Hi all!! Remember me!? It’s been a little while since I last posted. I really want to take a moment to thank you all so much your well wishes and sweet comments following my last post about the bus crash. You people are the best friends a girl could ask for! For those wondering, I’m definitely doing better. My brain is healing {yay for being able to kind of spell agian again!} and I’ve been rehabbing my hip and shoulder. I’ve got quite a bit more work to do there but they are starting to come back!
On to the good stuff. I told you guys last time I shared a recipe that the hubs and I been trying to cut back on the sweets and working to get healthy and eating healthier. The hardest thing for me to cut out is sweets… I’ve got a serious sweet tooth {as evident by one of my largest Pinterest boards!} So I’ve been working on ways to satisfy my craving with small “bites” of semi-healthy sweetness! This is one of my all time favorites… Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Bites!!!
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Recently, the hubby and I have been trying to eat healthier. I have a tendency to want to snack when I’m bored {please tell me I’m not alone in this!}. And I tend not to be so great at portion control. But I’m working on it! With these changes we’ve been making I’ve been trying to figure out small, single bite snacks that I can pop one or 2 of that will satisfy my cravings. {I shared one of my attempts on Instagram} And since I’m a sucker for the salty and sweet combination, chocolate dipped pretzels are one of my favorites. With Valentines Day right around the corner, I decided to fancy them up a little bit and make Chocolate Dipped Valentines Pretzels!
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If you are anything like me, sometimes you buy things with every intention to use them before they go bad. Most of the time I feel bad but there is one exception when I am overjoyed! You see, this week I let my bananas get all brown and mushy. You know what that means… banana bread. And better yet, my all time favorite, Chocolate Chunk Banana Bread!
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I already told you that my family has the best tradition of making homemade Christmas candies! And I already shared the recipe for 2 of my 3 favorite homemade candies: Nuts & Bolts Candy Clusters and Peppermint Christmas Candies. And today I am sharing the most coveted of all of the recipes… Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls.
When I started posting these candy recipes, I had comments flooding in all over Facebook from friends and family asking begging me to share the recipe for our Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls. Fear not, dear ones! I am not mean {except that I saved this one for last… mwah ha ha!}! I have the famous Chocolate Peanut Butter Ball recipe for all of you!
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**This weekend, I’m joining with 11 other awesome bloggers to share our favorite Christmas recipes! So come back on Saturday to see all “12 Days” of deliciousness!**
When I think about the Christmas season I think about snow, Christmas music and movies, Christmas decorations and family traditions. My family has so many traditions and I love each and every one of them. My favorite has always been making homemade candies!
When the holidays roll around we set aside a whole day to make so many different types of candies. My mom and grandma would do all the more labor intensive parts and us kids would fight over who would be the “taste tester” {afterall, that is the most important job! My mom would always let all of us “taste test”}! And as us kids got older we all lent a helping hand in the candy making. And even though I am far apart from my family for the holidays, I still love to keep the tradition going! I just make sure I call my mom while I’m in the midst of it! Last week I shared with you one of the candy recipes we always make: Nuts & Bolts Candy Clusters. Today I’m sharing my all-time favorite candy: Peppermint Christmas Candies!
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