Off With My Valentine
This afternoon was full of baking/cooking ~ how appropriate for Valentine’s Day! However, all of my creations were SO wholesome and I’m so proud of myself haha…
I started out by making OhSheGlow’s Banana Bread Larabars. I did sample some of the “dough” and it tasted identical to a Larabar! I can’t wait to try these. I doubled her recipe and cut them into 8 mini bars. Here’s one of the bars 
Then I made a special dessert to bring with me to the Comedy Show tonight: Nature’s Path Double Brownie Mix. I subbed the oil it called for with unsweetened applesauce and honestly, I didn’t taste ANY of the batter – so proud of myself, that’s a huge accomplishment! I topped the batter with 3 chopped dark chocolate squares for extra goodness and cut them into 14 mini brownies. Hopefully our table will enjoy them after dinner tonight! Dessert is provided but I wanted to equip myself with a healthy treat instead
Then I made homemade hot hummus (using crushed red pepper) in my vitamix.
And finally, I just inhaled a snack of a Gala apple with (yet again) crunchy peanut butter.
Now it’s off to grab my purse, brownies, and Bill of course… and head out! Chances are I won’t be posting tonight, so I’ll be back tomorrow!
Have fun tonight! All of your creations today look lovely!
Wow that looks EXACTLY like a Larabar. I have to try those out. Enjoy the comedy show!
yumm! I was totally trippin’, i made that EXACT strawb/PB combo today and was like, WHY have i never had this before!!
Looove the bar and brownie!!
Enjoy your evening!!
Yay I just made brownies too! I realized after I was home from the store that I should have used apple sauce instead of oil! Oh well! Have a good night!
Ahh so many good things were made in your kitchen today! Want to come cook for me?!
Enjoy your night!
Sounds like you are havin’ a Happy Valentine’s Day!!
I am going to have to try making my own larabars, if for no other reason than it looks cool. Plus I could come up with my own flavours!
Have a great time out!
Yummy treats!!!!
How fabulous! Your “laras” look AMAZING! Hope you had so much fun tonight
Have fun at the comedy show tonight! Those brownies look delicious!
Brownies look great!!! And yummy eats!!! Laras look amazing!
have fun tonight!!
brownies sound soo good
That hummus looks awesome! Homemade is the best.
Have a great night!
there really isn’t anything like homemade hummus, is there??
Careful, the Larabar company might kill you in your sleep for unlocking the secrets of their whole-foodie goodness. Wow, I’m hungry for a Larabar now.
Glad you’re having a great Valentine’s Day!
that is one crazy cooking day lady! everything looks fantastic – especially the home made larabars – were they pretty easy?
The homemade Larabar is a great idea, you probably save a lot of money making them too! The brownies look delicious, and that is awesome that they are on the healthy side!
Allison ~ they were so easy! I want to try to recreate the other flavors next weekend!
Mimi ~ LOL!!!
You are awesome!!! I just recently tried a lara bar and ended up with a pecan pie flavor. My husband is a runner and gets all kinds of samples on race day. He doesn’t like these so I have been throwing them away :X OOPS! LOL I recently had to take the key lime pie one away from my 3 yr old ROFL That was nummy too!
WOW! All of the goodies look so yummy! I really need to try making homemade Larabars!
Who hoo! I’m so glad you liked the Homemade Banana bar as much as I do