If you're like me and overindulge once in a while (btw, I always have to look up whether it's "once and awhile" or "once in a while" and it makes me feel dumb every time), possibly by eating 3 Cadbury Creme Eggs or devouring a "box" (bag? carton? what are those things?) of Oreos in a sitting, then maybe you should try out this blog called Chocolate Covered Katie.
I've mentioned her a couple times (like yesterday, or in this Pinterest Project), tried 5 of her recipes, been skeptical of each one, and LOVED IT.
She does party tricks by making tasty treats appear out of beans and dried fruit.
There's the aforementioned cookie dough dip, made out of chickpeas, which I would like heretofore to be called Cookie Dough Hummus, so as to turn people off, so I can eat the whole thing myself.
Then there's the Fudge Babies, which I was mistakenly calling Chocolate Balls- oops!, which are made of 90% dates and taste exactly like a brownie.
To balance out the sweet treats, there's Protein Fries, which was baked tofu. Surprisingly crunchy and delicious, it was my first taste of tofu outside of hot and sour soup.
I stocked up on sugar-free chocolate chips by making the 3 Ingredient Chocolate Bars. Nothing surprising in these, just dark chocolate-y goodness.
This morning, I surprised the fam with a yummy twist on our usual oatmeal by baking up some Boatmeal. Basically, chocolate chip banana bread with no guilt.
So, if you're feeling the weight of the world and are down for some emotional eating, whip up some treats off the ol' CCK site, get a serving of fruit or protein with your stress-binge, and score one for the good guy.
One year ago today: List of Last Week's Labors of Love, where I ironically talk about "openmeal".
