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: pumpkin
Homemade Apple Chips
During this time of year and all the loveliness fall brings, I usually notice an oversaturation of pumpkin. Pumpkin Spice lattes, pumpkin doughnuts, pumpkin mashed potatoes…you can go on until your “orange” in the face… While I will admit I … Continue reading
Posted in *EAT LIKE ME*, Recipes
Tagged apple chips, apples, chocolate covered diamonds, fall, fitfluential, Fitness, girls gone sporty, health, nutrition, pumpkin, sweat pink
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Fall Into Five Ways To Curb Cravings
Oh hey, September, didn’t see you there underneath all that humidity and chirp of crickets! While Labor Day marks the unofficial end to our fanciful beach blisses, it should not be mourned because fall’s front door is within arm’s reach. … Continue reading
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Tagged chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, cravings, crunchy, curb, dunkin donuts, eat clean, fall, fitlfuential, Fitness, five tips, girls gone sporty, health coach, holistic, integrative nutrition, pancakes, pumpkin, salty, sour, sweet, vegan, vegetarian
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#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
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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
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Vanilla Protein Pumpkin Mini Muffins
When I say pumpkin, you say how much? To say I’m obsessed with pumpkin would be the greatest understatement ever made. I have been consuming so much within the past month or so that my skin has adopted an orange … Continue reading
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Tagged babycakes, baking, cake, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, food, garden of life, muffins, pepitas, protein powder, pumpkin, recipes, vanilla
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#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
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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
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Pinteresting Recipes: Pumpkin Cake Batter Dip
You know this is supposed to be partly a food blog, right? I ALWAYS seem to be lacking in this department. Never fear, pinterest is here! Another blogger, Lisa, of The Splattered Apron, created a wonderful way for all of … Continue reading
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Tagged chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, eat, fall, fitfluential, food, ingredients, no-bake, pepitas, pinterest, pumpkin, pumpkin cake batter dip, recipes, the splattered apron, undressed skeleton
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#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
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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
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Frozen Pumpkin Banana Oat Clusters
Title long enough for ya? Hopefully one of those ingredients intrigued you to read. As we all are fully aware, fall is upon us. In my opinion, it had already started on September 1, as the temps were in the … Continue reading
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Tagged banana, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, clusters, cotter crunch, eats, fall, fitfluential, food, frozen, health, healthy bites, oats, pumpkin, treats, tuesday, yum
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#WIAW- Falling Into Apple Orchards and Pumpkin Flavor
If you have a strong distaste for apple or pumpkin, I’d advise you to turn back. This WIAW is heavily biased towards those two power houses. Onward, shall we? The past week and a half has been a roller coaster … Continue reading
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Tagged apples, baking, banana, blueberry, bread, burger, carrots, chobani, chobani flip, chobani time, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, fall, farmer's market, fitfluential, food, fresh, habits, healthy, oats, orchards, oven, peas and crayons, pumpkin, stove, tomatoes, waffle, what i ate wednesday, yogurt, zucchini
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#WIAW- Food-ably Late
If you could take a snapshot of last week and compare it to this week, my schedule has gone from zero to hero in the blink of an eye. It all started with a bunch of freelance writing opportunities I … Continue reading
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Tagged avocado, banana, bread, calandra's, chocolate, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, cilantro, coconut, eggs, fashion, food, fruit, grapes, gravy, greens, hummus, lettuce, mug cake, oats, paleo, pancakes, pasta, peaches, peas and crayons, peppers, pumpkin, sauce, tomato, what i ate wednesday
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