healthy and easy lunch recipe

I actually can’t stop eating this right now.

So good. So so so good.

I was skeptical at first, but I have been turned into a healthy fudge believer. Like, do those words even belong together? It’s seems like some sort of food miracle. Hallelujah!

I’ve actually never worked with coconut oil before. The last time I was at my parent’s house, I noticed an unopened jar hiding in the back of the cupboard. It was just taking up space, so ~~I stole i~~t my mom let me take it back to school with me. SCORE. I opened it up yesterday and took a small taste. I was totally thinking it would be, well, coconut-y tasting, but it’s actually super mild and neutral tasting. And guess what? It helps make the most amazing (healthier) fudge ever!

This is one of those recipes where you keep finding yourself taking leeeetle “taste tests” throughout the cooking process. I think I ate a solid 1/3 of the batter before it even made it into the pan to solidify and I walked around the house for 30 minutes before realizing that I had brown fudge smeared all over my forehead. And not like a little dab, either. Full blown poop-face was happening. But it’s okay, don’t stress. It’s a delicious sacrifice that I am willing to make.

This is a one-bowl recipe that I slightly adapted from The Nourishing Gourmet to include honey as the sweetener. The one catch is that it needs to be stored in the fridge or else you’ll be dealing with a (tasty) healthy chocolate mousse instead of fudge.

Enjoy!

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Sometimes I feel almost embarrassed to share a recipe. I usually love putting together complex recipes and enjoy spending hours in the kitchen, which eventually leads to me making a huge mess and vowing never to cook again. That, of course, lasts all of two hours before I’m back at it. It’s a viciously delicious cycle. Other times, I’m lazy. I don’t feel like cleaning anything up and even the idea of foraging through the cupboards for ingredients makes me cringe. Those days are the ones where I can usually be found absorbed into my couch with a gallon of ice cream, hanging out with my best friend 4eva Netflix. We get along just swell. Anyways, today was one of those days. I did, however, put together a tasty lunch that is, like I mentioned before, embarrassingly easy. These Smoked Salmon Pita Sandwiches are great for when you’re craving a healthy and delicious lunch that can be put together in a flash. The smoked salmon give the pita pockets a great salty flavor and the arugula adds a fantastic peppery bite! And how about these unbelievably cute bento lunch boxes? They’re the perfect size to carry with you and come in a large assortment of colors! The lovely people at Mira Designs are sending four lucky winners their own bento box in either lavender of pink! Enter my giveaway below for your chance to win! f2e067973ab717c0eaba5849a2f4e580 Want to have your own adorable bento box? I’m partnering up with Mira Design to giveaway 4 of their pink and lavender bento boxes! a Rafflecopter giveaway

Hope these help fuel your lazy days as well!