Sweet, sweet mother of God, get thee to the closest Trader Joe’s and grab this sugar, chocolate coffee bean grinder thing. Total impulse buy on my part last week and now we’re inseparable. I was a little indecisive yesterday so I went one half cream cheese, one half almond butter on my bagel. That bowl also has a greek yogurt + cottage cheese mixture below all the fruit. I thought this was a pretty decent sized breakfast but somehow I was hungry by 11am. I’ll really never understand how some days I can last until 2pm and other days I want to eat my hands by 11. No rhyme or reason to it.
Lunch:
Sometimes we all eat leftovers out of tupperware containers standing over our sink, right?
Snackity Snack:
Please tell me you all have seen Katie’s cookie dough dip? Say yes. Otherwise, click that link and go make it!
I made a few tweaks, using cannellini beans instead of chickpeas and only adding about 1 tablespoon of agave as sweetener.
This stuff is good. It’s definitely not sickly sweet (especially because I drastically reduced the sweetener) and you’re not going to fool anyone into thinking this is real cookie dough, but it’s an awesome healthy take on cookie dough. Kind of reminds me of these Healthy Cookie Dough Bites in dip form.
There were quite a few chocolate covered pretzels and pita chips consumed and even a leftover pancake from Sunday’s breakfast smeared with this stuff. The second the logical part of my brain would tell me to stop, the other half (notice I didn’t call it illogical) would say, “but it’s made of beans! It’s healthy, eat more!” so, I did.
Dinner:
Here is where I completely spaced out and I forgot to take a picture. My excuse is that Ulysses came home after a 4 day unexpected trip and I got sidetracked.
Let’s visualize the veggie love instead…
A big serving bowl filled with lettuce and baby spinach, half a chopped red pepper, half an avocado, a handful of cherry tomatoes, pepitas, nutritional yeast and 4 toasted sweet potato goat cheese puffs on top. Dressing was just balsamic & extra virgin olive oil.
We tried to get into Arrested Development while eating on the couch but after 2 episodes, I don’t think it’s for me. I’m just not into that kind of humor. I hate “dumb humor” actually and I really don’t like the narrator voice going on from time to time in the episodes.
Any good TV show recommendations (on Netflix) while I wait (impatiently) for my precious Breaking Bad season 4.
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Yum, that all looks so delicious. Your photos look great! That cookie dough dip has been teasing me for so long, why haven’t I made it yet?
BTW I hate when I mean to feature something and rush through eating it and forget to take photos. I guess that is a sign of a good meal. Your description was pretty great though, definitely almost as drool-worthy as a photo :)
Oooh, I almost bought the chocolate grinder thing at Trader’s last night, but I fought the impulse! Now, I am def going to get it next time!
Yum. Too bad all the beans in my house are dried or I would be making that dip right this second. I love Downton Abbey, Sherlock, Sons of Anarchy and Mad Men all of which are on Netflix. I watched Sherlock in one sitting. There aren’t very many episodes but they’re all movie length.
We just watched the first episode of Downtown Abbey tonight. LOVE IT! I’m hooked. Ulysses, not as much but he can suck it up.
I have been meaning to make that dip! Thanks for reminding me! :)
The dip looks great and I love that little blue vessel you put it in…I want to eat anything out of that :)
No, I’m not salivating at all over that faux dough dip!!
You convinced me already on twitter yesterday to get that Trader Joes chocolate grinder thingy. Now it’s REALLY going to be on my mind all day.
I would looove a plethora of that dip and chocolate covered pretzels right now!
uh..wow. cookie dough dip. that’s like handing me a bowl of crack & saying have at it. love this, apparently i must make it soon cause everyone is going crazy over it. yours looks so decadent. where did you get your cute orange spoons? you have them in multiple colors, i can’t find them anywhere!
I think you totally asked this before and I must’ve forgotten to answer…sorry! They’re from crate & barrel. I have them in orange and green. They were like $1 or $2 each online a year ago or so and I couldn’t resist!
I have been meaning…and meaning…and MEANING to make that dip– everyone raves about it!! Yours looks perfect!