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![]() Have you ever played Just Dance, dance dance revolution, Wii Fit, or any other similar game? Well then chances are, you've participated in this new revolution called exergaming. Last week, my class tried exergaming for the "first time." I say "for the first time," very lightly because more than likely, all of use in the class had done it before at one point or another. Before I get too far, let me define exergaming. Exergaming is the activity of playing video games that involve physical activity that promotes exercise and well-being. My professor was kind enough to bring in his entire Xbox system so that we could spend the class being active. During the first dance, most of us were a little wary of the situation - I mean, its not every day you throw a dance party with your classmates, right?! By the time the third some started to play I'm pretty confident we had all warmed up to the situation and were actually enjoying ourselves. I am a dancer myself, so I was loving the fact we got to dance the whole 1 hour and 55 minutes! Although exergaming is supposed to promote getting up and being active, I do not recommend relying solely on this activity for your exercise. Even though we played Just Dance for roughly 70 minutes, I didn't feel an increase in my heart rate until closer to the end of the session. Because the movements are small and repetitive, there isn't a huge fitness benefit. Overall, I loved being able to move in a class where we would have just sat for 1 hour and 55 minutes straight. Exergaming is something that I forsee more professors and especially teachers in the K-12 setting using as an activity to get students moving. We are in the midst of an obesity epidemic and exergaming might just be the boost we need to fight it off.
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![]() The time is here that we have all been waiting for! The holidays are just around the corner and that means so is all the baking! It seems like the majority of our time this holiday season is spend around the kitchen. Food has a way of bringing people together. There's just something special about sharing a home cooked meal with your loved ones that really warms your heart - or maybe its those freshly toasted dinner rolls? Anyways, I stumbled upon this recipe couple years ago and my family loved it so much, I now have to make it every Thanksgiving and Christmas morning! I definitely do get comments like "Oh this definitely isn't the healthiest meal to be eating!" or "What happened to eating healthy?" and I do agree, it's not the healthiest meal I've ever made! But it sure is delicious - something everyone can agree on! I once had a nutrition professor who would bash all of these foods and say how no one should ever eat/drink them (diet soda), except for on your birthday and Christmas. And guess what time of year it is! If you have a sweet tooth I have no doubts that you wont love these cinnamon buns! Ingredients: For the dough:
Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a standard 12 cup muffin tin and set aside. In a large bowl, place 3 1/3 cups of flour, xanthum gum, baking powder, 1/4 teaspoon of kosher salt, granulated sugar, and whisk well. Add 6 table spoons of the butter, eggs, and the milk to the mixture and mix until the dough comes together (I find that depending on what flour you use, you may need to add up to a whole other cup for the dough to become solid, that is normal). Knead the dough until smooth. Turn the dough out onto a piece of lightly floured parchment paper. Sprinkle dough and rolling pin with extra flour and roll it into a 12x15 rectangle 1/4 inch thick, no thicker. Trim rough edges. Make the filling by placing all ingredients in a medium sized bowl and mix. Spread the filling onto the rolled out dough, leaving about 1/4 inch around the edges. Starting at the short side, roll the dough away from you into a tightly formed roll. Slice the roll into 12 even sections that are about 1 inch thick. Place each slice into a muffin tin well. Place the tin in the middle of the oven rack and bake for about 25 minutes, or until the edges turn golden brown. Remove from the oven and let cool before handling. Then transfer them to a wire rack to finish cooling. While the rolls are cooling, make the icing. In a small bowl, place the confectioners' sugar and 1 table spoon of milk. Mix well until a thick paste forms. Add more milk by 1/4 teaspoon until desired thickness is reached. Drizzle icing on cooled rolls and serve. The original recipe is from the book Gluten-Free on a Shoestring Quick and Easy: 100 Recipes For the Food You Love - Fast! by Nicole Hunn. Copyright (c) 2012. This is most definitely one of my favorite recipes ever! Thank you so much Nicole for all of the amazing recipes in your book, my family sure does love them!
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