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Heavenly Raw Chocolate Protein Bars

Heavenly Raw Chocolate Protein Bars

Posted on Apr 3, 2012 in All Recipe Posts, Chocolate, Fruit, Nuts, Protein, Protein Bars, Special Diet | 21 comments

Where do I start?  Is this a healthy, nutritious snack or is it divinely wicked?  I’d have to say it is both! These bars certainly contain only good, healthy, nutritious ingredients.  But they  don’t taste like a “health bar”.  They are fantastically moist, caramelly sweet from the dates, chocolately, and slightly gooey, with a...

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Chocolate Banana Protein Bread

Chocolate Banana Protein Bread

Posted on Mar 27, 2012 in All Recipe Posts, Breakfast, Chocolate, Fruit, Protein, Protein Bread, Special Diet | 24 comments

I’ve recently been craving a sweet bread for breakfast again, but I don’t like anything cakey or too sweet first thing in the morning.  I prefer my breakfast to be infused with a natural fruity sweetness from fresh fruits … or baked into something I can eat warm.  Especially now that the mornings are getting decidedly cooler. Boo.  ...

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Almond Milk & Loaf … waste not, want not

Almond Milk & Loaf … waste not, want not

Posted on Feb 26, 2012 in All Recipe Posts, Breads & Quickbreads, Breakfast, Cakes, Nuts, Protein, Special Diet | 36 comments

Almondfest 2012 is still going strong here in the Land of CCM Remember I mentioned making my own almond milk?  Oh mamma, how good is homemade almond milk, chilled, on a hot summer’s day?  There are no words sufficient to describe its fabulousness.   Even better than having a fresh bottle of delicious almond milk is knowing you can bake...

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Rosy Peaches

Rosy Peaches

Posted on Jan 4, 2012 in All Recipe Posts, Breakfast, Desserts, Fruit, Special Diet | 9 comments

Clingstone peaches always remind me of my Nonna.    In summer, she was always slicing them up on the verandah to hand out to my cousins and I as we played in her front yard.  Come to think of it, she always had lovely stone fruit available and always had a paring knife at the ready in her apron pockets.  I love my Nonna and still miss her very much. ...

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Sweet Pistachio Butter

Sweet Pistachio Butter

Posted on Nov 6, 2011 in All Recipe Posts, Fillings, Nuts, Special Diet | 22 comments

This blog is giving me whiplash … does it do that to you?  All this flipping between wickedness and protein bad%$#ness is getting me confused.  Would help if I just redesigned the whole thing so it’s all sorted, right?  It’s still on the TO DO list.  Promise.  For the record, I’m not procrastinating.  Just have this pesky day...

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