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Chocolate Chip Almond Sea Salt Granola Bars

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It may seem hard to incorporate healthy, sustainable foods into your busy schedule. Quite frankly, it is a struggle for me right now. However, prepping healthy on-the-go snacks is a great way to set yourself up for sucess. Make these Chocolate Chunk Almond Sea Salt Granola Bars and you’ll definitely thank me later. 

Chewy, slightly crunchy, embedded with gooey chunks of chocolate chips. Simple ingredients, affordable, easy, and 100% plant-based. 

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This recipe is in collaboration with Compassion in World Farming. I am so happy to be partening with them again with the goal of creating a sustainble, compassionate food system. 

Eating more plants ourselves is a great way to help farmed animals and the planet of course, but helping others do the same can really multiply our impact! And anyone can become a more effective advocate if given the right set of tools.

By signing up to be a Changemaker through this link: http://bit.ly/2DGKSBz

you will have access to the Changemaker Handbook meant to help you do just that. 

This hand guide is packed with resources like key scientific benefits to eating more plants, tips to having more productive conversations about plant-based eating, and practical advice to provide friends & family interested in learning how to #EatPlantsForAChange. It is true that just one person can have a big impact on our food system, but in order to end factory farming and avoid climate change it is going to take ALL of us. 

I encourage you to follow the link above to sign up to be a Changemaker today!

Let’s save our planet together. …

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Healthy Toasted Coconut Almond Truffles

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Sometimes all you need to get through the day is chocolate…however that may not always be the healthiest solution to your problems. I always try to find healthier ways to “indulge” in my favorite treats and this recipe hits the spot.

With a super creamy and fudgy date sweetened chocolate center, coated in dark chocolate, toasted coconut, and chopped almonds. It’s an elevated truffle that is made from simple and healthy ingredients.

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Feel free to get creative with this recipe! Add different types of nuts, such as peanuts, or hazelnuts. Add in a spoonful of peanut butter into the filling, or even dried fruit. …

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Chewy Quinoa Tahini Energy Bars

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I am a major snacker…and sometimes that can be unhealthy depending on what I choose to snack on. That is why I always try to have some type of homemade energy bars or bites stored in my freezer. 

Let me tell you. These energy bars are addicting! A chewy and sweet bar embedded with a variety of seeds, such as pumpkin seeds, black and white sesame seeds, and chia seeds. Also some puffed quinoa and sweetness from dates and maple syrup. The secret ingredient that makes it taste 10x better? Tahini! It may sound disgusting, but trust me on this. It will make your world go round. …

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Homemade & Healthy Fig Bars

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The title of this recipe may sound familiar and that is because this was one of the first few recipes I had posted on my blog. I recently made them last week to take on a road trip to Oregon and I altered the recipe a bit. Well…they turned out a lot better than the first time and I had to update the recipe.

They are softer in texture…not quite like a cookie more of a biscuit. 

A few tsps of orange zest & a tsp of orange juice paired nicely with the fig filling making it perfectly sweet and slightly tangy. 

Kid you not…I could of eaten the whole batch, but surprisingly they are filling which makes them perfect to bring on a long road trip like I did! …

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