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Peanut Butter Cup Macaroons (Low Sugar, Gluten and Grain Free!)

Last week, right before my birthday weekend, it occurred to me how different it is to be single and living in a studio apartment compared to my old life (the opposite of that). My college friend, Jenn, was coming to visit from Florida and I was really excited—we had a good chuckle over our dorm-style-living …

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Favorite Things Dessert: Chocolate, Cheese, and Wine! (or chocolate avocado pudding, cheesecake mousse, and red wine syrup!)

On Friday night, I was making dinner for my cousin and two of her friends… and apparently I thought that was a good time to experiment on almost everything I was making. I had made the macadamia chicken before, but everything else was kind of “weird” and I was winging it as far as any …

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Chocolate Avocado Pudding (with a bonus superfood ingredient!)

I made chocolate avocado pudding this weekend (again). I’ve always loved this stuff, and it’s quite a fun game to spring it on people who (a) don’t like avocados or (b) don’t know what the ingredients are. I’ve never had anyone guess that the main ingredient is avocado, and the only people who don’t like …

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5 Minute Grain Free Breakfast Brownies {and why I don’t bake/cook with almond flour}

I’ve been perfecting the 5-minute brownie recipe for a few weeks now. The early versions seemed a little unpredictable, a little dry, and missing depth…kinda like my last date. Just kidding! (Kind of). Anyway, after several tries, I finally got a batch that was perfect…so I tried it one more time to make sure. It …

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Dark Chocolate “Oreo” Granola w/ Peanut Butter — Perfect for Greek Yogurt or Ice Cream Topping!

I’ve been trying to think of a way to make cereal that doesn’t involve any grains. Or much sugar. And really, this kind of stumped me because low-sugar and no-grain cereal doesn’t sound very good (can it even be called cereal?). Today I came up with a cross between granola and cereal…and it was chocolate …

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Challenges. AKA Opportunities… And Parfait.

Last night, I attended a benefit workshop called Pursuit of Happiness with Kurt Johnsen. He’s the founder of American Power Yoga, and has done a lot of work/learning in things like energy balance, tai chi, kung fu…and even astral travel (which sounds wonderful to me!). I enjoyed the two-hour talk very much, and identified with …

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