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: coconut
Raw Banana Hemp Balls
In the foodie world, it seems as though every day, week, or month commemorates some kind of deliciousness. (For example: today is national doughnut day) I won’t raise my gavel in the food court to interject with any opposing comments … Continue reading
Posted in Recipes
Tagged balls, banana, bites, christy dean. chocolate covered diamonds, coconut, coconut flour, fitfluential, Fitness, girls gone sporty, hemp history week, hemp seed, npc, nutrition, protein, seeds, taste, vegan, vegetarian
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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
Posted in #WIAW
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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Flourless Pumpkin Banana Pancakes
“Make you banana pancakes, pretend like it’s the weekend…” Oh my bad…didn’t see you reading there. Anyone else feel like Labor Day Weekend wasn’t long enough? I kind of need to make an e-card that says, “I don’t work on … Continue reading
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Tagged banana, banana pancakes, body, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, cinnamon, coconut, eggs, fitfluential, Fitness, flourless pumpkin banana pancakes, food, granola, healthy, jack johnson, love grown foods, mind, paleo, pancakes, pumpkin, Recipe, soul
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The Sweet’n Lo on Natural & Artificial Sweeteners
With today’s overly saturated market of sugar and spice and everything nice, it can be difficult to tell a bunch of bologna from the real deal. Manufacturers are able to throw keywords around like “natural”, “real”, “Zero calorie sweetener”, and … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged agave syrup, america, artificial sweeteners, aspartame, brands, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, coconut, coconut sugar, corn syrup, diabetes, fda, food, grocery store, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, ice cubes, light brown sugar, manufactured, medjool dates, natural sweeteners, nature, processed, pure cane sugar, real, safe, Shopping, stevia, sucralose, sugar, sweet'n lo, trays, white lies, xylitol
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#WIAW- Top Eats For The Week
My FIRST What I Ate Wednesday. I consider this an accomplishment. Let’s start with breakfast this morning which consisted of Overnight Oats. Ingredients: 1 cup vanilla coconut milk 1 tbsp. flax seed 1/2 cup rolled oats 1/2 banana 10 chocolate … Continue reading
Posted in *EAT LIKE ME*
Tagged banana peppers, beef patty, birthday, blogging, chicken, chips, chocolate, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, coconut, cookies, Cooking, eat like me, Fitness, flaxseed, flourless, food, health, keurig, mint, monday, nutrition, overnight oats, peanut butter, slow cooker, spicy, tablespoon, tea, tomatoes, wednesday, wild
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*EAT LIKE ME*- January 23- Mini Pancakes, Mache Salad, & Taste The Rainbow Smoothie
To say “I’m on a chocolate kick” would be a complete underestimate of what the word “kick” is intended to mean. It’s more of a chocolate lifestyle, as I am a willing slave to any and all forms of it. … Continue reading
Posted in *EAT LIKE ME*, Recipes
Tagged balsamic vinegar, banana, basil, blackberries, breakfast, chocolate chip, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, citrus, coconut, coconut milk, Cooking, dinner, food, fruit, garlic, grapes, healthy, ingredients, love, lunch, meal, muscle milk, nutrition, oranges, pancakes, protein powder, salad, strawberries
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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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