Tag: gluten free

Almond Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies

almond flour chocolate chip cookies // my bacon-wrapped life

You know what is, hands-down, the best part of moving?

The built-in excuse to “use up” all the ingredients in your refrigerator!

I absolutely hate wasting food, so I’m feeling fortunate that we’re moving close enough that I can actually bring all of our pantry ingredients with us. But the fridge? Everything’s gotta go! Most of the things in our fridge are pretty straightforward (eggs, butter, milk, etc.) but I had the majority of a bag of almond meal in there from these bad boys and just couldn’t bear to let it go to waste (that shit is expensive, yo). Enter: almond flour chocolate chip cookies!!

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Copycat Dark Chocolate Cherry Cashew KIND Bars

copycat dark chocolate cashew kind bars // my bacon-wrapped life

Important life lesson: You can never have enough healthy hand-held snacks. Or, ya know, chocolate. You definitely can never have enough chocolate.

After absolutely loving the results of these homemade granola bars and these Copycat Clif bars, I turned my sights to another one of my favorite snacks – KIND bars! Dark chocolate cherry cashew KIND bars, to be exact. Can you tell I’m a crazy bar fiend? I love these bars in particular because they’re hand-held and convenient, but also made with real, healthy ingredients. Plus, did I mention chocolate? But whenever I love something so much, my food-blogger brain starts pondering if I could maybe, maybe make it at home. And maybe even make it more delicious, cheaper, and real-food-filled?

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Flourless Salted Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate Cookies

flourless salted peanut butter dark chocolate cookies // my bacon-wrapped life

Happy Labor Day weekend!! Or, Happy #ldw, as it is known on social media. See how hip and cool I am?

No matter how old and far away from my “back to school” days I get, Labor Day will never, ever not feel like the end of a carefree summer and the beginning of a busy, serious Fall. I was a giant nerd as a kid, so there was literally nothing more exciting than back to school shopping at Staples, walking up and down the aisles and buying shiny new everything to kick off the new school year. Over time, my passion drifted from gel pens and Lisa Frank notebooks to TI-89 graphing calculators and sleek Jansports (see above re: nerd), but my excitement level never waned. And even though these Berkeley students I live amongst went back a few weeks ago, the newness is still palpable, and I’m enjoying living that new school year feeling a little more than usual this year, albeit vicariously.

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Bacon, Kale, and Caramelized Onion Quiche with Buttermilk Oat Crust

bacon, kale, and caramelized onion quiche with buttermilk oat crust // my bacon-wrapped life

It’s January 4th, which means that well-intentioned resolution-makers are busy strapping on their FitBits, busting their ass at those pilates classes, and eating kale like it’s goin’ out of style.

Unless you’re me and you broke your toe by running into a couch on the last day of 2014 and you’re spending a whole lot of time with your bffs sweatpants and remote control. That’s cool too, right?

At least I have the kale part.

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