Oh HEY. Can I offer you a baked good on this fine day? More specifically, one that involves coconut, macadamia nuts, and big ol’ chocolate chunks?
That’s what I thought 😉 . …
Double Decker Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Bars
I’m typing this up from the 101 freeway to a medley of Taylor Swift music (don’t judge) as Kyle and I head back up to Santa Barbara after spending the long weekend in our hometown. I apologize for the lack of posts these last few days, but I was soaking up the family, Tucker (Kyle’s black lab puppy), and photo shoots.
So now I’m making it up to you guys with these double-decker chocolate chip cheesecake bars. LIKE WHAT. Do you accept my apology? Good, I’ll take that salivating as a yes.
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Skinny Dark Chocolate Strawberry Cheesecake Bars
Now you can have your cheesecake and eat it too! These Skinny Dark Chocolate Strawberry Cheesecake Bars are just as delicious and creamy as the real thing, but lightened up with greek yogurt!
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Vegan Raspberry Thumbprint Breakfast Cookies
This Saturday night got a little crazy and wild with these breakfast cookies. I’m talking, mashed bananas off the hizzle, chia seeds like WOAH, and raspberry jam’ming all night to the sound of the raging party happening next door. I know, I know. Christine, you need to calm down a little.
These are the latest creation to come out of my college kitchen and are born from a situation I find myself in pretty often. Imagine this scenario: you wake up after a long exhausting night of sleeping, stumble to the kitchen in a hunger-induced stupor, and start the coffee pot. Then, you’re hit by a wave of NEED-TO-EAT-NOW emotions. What should you do?! Well, if you were smart, you would have baked up a batch of these super easy and nutritious raspberry thumbprint breakfast cookies and VOILA! The perfect “treat” to help satisfy that morning sweet tooth.
These babies are made healthy with the use of a combination of whole wheat flour and oats as the base, a super ripe banana and egg to hold everything together, a pat of tart raspberry jam, and river drizzle of peanut butter. I add in just a teeny tiny but of light brown sugar to up the sweetness a bit, but other than that, all the sugar in these cookies are natural!
One thing to keep in mind (as with all healthified recipes) is that this recipe is by no means your standard bakery-style chocolate chip. It’s not loaded with butter and fat and sugar and subsequently will not taste like one of those decadent desserts, but rather is a filling, slightly sweet, and packed with lots of healthy goodness. If you’re someone who likes to eat a cookie-a-day (like me), these cookies are a great substitute to have your cookies and eat em too!
*Recipe inspired from Oh She Glows
Creamy Banana Avocado Protein Smoothie
Here I sit, hanging out in the hammock in our tiny oceanside backyard and sipping on this creamy banana avocado protein smoothie after the 6 mile run I just finished. While there are rain clouds looming above me, my spirit can’t be dampened, especially when I have a hipster paper straw to sip out of and another serving of this deliciousness waiting for me in the blender. Life is goooood!
I know, I know. I made these grand proclamations in my previous posts about being totally on top of my game when it comes to my blogging and being super ambitious and fabulous and posting 3 recipes a week and whatnot. Standing on my soapbox and preaching golden promises… none of which have come to fruition 😉 . I thought having only 3 days of class a week would give me tons of free time, but I’ve found myself running around trying to balance all the things I’ve got going on right now! More on that in a future post, but I have some exciting life changes to announce later! Super vague, I know, but it’s a pretty big change-up for me and I want to take the time to sit and get everything down in its own post. In summary, I have been neglecting my little corner of the internet machine but am trying my best to stay up-to-date with posting and keeping up with all you lovely readers! You guys rock for staying with me even when I get a bit shady with my posts. Muah <3.
So let’s talk smoothie. More specifically, creamy green smoothies that have the consistency of a milkshake, but have ingredients that do amazing things for your body and helps you detox from all the nachos and oreo brownies you may or may not be consuming out of your half-marathon-induced hangry-ness. What? Just me? Unhealthy eating or not, one sip of this smoothie and you will be addicted. It’s liquid gold and I can practically feel my cells and insides thanking me!
While I never really think of smoothies as actual “recipes” due to their simplicity, I always love sharing easy, fast, healthy, and delicious combinations with you guys since it make cooking and eating well more obtainable. My half-marathon training has been going well (the race is coming up fast!) and I’ve been in the mood for supahhhh simple foods that satisfy and refresh me that I can have done and ready to eat/drink in just a few minutes. When the nutella is just a little too accessible (it’s currently staring at me from the top of the fridge), you need to have healthy options just as easy to grab!
Sip away, my friends, sip away.
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