Chocolate Protein Powder

If you've been following me or a while, you know I like to have a smoothie most afternoons between lunch and dinner. Part of it is my sweet tooth, the fact that I get hungry around 3:00, and they are just fun!

Life's short. If I can have a snack that is about 200 calories and tastes like a frappe, I'm IN! And I love that I can switch them up by just using different fruit, vegetables, nut butters, etc.

My favorite line of protein powders are "Life's Basics" which you can order right here from the site. They are affordable and last about a month if you're having one every afternoon like me! I recently had a friend show me how to add these live links to my blog to make shopping easier for my readers. I hope you like it!






And if you're looking for a good smoothie maker, I really love my Ninja Professional blender. It takes about one minute to make a perfect, thick smoothie (I like them thick to eat with a spoon!) It is completely worth the money, as I also use it for soups, dressing, etc. It really does the trick for basic smoothie making!

Sometimes a girl needs her chocolate!

I've had a long lasting love affair with chocolate, but haven't always had the best relationship with it. It used to be that I'd be working in my kitchen (I work from home) and swear every day around 3PM I could hear a little voice from my pantry whispering, "chocolate...come and get it!"

But once I switched to non-dairy chocolate (anything 70% or darker!) the crazy pull slowed down. In a sense, it was like my palate had matured a little and I finally understood when someone said they could eat a single luscious square of dark chocolate and feel satisfied. I used to get annoyed when people said that, but once you cut out refined sugars and just occasionally reach for dark chocolate, it's very special.

Here are two of my current favorite bars. What do you like? Please share!