From dancer's pose to no more running woes!

Cinnamon spiked americano, roasted coconut chips, and sea salt almond butter. New favorite (fatty) snack.

Also, it’s beautiful in Seattle and I’m thoroughly enjoying the late summer and I just want all the people rushing fall to… stop. Fall quickly turns into a miserable gloomy winter no matter how cute our scarves and leather and boots get (trust me, I have a bunch and fall to winter still makes so glum).

tone-n-tight:

I made my own LÄRABARs last night! Last year, I made similar bars for long hikes and plan making some more for this weekend. I made Chocolate Coconut Chew flavor by processing soaked dates, almonds, walnuts, unsweetened coconut flakes and unsweetened cocoa powder.  I used 8 dates, about 1/2c almonds, 1/3 pecans, 3/4c coconut flakes, and 2tsp cocoa powder.  You can play with the amounts.

And for fun (nerd alert), I number crunched how much these cost compared to the real deal.  A LÄRABAR costs anywhere between $1.25-1.79 (prices I’ve seen).  This recipe made 11.5oz, or ~6.38 LÄRABARs (they’re each 1.8oz).  This batch would cost anywhere from $8-12 in stores OR roughly $4.50 if you made them yourself.  

The next flavors I’ll be making will be Lemon Bar, Blueberry Muffin, Pecan Pie, and hopefully Peanut Butter & Jelly. 

Genius!

juice of the day (double serving) - an orange, 8 medium strawberries, an apple, thumb sized ginger piece, 8 carrots (for my friend that’s teaching me gym stuff)

pre-mixed juice color

sunflower seed butter on ezekial

Pre yoga fuel - tea, marbled hazelnut/peanut butter on toast, and a peach/vanilla green smoothie.

Red, white striped, and blue beet chips. A healthier snack on this Superbowl American “holiday”.

So, this is a thing. Macadamia butter! A very, very delightful thing.

I’ve decided to not buy any jars of peanut butter for a bit since sometimes I find myself in dire ravenous situations and can’t help but take a spoon to it. For whatever reason (they’re not as delicious) I don’t do this with almond or macadamia butter… yet.

Post-yoga smoothie: handful of ice, splash of water, cup of low fat milk, 2 cups of fresh raspberries, 1 cup raw spinach, 1 scoop chocolate whey, and a couple sprigs of mint. Super refreshing!

Baby bowl of granola, natural pb, almond milk, and raspberries. Fresh berries complete this happy morning.

Snack time. Baked apple and carrot / ginger / grapefruit juice.

Peanut butter apple pie yogurt? Oh wait, I just created a monster. (I swirled in pb2, honey, dark chocolate peanut butter and cinnamon into plain greek yogurt and topped it with baked apples and graham cracker crumbs.)

My new favorite snack. Vanilla whey and PB2 mixed in with unsweetened almond milk, rice krispies, almonds, fresh berries, and cinnamon.

Getting back on track after last night with a mean green juice (extra ginger) and Luna bar. I highly recommend this flavor.

It’s 930 AM and I already need a snack… Of popcorn… At least the fire is classy? And look- holiday cups at Starbucks! (54 days until Christmas, my interviewer reminded me of)