fight against climate change but without them, we will lose the fight to keep global warming below 1.5 C. That's why it's crucial that we act to restore forests whilst drastically cutting our global carbon emissions," said Will Baldwin-Cantello, Global lead on Forests at WWF.
"This new research demonstrates how much natural capacity our planet has to grow and sustain additional forest; now, the challenge is to understand how and where we can accelerate this implementation, whilst still feeding our growing global population."
The research is published in the journal Science.
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Q: Python Countdown but in Year, Month, Week, Days, Hours, Minutes, Sec I would like to have my lifetime displayed in the form of a countdown. Unfortunately, Python datetime only allows days. And couldn't program a conversion
this is what i tried:
#!/usr/bin/env python3

import time
import datetime
from dateutil.relativedelta import relativedelta
from datetime import timedelta

while True:
        lebenszeit = datetime.datetime(2085,7,6) - datetime.datetime.now()
        jahr     = str(int((lebenszeit.days)/365.25))
        monate   = str('%0.2d' %(int((((lebenszeit.days)*365)-int((lebenszeit.days)/365))*12)))
        tage     = str('%0.2d' %(int(((((lebenszeit.days)/365)-int((lebenszeit.days)/365))*12)-((((lebenszeit.days)/365)-int((lebenszeit.days)/365))*12)*30)))
        print(jahr+"."+monate+"."+tag)

        i = i+1

as you can see very complicated...
I would like to have a countdown that should look like this ( Year, Month, Week, Days, Hours, Minutes, Secounds):
68.02.04.29.07.40.44

A: Here's how I'd do it. Note that "months" is approximate, assuming 30 days per month. Using only "weeks" would be more accurate.
import time
import datetime
from datetime import timedelta

lebenszeit  = datetime.datetime(2085,7,6) - datetime.datetime.now()
alldays = lebenszeit.days

jahr     = int((alldays)/365.25)
alldays -= int(jahr * 365.25)
months   = int((alldays)/30.0)
alldays -= months * 30
weeks    = int((alldays)/7.0)
alldays -= weeks * 7
days     = alldays

print(f"{jahr}.{months:02d}.{weeks:02d}.{days:02d}")

A: Your code cannot be run. But here are some tips:
import datetime

life = datetime.datetime(2085,7,6)
now = datetime.datetime.now()
diff = life - now
# use in a loop, that's a lot to print
for i in range(int(diff.total_seconds()) + 1):
    one_sec_step = life - datetime.timedelta(seconds=i)
    # one_sec_step = now + datetime.timedelta(seconds=i)
    print(one_sec_step.strftime("%y.%m.%W.%d.%H.%M.%S"))

How to get year, month, day, hour, minute, second:
# datetime.datetime object has no attribute week

life = datetime.datetime(2085,7,6)
print(life.year, life.month, life.day, life.hour, life.minute, life.second)

now = datetime.datetime.now()
print(now.year, now.month, now.day, now.hour, now.minute, now.second)

A: thanks user 8349697,
but this script run on a real clock. Therefore, the "for-loop" is always linked to the computing speed of the CPU. I would like to avoid this.
I was so free to break the script of Kevins down to the seconds.
import datetime

lebenszeit  = datetime.datetime(2085,6,7,0,0,0) - datetime.datetime.now()
alldays = lebenszeit.days
allsec  = lebenszeit.seconds

jahr     = int((alldays)/365.25)
alldays -= int(jahr * 365.25)
months   = int((alldays)/30.0)
alldays -= months * 30
weeks    = int((alldays)/7.0)
alldays -= weeks * 7
days     = alldays365.25

hours    = int((allsec)/60/60)
allsec  -= int(hours * 60*60)
minutes  = int((allsec)/60)
allsec  -= int(minutes *60)
secounds = int(allsec)

print(f"{jahr}.{months:02d}.{weeks:02d}.{days:02d}.{hours:02d}.{minutes}.{secounds}")

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Both Vintage Items. Tin. Japanese. 3.5" x 2"
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Eddie Crawiec Harley poster, John Force signed Mac Tools, & 3 Arana signed Lucas posters.
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