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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Things To Try Thursdays- Myprotein
Routine is made for machines and people who refuse to live their life thinking for themselves. While daily routines are inevitable, your healthy eating habits should NOT follow suit. If you follow me on instagram, you know that I am … Continue reading
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Deconstructed Cherry Chocolate Mint Blizzard
If your tastebuds are anything like mine and you were lucky enough to live near a Dairy Queen that was opened year round, blizzards were ARE the hallmark of life. Along with… maybe…your tamagotchi and cabbage patch doll. Dairy Queen … Continue reading
Pasta Fazool Soup
“…When you’re here, you’re family…” Barf. Gag. I’ll pass on the “authentic” italian food. I know there’s a ton of you out there who favor the endless soup, salad and breadsticks at Olive Garden, but I’m sorry, I do not. … Continue reading
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Juicing For June Challenge
J is for jumping, Jimmy Choo, Jillian Michaels, and of course one of the best months of the year…June! Since June is the time for mother nature to permanently be on her period for 3 months straight, we should all … Continue reading
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Me + Silk Almond = Milky Bliss
Did you know that you + me = calculus? In the short lived boy band’s (2Gether‘s) terms, it made sense. In my adolescent hearts for eyes over my favorite one of the group, QT, it made more than sense, it … Continue reading
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#WIAW- Proud VS. Not So Proud Food Moments
I figured it was time. Time to post a WIAW. For me, for you, for 2013. (Raise your glass…of freshly juiced veggies and fruits, that is 😉 !) The last few months of 2012 were pretty much what the Wild … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, balance, beets, carrots, chobani, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, collard greens, eat, fitfluential, Fitness, fruit, greens, health, hummus, kale, meatball shop, mounds, mug cake, mushrooms, not healthy, peas and crayons, purely twins, recipes, resolutions, salad, spaghetti squash, strawberry, sweet tooth sweet life, veggies, what i ate wednesday
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Pinterest Pinning: Pumpkin Pie Almonds
Ring the alarm. It’s another pumpkin recipe comin’ at ya! The decline of pumpkin is one of the saddest times of the year for me. I know most of you stop consuming this versatile food on thanksgiving, but for me … Continue reading
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Tagged almonds, baking, batch, chocolate covered diamonds, christmas, christy dean, cinnamon, Cooking, easy, gift ideas, holidays, knead to cook, love, pumpkin pie, recipes, thanksgiving
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3-Ingredient Healthy Almond Balls
I realize no matter how you word it, there’s no way not to make balls sound sexual as a recipe. See previous balls to verify. I love them because the versatility is endless. You can fill them with ground nuts, … Continue reading
-Things To Try Thursdays- Sugar Cookie Banana Chia Cake
You know I have mad love for antioxidants. I could easily serenade several of my main squeezes (oranges, blueberries, spinach) with Mariah Carey’s, “Honey”. (Or just save their ears and lip sync it…) Antioxidants are important for many reasons. The … Continue reading
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Tagged almond milk, antioxidant, baked goods, baking, banana, cake, chia seeds, chocolate chips, chocolate covered diamonds, Fitness, health, milled chia, paula deen, recipes, sugar cookie, wellness
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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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