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Mini Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter & Jelly Cups

July 18, 2014 by Erica

Sometimes I think back to the bag lunch days, when I totally took my parents making my lunch for granted. Silly kid!

First of all, I hated leftovers. I don’t think we had microwaves in our school cafeteria to heat anything up, so I guess that makes it a bit more understandable. Or maybe we did and it was just uncool to use them? I do remember in high school that it was very uncool to bring lunch in any container that wasn’t disposable. And that was obviously super important. Tupperwares were OUT, brown paper bags were IN.

Second of all, I was really upset by the lack of variety in my school lunches. It was basically either a PB&J or a turkey, cheese and lettuce roll-up. Never mind the fact that my dad woke up early to make those lunches for years and was probably not feeling too creative at 6 am. Or that making only things that can travel in plastic wrap or a Ziploc bag is pretty restrictive. I think he just made whatever we complained about the least. Come to think of it, it’s amazing I had two options!

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Quinoa Chocolate Bark, 3 Ways

December 20, 2013 by Erica

You know what’s really good together? Quinoa and chocolate.

Quinoa haters, you’re like “aw heyyy-all no!” Quinoa lovers, you know better.

I recently decided I wanted to try to make a quinoa chocolate bar. And right after that, I saw just such a thing at the grocery store! Talk about serendipity; of course I had to buy it… you know, to see if my efforts would be worth it and everything.

Well, as you can probably tell from the fact that I made three different variations, stuffed my face with them all of last weekend, and am now posting about them… the quinoa chocolate bar was good. VERY good.

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Chocolate Cranberry-Walnut Clusters

November 15, 2013 by Erica

Chocolate Cranberry-Walnut Clusters

I’d say it’s only right that we finish the week off with some chocolate – what do you think?

I hope we’re all in agreement. Say hello to these chewy, chocolaty clusters of cranberry-walnut goodness.

Chocolate Cranberry-Walnut Clusters

Here is the deal with these chocolate clusters: They are the cranberry-walnut version of the no-bake quinoa cookies I posted a few weeks ago. Basically, I liked those quinoa cookies wayyyy too much not to make a few more versions of them. And you guys seemed to like them, too! I knew I wanted a chewy, nutty version of those cookies, and after a bit of experimentation, I declared this simple combination of dried cranberries and toasted walnuts the clear winner.

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Coconut Butter Cups with Meyer Lemon Curd

May 8, 2013 by Erica

Coconut Butter Cups with Meyer Lemon Curd

If I’m being perfectly honest, these are deadly.

Not like the “I filled yours with poison” kind of deadly, but rather the “you probably shouldn’t make three test batches of these if you have to be in your bathing suit on a Mexican beach in a week” kind of deadly.

Oh, the things I use this blog as an excuse for.

My mom is definitely shaking her head at me right now.

Coconut Butter Cups with Meyer Lemon Curd

So yes, this is how I’ve been balancing out my salads lately.

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Chocolate Coconut Butter Cups

April 26, 2013 by Erica

Chocolate Coconut Butter Cups

I am nearly falling asleep at my computer at 9 pm as I type this. I guess that’s what two workouts and a sugar rush will do to a girl. Also, I love my sleep and am 99% certain that my grandpa goes to bed at least 3 hours later than me on most nights.

But I have to hold it together long enough to tell you about these chocolate coconut butter cups. They are the direct result of a little Amazon shopping spree I went on recently. I bought these adorable silicone cupcake liners!

Chocolate Coconut Butter Cups

I had to make something fun with them, and was none too eager to get back on the cupcake train after the cupcake-filled month that was March. So I skipped all that cakey stuff and went straight for the chocolate.

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