Day 23 & 24: Chocolate Love

Tuesday and Wednesday Evan worked long hours. Poor guy. (No we didn't do any April Fools Pranks, No time for that) I definitely had enough to kept myself busy with camp stuff. We are T-minus 2 weeks and a few days away, so its crunch time and less time to blog! 

Good news, there are ONLY 6 days away to the end of this challenge.

We've been doing pretty good. 

On another note we've been eating loads of leftovers 

and I've been doing recipes I've already tried. 

Click here to see what I've been cooking 

On another note this will curb the sugar craving

Chocolate Pudding with Chia Seed

Ingredients 

8 oz Coconut Milk 

6 T Chia Seeds

2 T Pure Vanilla Extract 

1T cocoa powder 

2 T chocolate chips 

1 T shredded coconut 

In a pot over medium heat add the milk, cocoa powder,1T chocolate Chips  and vanilla extract 

after it is mixed add the chia seeds 

stir for 5 minutes 

pour into bowl and refrigerate until cool 

to garnish add coconut and the remaining chocolate chips 

Devour :) 

What's so great about Chia Seeds? 

well it's definitely not for everyone. They don't have a taste, but the texture can tend to be a little slimy/jelly for some. That's why its good for making puddings because it solidifies the milk. 

There are health benefits though believe it or not. 

I hate taking fish oil for the omega-3 benefits (who likes fishy burps?), chia seeds provide that good fat for your brain (brain food). 

It also won't spike your glucose. 

I'm pretty sure you won't get the green plant growing you see on infomercials growing in your stomach, but they are the same seed, and you should try this chocolate pudding recipe. It's sure to satisfy! 

Here's to another day. 

<3 

E & H 

Day 15: Shopping, Cookies, Happy

Mondays: The most productive day of the week. Seriously. We were up at 5:30am, Evan went to work, I went for a run, did laundry, cleaned the house, did a bunch of camp emails and got ready all before 9:30 am. If I were like this everyday, who knows what I could do. 

Spring will never come. My run this morning was 20 degrees, sunny and freezing. 

In the past 3 days I've managed to break our apple slicer, can opener and melt our spatula. 

It's Birthday Week so I decided to incorporate a little shopping into my day at TJMAXX. I love that place! I obviously was looking for a few new kitchen tools and well there were a few things I didn't have. Thanks to a few Wedding Gift Cards and their wonderful 50%-75% sale on Kitchen Aid this is what I came up with. Yep all the tools were $1.50-$5.00, and I love the colors!  

Beautiful right??

Costco was my next stop! They have some awesome cooking ingredients that are expensive at the local stores! 

Himalayan Pink Salt $3.98 at Costco, $12.99 at the local store for a 3oz bottle! 

What? INSANE. This salt is extremely flavorful and so pure. 

Agave 2 bottles at Costco for $5.98. A small little 12oz bottle at the local store was  $4 something 

Good Deals, Good Steals today! 

Evan requested Chocolate Chip Cookies... He thought they were so delicious, I was surprised how good they were. I ate some batter and 2 cookies. I forgot how allergic I am to Almonds so that made me super sick. But they were so good it was almost worth it... almost. I loved eating them in the moment. 

 PALEO CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES 

Ingredients 

3 cups sifted almond flour 

1 cup dark chocolate chips 

1/3 cup honey

1/2 T pure vanilla extract 

1/4 tsp pink salt, or sea salt

1/2 tsp baking powder 

1 egg

coconut oil 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

In a mixing bowl wisk egg and combine salt, vanilla extract, honey and baking powder

after ingredients are combined add the chocolate chips 

sift almond flour in and mix together

cover baking sheet with coconut oil 

use a small ice cream scoop to make cookies into small balls on the pan

bake for 15 minutes then allow to cool before taking them off the pan

Yes that's correct, we had dessert before dinner 

Lemon Honey Chicken

Ingredients 

2 lbs chicken tenderloins 

scallions 

1 T minced garlic

1 cup chicken broth

1/2 yellow onion

2 T honey 

4 T lemon juice

1/3 cup coconut flour 

1 egg

1 T coconut oil 

chop the chicken into small pieces 

whisk egg in a mixing bowl 

dip chicken pieces into egg 

drip excess egg and roll pieces into coconut flour 

melt coconut oil in a pan 

cook chicken pieces in the pan with medium heat until brown 

in a separate pan brown garlic and chopped onion 

combine broth , honey, lemon juice into the pan with garlic and onions and let simmer 

add browned chicken 

garnish dish with chopped scallions

He got off early and helped me do some cooking/tasting. 

This meal was Evan approved. 

On another note Almond makes my stomach feel like death 

I rubbed some DoTerra DigestZen  (which is a blend of Ginger, peppermint, tarragon, fennel, caraway, coriander and anise ) on my stomach and within the hour the pain and nausea was pretty much gone but holy cow I was feeling so much better. 

Good Day, Good Food, Good Fun

<3 

Love 

H & E