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?)-
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Tag Archives: oatmeal
5 Ingredient Oat Balls
It’s September. For me, that means it’s just like every other month. I don’t have kids and I don’t teach, so life goes on as usual. For others of you though…September is a time to reinstitute a routine. You wake … Continue reading
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Tagged balls, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, energy, fitfluential, Fitness, fuel, girls gone sporty, integrative nutrition, maple, oatmeal, protein
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When In Doubt, Oat It Out
Oats is one of those words that gets uber weird after repeating it about 4 times. Very similar to “Peter Piper Picked A Peck of Pickled Peppers.” (Had to read and edit that three times over…and that was just writing … Continue reading
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Tagged almond milk, baking, banana, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, cookies, eggs, fitfluential, Fitness, health, oatmeal, oats, oster oven, pecan, quaker oats, Recipe, rolled oats
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-Things To Try Thursdays- Freeman’s Avocado Oatmeal Clay Mask
You know I’m a sucker for a good deal. I’m even more of a sucker when it’s bright green, made with avocado (most likely not 100%- but oh well), and permanently resides at Wal-Mart. The gobbledy gook I’m speaking of … Continue reading
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Tagged acne, avocado, beauty, body, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, clay, clear skin, duck faces, face, freeman masks, health, natural, oatmeal, Wal-Mart
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Goodness of My Heart- Cookies & Mini Muffins
You know what scares me? Machines. The other day I realized we not only have machines controlling our money, but our minds too. There’s the self-checkout, automated bill pay, SIRI, brainy vacuums, and even preliminary surgical machines overtaking the ER! … Continue reading
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Tagged apocalypse now, appliances, bake sale, baking, carrot cake, charity, chocolate, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, church, cookies, Cooking, eating, food, friday, goodness of my heart, granola, i-robot, life, love grown foods, mini muffins, movies, my brave little toaster, oatmeal, raisins, reality, siri, treats, vanilla
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#WIAW- Laziness VS. Productivity
Thanks to Jenn for hosting! 🙂 Ask any college student around finals what keeps them going and I bet 85% of them will respond, “Adderall.” (PS- I don’t mean any of you reading this, or those who use the drug … Continue reading
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Heart Healthy Breakfast- Eggs ‘N Oats So Happy Together
*Inspired by Wellness Mama’s post last week, I decided to take a stab at the whole eggs ‘n’ oats breakfast. (An “oatlet”)…Variety is the spice of life, right? Ok, so I am always substituting and fine-tuning recipes to make them … Continue reading
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Tagged almond butter, bliss, breakfast, chocolate chips, Cooking, eating, egg whites, eggs, enjoy, happy, healthy, ingredients, Kitchen, mccann's, meal, nutrition, oatmeal, oats, steel cut, sunflower seed butter, taste, trader joe's, vanilla extract, whole foods
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Hump Day Delight~ Steal My Thunder Oatmeal
Stealing someone’s thunder is only appropriate when you’re goddess of love/beauty Aphrodite, trying to win over a lover. In today’s world, stealing people’s thunder happens on a regular basis: office meetings, girls night out, family gatherings, and college courses. While … Continue reading
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Tagged agave, aphrodite, Arrowhead Mills, Bob's Red Mill, breakfast, chocolate, christy dean, cinnamon, coconut, egoism, fiber, General Mills, healthy, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, mythology, oatmeal, office, peanut butter, protein, steel cut oats, sugar
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