Category dessert

Hi Friends!

Thanks for all the well wishes on the race yesterday! It went really well. It was the first year this 5K was put on and everything went really smoothly. It was sponsored by Panera and raised money for breast cancer research. I ran it in 27:37 and my goal was to finish in the 27th minute so hurray! I ran the whole thing without stopping and felt great afterwards! Already contemplating running another 🙂

And now, a fun little snack for you! Couldn’t be easier.

PB Chocolate Almond Clusters

by Lindsay L

Ingredients

• 1/4 c peanut butter
• 2 c unsalted, raw almonds
• 1/2 c dark chocolate chips, more if desired

Instructions

Melt the peanut butter in the microwave in a medium sized bowl.

Add the almonds and stir until well coated.

Spread the almonds onto a baking sheet covered in aluminum foil and place in the refrigerator for 15 minutes until peanut butter has cooled.

Melt the chocolate in the microwave. Add the almonds to the bowl of chocolate and stir until well coated.

Spread the almonds on the baking sheet again, on a clean sheet of foil.

Place in the freezer for 15-20 minutes or until the chocolate is set.

Break into clusters and store in an airtight container.

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The perfect afternoon snack 🙂

Enjoy!
–Lindsay–

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Hi Friends!

I’m back after a great weekend with my parents. I don’t have much time today because classes start up again and I’m devoting all my energy today to making sure I get from class to class to work on time!

But I wanted to share the recipe for that little teaser of a picture I put in my last post! Since my parent’s visit coincided with Father’s Day, I decided to make my dad one of his favorite desserts. You might remember when I stocked up on rhubarb a few weeks ago in preparation. I’ve been making this dessert for my dad for years. It’s something that most people think ewwwww when they first hear it, but if you give it a try I promise you’ll be delightfully surprised at how good it is!

So here’s what you do:

Rhubarb Custard Bars

by Lindsay L

Cook Time: 1 hour

Keywords: bake dessert cream cheese rhubarb bars

Ingredients (9×13 pan)

Crust

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 8 tablespoons chilled butter, cut into small pieces

Filling

• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 cups skim milk
• 3 large eggs
• 5 cups (1/2-inch) sliced fresh or frozen (unthawed) rhubarb

Topping

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 8 oz reduced fat cream cheese
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup frozen fat-free whipped topping, thawed

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Combine 1-1/2 cups flour, 1/2 cup sugar, and salt in a bowl. Cut in butter with a pastry blender or 2 knives.. Press mixture into a 13 x 9-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes or until crust is golden brown.

3. Meanwhile, combine 1/3 cup flour and 1 cup sugar in a large bowl; add milk and eggs, stirring with a whisk until well blended. Stir in rhubarb. Pour rhubarb mixture over crust. Bake at 350 degrees for 40-50 minutes or until set. Cool to room temperature.

4. Place 1/2 cup sugar, cream cheese, and vanilla in a bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until smooth. Fold in whipped topping and spread evenly over baked custard. Cover and chill at least 1 hour. Serve cold.

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Sorry for the bad photo, I was more focused on gobbling it up!

Enjoy!
–Lindsay–

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The hubby and I love to buy bananas at the store. The problem is that they seem to change color SO quickly, that if we’re not totally in the mood to eat them, we usually end up with a few brown ones on the counter.

This is usually fine with me because I love banana baked goods 🙂 Today, however, when I found myself with several speckled bananas I just wasn’t in the mood for plain old banana bread! Problem.

I put out a tweet to find out what some of my twitter friends like to make with their bananas. Check out some of these delicious responses:

Can I just say YUMMMMMM to all of that?!

However, even though all of those sounded delicious, they all involved just a bit too much work for my energy level today. After checking out the Epicurious app on my new phone, I settled on frozen banana bites. After checking out the bananas further, I realized the tops of two of them were open and they were all gross inside. Good thing I had another two to work with!

These tasty little treats couldn’t be simpler. Start by peeling your bananas and cutting them into slices. Most of mine were about an inch but this isn’t an exact science!

Prepare your toppings. I decided to used crumbled graham crackers and almonds. I do love the banana-graham cracker combo. Remember my soft serve? I crumbed a graham cracker into a bowl and roughly chopped some almonds. After mixing the two together I was ready to go.

Next melt some chocolate. You could use chocolate chips, or bar chocolate like i did. Dip a banana chunk into the chocolate, then use a spoon to spread some chocolate around the sides.

Stick the chocolate covered side into the bowl of toppings and gently press them into place. Set them on a plate, topping side up.

Put them in the freezer for a couple hours and voila, dessert is served! The possible toppings for these are endless! Try mixing some peanut butter into your melted chocolate or topping with things like mini m&ms, crushed oreos or butterfingers, shredded coconut or chocolate chips!

Almond Graham Banana Bites

by Lindsay L

Prep Time: 5 min

Keywords: raw snack dessert healthy vegetarian banana chocolate graham crackers no bake

Ingredients (variable)

• bananas
• dark chocolate
• graham crackers
• chopped almonds

Instructions

1. Peel & slice bananas into bite sized pieces

2. Melt chocolate & dip one end of each piece into chocolate.

3. Dip chocolate covered end into chopped almonds and graham crackers.

4. Freeze.

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Aren’t they just the cutest bite-sized treat?!

Enjoy!
–Lindsay–

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