Chocolate Molten Lava Cake

Seriously, sweets are my kryptonite, my achilles heel, my ultimate food weakness! You should have figured this out by now if you follow my blog. 99.9% of my recipes are goodies. So when my Dad started talking about Chili's famous Molten Lava Chocolate Cake I ran to the kitchen and started throwing things together to satisfy my sweet tooth. And here it is. 1 scoop vanilla protein. 1 tbs cocoa. 1 egg white. 2 tbs "Better N Peanut Butter" (or almond butter). 1/4 tsp vanilla. Mix all together in a large mug or small bowl. Microwave on high for 30 seconds. If you need it more sweet (like my Dad does), add 1 tbs honey.

Flag Nor Fail!

Yesterday my new Flag Nor Fail sleeveless hoodie arrived in the mail. This is my third purchase from the company who is quickly becoming my newest addiction. If you're not familiar with FNF, they are a small company that hand prints their products (mostly shirts) and has extremely limited quantities of each piece. That means once they sell out it's GONE. I love their message, "FLAG NOR FAIL is a mindset. No surrender and no failure. Flag represents surrender, much like one would wave a white flag to admit defeat. No surrender, no failure." Mostly bodybuilders wear their clothes, but it's not limited to only us meat heads. Dana Linn Bailey, the NPC's first Women's Physique Pro and her husband are the main faces behind the clothing brand. I love Dana's physique and follow her career in the IFBB. She looks a lot different in the shirts than I do, but hey, I think I still look pretty good in them. ;) Anyways, today I tried my hand at the "Perfect Foods Bar". I stumbled across this delicious snack/meal replacement bar a couple years back at the health food store. I was very impressed with the ingredients list AND the flavor was phenomenal. Yesterday I went to Good Earth for a few things (Ezekiel Bread, Kombucha Tea, and some dark chocolate). I was standing by the cashier line and saw the Perfect Foods Bar eyeballing me back. My tummy grumbled and then yelled, "feed me... with that!" So I obliged and purchased the bar. I shared some with Kellen, because ya I'm confident enough in the brand and the ingredients that I'd feed it to my 1 year old. He gobbled up half of it, little stinker. The bar is pretty expensive, about $3 each. So I decided to try to make a version for myself.

In a food processor, mix 4 tbs almond butter, 12 almonds, 2 scoop vanilla protein powder, 1 tbs chia seeds and 1 tbs flax seeds. It'll form a ball in the food processor when it's done. Remove the dough and form into 3 small bars.

And here's a pic in my new FNF sleeveless hoodie.

Demoliate

I made up a word today. I actually like it quite a bit! It was totally by accident that it popped out of my mouth. I was training with my friend and we were totally destroying our legs. High volume training with moderate weight but lots of reps and sets. On the leg extension machine, I turned to her and said, "we are going to demoliate our quads today!" She started laughing and said, "wow, you must be serious". I figure I was trying to say ANNIHILATE and DEMOLISH at the same time. Anyways, I made some NUTTY TRUFFLES the other day. My usual taste tester (my 1 year old) enjoyed them quite a bit. I also had a couple new taste testers give them a try, my mother-in-law and father-in-law. Well, my father-in-law went back for seconds so I figure they're good enough to post the recipe. In a food processor put: 1 handful almonds, 1 handful pecans, 1 palmful flax seeds, 12 dates, 1 tsp vanilla, 1 handful oats. Blend until smooth, about 5 minutes. Roll mixture into golf ball size and drop into cocoa powder covering all sides.

Un-attractive with Homemade Nut Butter

So I've been feeling really ugly lately. It all started back in July when I first changed my hair color. I brought the picture to the hairdresser (who came highly recommended) but he gave me an entirely different hair cut and color than what I wanted. I tried to like my new style but it never suited me. Since then it's been one bad color after another. Also, I noticed wrinkles around my eyes a couple weeks ago when I was looking at some recent photos taken of me while in Germany. Gasp! Wrinkles!? I'm only 27. Then I've been super pasty white all year, no glowy tan, just stark white. O ya, I'm also in that "mom rut" of wearing comfy shoes and clothes. I want to look hot again! I know we all go through these emotions, but mine have lasted awhile. That's why I'm pledging to myself to get a new hairdo, spray tan, pedicure, and eyelash extensions. Nothing like a great make over. Before and after pics anyone? Its all going down the end of April (another blog post to explain this date to come soon). Besides that, I did manage to come up with a new recipe. It's my own home nut butter. 2 cups walnuts. 2 scoops vanilla protein powder. 2 tbs coconut oil. 2 tbs water (this depends on your protein powder). Place the walnuts in a food processor and process for 5 minutes. Add the protein powder for one minute. Then slowly drizzle in the coconut oil, and then the water. You'll have to stop the food processor periodically to scrape the sides and re-incorporate the ingredients. I spread it on two rice cakes. ;)