If you know me, you know I love coconut oil frosting for breakfast. I haven’t been extremely consistent with it during pregnancy, but in normal life it is a staple in my diet (with coffee!). I love the smooth combo and the energy boost it gives me, all while making me feel full and satisfied …
Metabolism Boost: Coconut Oil and Peanut Butter Chips Read More »
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 …
Peanut Butter Cup Macaroons (Low Sugar, Gluten and Grain Free!) Read More »
I’m dating this guy, Scott, who is super smart and attractive and nice. He’s athletic and funny too…and one of the craziest (in a good way) things about him is that he’s open-minded about my wacky food personality. I made him promise that if he eats something I make and he doesn’t really care for …
Apparently, I’m still feeling the motivation from my training session yesterday—I ate extra well today, did two workouts, and went in the infrared sauna. I weighed-in too, and Joe was nice enough to take my “before” pics. He laughed at me for all of this, by the way, but he was supportive. I like how …
Chocolate Peanut Butter Pudding ….with a secret high protein ingredient! Read More »
It’s one of those weeks when I thought I was going to have a lot of free time, and it is turning out not to be that way! I’m getting ready for a trip to SC for next week, and grading final projects for one class, along with all of my regular duties. I found …
It’s almost Easter, and truthfully, I don’t crave or want regular old Easter candy at all. In fact, you couldn’t pay me to eat it—because I have so many things I can make myself that taste better (to me) and don’t have all the junk and sugar in them! Besides, I’m kind of craving cheese …
Double Peanut Butter Chocolate Cups – So Healthy You Can Eat Them for Breakfast! Read More »
I’ve always been a fan of dense chewy freezable (but eatable right out of the freezer) macaroons and truffles…. In the past, I always made the standard raw food community blond and chocolate macs, but I just reviewed that old recipe and discovered that it has an entire cup of maple syrup in it. In …
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 …
Yesterday, I decided to experiment with a new pb cookie recipe. I just had to decide what to use instead of flour… In fact, my first thought was to re-make the coconut flour mini chocolate cupcakes as peanut butter cupcakes. But I wanted a break from the coconut flour (how many coconut flour flatbread grilled …
Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies with Vanilla Cream (grain, gluten, and dairy free) Read More »
Did you know that peanuts contain a cancer-causing toxin called aflatoxin? It’s a kind of mold, and it is found in all peanuts. It can be kind of upsetting to find out that things we’ve been doing for a long time (or things we grew up with) are not necessarily exactly what we thought they …
