Valentines Day Healthy Option

Happy Valentines Day!  Today has been a busy one so I just thought I'd stop in briefly to share a few things with you!

MY WORKOUT:  Today's workout was a sweaty kick-boxing session- right from my living room! I used this workout.  I burned 450 calories on my Nike Fuel Band so I know it was a good one!

V-DAY SEXY DESSERT: Next, I wanted to share a healthy dessert option for valentines day that I whipped up for Bryan and I to enjoy later tonight.  The key ingredient may surprise you...  It's avocados!  Yup, I made a dark chocolate pudding with avocados.  It has all the flavor of a deliciously indulgent dessert without all the bad ingredients.  I tried it and it is amazingly delicious, you can't even tell there's avocados in it! ;-)

Secret Ingredient Dark Chocolate Pudding
Ingredients:
1 ripe Medium Sized Avocado
1/2c Pure Maple syrup
1/2c Cocoa Powder (I used Hershey's dark)
1/4c Almond Milk (can use any kind of milk)
1tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
1tsp Pure Almond Extract
3-5oz Dark Chocolate Chips or Candy Bar Shavings (plus more for garnish)
Whipped Cream (optional garnish)

Mix all the ingredients in a food processor and refrigerate at least 1 hour prior to serving.
Top with whipped cream or powdered sugar (as show below) Enjoy!

 

Question:

 

Have you ever tried avocados in pudding before?

Do you like Chocolate?

 

 

 

 

 



My Energy Secret

Yum! There is just something about Chocolate and Peanut Butter! Its delicious, savory, sweet, and salty. Thats exactly what I had for lunch today- in the form of a PURE protein bar.

Life gets hectic and sometimes I don't have energy or time to think about lunch, but finding these bars was the answer to my lunch dilema. At only 180-200 calories and 20g of protein, these bars get me through the lunch hump and give me plenty of energy til my 4pm midday snack prior to my gym workout around 5:30pm.

Every morning my lunch takes 2 seconds to pack- time well saved to use towards getting ready, eating a balanced breakfast, and do a little reading before work. These bars have allowed me to have more time management in the morning.

I don't get paid to advertise, but they are delicious! And perfectly enjoyed with....
This! A Grande Zen Green Tea Misto with Soy. $2.28 drink + $1.25 bar = $3.53 lunch :-)

Tonight's workout:
Turbo Kick class... One Hour of kickboxing

Tonight's Agenda:
Grab salads to go with Bryan
Bible study! yay!

Enjoy your Wednesday!

This is my daily routine chillen at Starbucks :)