The Diamond Behind The Chocolate
I'm always all of the following:
-Shoe Humanitarian
-Wine lover
-Storm chaser
-Chocolate addict
-Sweat obsessed
-Daydreaming of traveling to Sicily
-Mathematically challenged.I'm sometimes:
-Rude
-Irate
-Insensitive
-The main character in a chick lit novel (usually a bad thing)
-In a love affair with leafy greens, HIIT workouts, and VH1.I'm never:
-A sports girl.
-A soapbox preacher.
-Old man winter's friend.
-Interested in driving (limo, please?)-
Recent Posts
Previous Posts
- May 2017 (1)
- January 2017 (1)
- November 2016 (1)
- August 2016 (1)
- June 2016 (1)
- January 2016 (2)
- October 2015 (4)
- July 2015 (1)
- March 2015 (1)
- December 2014 (2)
- November 2014 (1)
- October 2014 (3)
- September 2014 (2)
- August 2014 (1)
- June 2014 (1)
- May 2014 (2)
- April 2014 (2)
- March 2014 (1)
- February 2014 (4)
- January 2014 (6)
- November 2013 (4)
- September 2013 (5)
- August 2013 (5)
- July 2013 (4)
- June 2013 (6)
- May 2013 (7)
- April 2013 (9)
- March 2013 (6)
- February 2013 (8)
- January 2013 (11)
- December 2012 (12)
- November 2012 (15)
- October 2012 (19)
- September 2012 (15)
- August 2012 (18)
- July 2012 (16)
- June 2012 (20)
- May 2012 (23)
- April 2012 (30)
- March 2012 (36)
- February 2012 (44)
- January 2012 (60)
- December 2011 (48)
- November 2011 (51)
Categorically Speaking
- #HighFiveFridays (6)
- #WIAW (31)
- Foodie Pen Pals (8)
- Goodness of My Heart (11)
- Motivational Mondays (95)
- *EAT LIKE ME* (19)
- Recipes (58)
- Song Du Jour (113)
- Tantalizing Shoesdays (46)
- Things To Try Thursdays (67)
- Uncategorized (106)
Subscribe to my blog via e-mail
Chocolate Covered Diamonds
Instagram
-
Recent Pins.
-
-
-
-
Tag Archives: dinner
Red Lentil, Collard Greens & Acorn Squash Soup
Soup. It’s what’s for dinner… Or breakfast, lunch and dinner in my case. During the fall and winter months, my body tends to crave warming, hearty foods. I opt for more leafy greens but cook them instead of juicing or … Continue reading
Posted in Recipes
Tagged acorn squash, be well, broth, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, collard greens, dinner, fitfluential, Fitness, girls gone sporty, health coach, hearty, integrative nutrition, lentils, soup, thanksgiving, vegan, vegetarian, winter
1 Comment
-Things To Try Thursdays- Flapjacked Protein Pancakes
Protein pancakes. They are the everlasting trend that’s adorning countless kitchen stove tops these days. Or at least trying to… Usually, protein pancakes are made from scratch, with a form of protein powder albeit whey or plant based starring as … Continue reading
Posted in Things To Try Thursdays
Tagged athlete, banana hazelnut, breakfast, buttermilk, calories, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, cinnamon apple, company, dinner, fitfluential, Fitness, flapjacked, fuel, girls gone sporty, health, ifbb, lunch, milk, non-gmo, npc, oats, protein pancakes, quinoa, real food, vegetarian, water, whey protein
1 Comment
#MotivationalMondays- E is for Emotion-less?
Christmas Eve. Normally I would be one thousand shades of excited and hungry for all the desserts which come around but once per year. This year…um, well, it’s like an empty table. I have no thoughts or feelings regarding this holiday. … Continue reading
Posted in Motivational Mondays
Tagged celebration, chocolate covered diamonds, christmas, christmas eve, christy dean, dinner, emotions, fitfluential, Fitness, food, heels, love, lower body, motivational mondays, muscle, sweat, tone, workout
2 Comments
#WIAW- I Eat Rainbows
If I still ate Lucky Charms, I would still pick out every marshmallow and save for a rainy day of gluttony. Although they were magically delicious, they weren’t very nutritious. (I know the leprechaun would disagree but I think I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in #WIAW
Tagged banana, cake, chia, chickpeas, chobani, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, Cooking, dinner, eating, eggs, fitfluential, Fitness, healthy, Kitchen, lunch, peas and crayons, peppers, protein powder, pumpkin spice chai tea latte, quinoa, rainbow, sugar cookie, sweet potato, teras whey, trader joe's, vegetarian, what i ate wednesday, wiaw
8 Comments
#WIAW- The Land of All Things Mini
I think I was about 5 when I had my first real Hello Kitty memory. It was a tiny HK set of markers with a tiny journal to match. I loved it because I was able to grasp the markers, … Continue reading
Posted in #WIAW, Recipes
Tagged apples, baby cakes, blog, cakes, carrots, chickpeas, chobani, chocolate covered diamonds, chopt, christy dean, cinnamon, cupcake maker, desserts, dinner, eggs, fall, food, garden of life, greens, hello kitty, lunch, mini, muffins, nutmeg, nyc, panera, protein, pumpkin, salad, snack, steel cut oatmeal, sweets, vanilla, watercress, what i ate wednesday, yogurt
6 Comments
#WIAW- Bare Bones
So this should be called “When I Can’t Sleep” Wednesday because…it’s 4 AM and I’m still not asleep. What is the deal lately? Back to melatonin again… This week’s eats were pretty bare bones. Being that it’s fall and WIAW … Continue reading
Posted in #WIAW
Tagged breakfast, cheese, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, cucumber, diners, dinner, food, health, hummus, kombucha, laughing cow, lucy's chocolate chip cookies, lunch, peas and crayons, pumpkin, pumpkin cake batter dip, restaurants, salad, snack, undressed skeleton, veggies, weight gain, weight loss
5 Comments
#WIAW- The Baking Bug
Typically the only places I like bugs are behind glass or a colored photo. I’m a screamer when it comes to even the smallest kind of creepy crawly, so even when I’ve gone camping, it usually turns into “glam ping.” … Continue reading
Posted in #WIAW
Tagged baking, banana, breakfast, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, cupcakes, cuties, dessert, dinner, fall, funfetti, halloween, health, lunch, mint chocolate chip, nutrition, oats, peas and crayons, pumpkin, sweets, tofutti
7 Comments
#WIAW- Curiosity Killed The CoffeeMaker
Have you ever broken something accidentally due to your curiosity? Have you then lied about it and blamed it on “the renters” before you? After lying about it, were you then found out? Let’s rewind to a few days ago. … Continue reading
Posted in #WIAW
Tagged avocado, black bean brownies, breakfast, chicken, chobani, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, coffee, corn, delicious, dessert, dinner, doctor kracker, drink charm, food, health, homemade, Kitchen, living on the veg, long beach island, lunch, medley, nutffles, oats, peas and crayons, pumpkin, restaurant, salad, seafood, smoothie, sugar cookie vodka, tea, the wizards of waverly place, what i ate wednesday
6 Comments
#WIAW- Its Been A While!
Thanks to Peas and Crayons for another great WIAW! Why hello fellow WIAW-ers! It definitely has been a while. (Yes, two whole weeks is a century in blog years!) Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been thoroughly enjoying summer. … Continue reading
Posted in #WIAW
Tagged breakfast, chicken, chobani, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, coconut flour, coffee, dinner, edamame, farm, food, fruit, hummus, independence day, lettuce, lettuce wraps, lunch, mushrooms, pb chocolate puffins, peas and crayons, romaine, salad, snacking, sweet potato, tomato, veggies, what i ate wednesdays, wiaw
4 Comments
#WIAW- Clean Beach Eats & New Snack Discoveries
Happy “unofficial” start to summer! I’m sure most of us felt as though it was the official start as the thermometer indicated a whopping 92 degrees most of the weekend! Fine by me…I should have been born an island baby! … Continue reading
Posted in #WIAW
Tagged anna's, avocado, bacon, banana, basil, beach, biscoff, breakfast, chewy, chocolate, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, clean, cucumbers, dinner, eating, eggs, flax seed, food, fresh, fruits, ginger, granola, hoboken, hummus, ingredients, jenn l, luna, lunch, meat, ocean, olive oil, orange, paprika, peas and crayons, peppers, protein, pudding, quinoa, salad, sea salt, smoothie, strawberries, summer, taco truck, tuna, wiaw
10 Comments
