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Heart Healthy Spread

February 13, 2016

Three cheers for another Friday!!! Usually my weeks are so busy where it feels like time just flies by. Not so much this week. I did things on Monday and now that it’s Friday it feels like the stuff I did on Monday happened in a completely different week. Weird. Anyways, my week was pretty awesome. I came off of an incredibly productive weekend which always leaves me feeling like super woman:) I managed to get some big ticket/major dread factor items done, so I entered the new week feeling much lighter.

This week also gave me a chance to do some baking which I really enjoy. For my Persuasion seminar yesterday, I led discussion and we have a tradition where whoever leads discussion brings in snacks. With Valentine’s day right around the corner I decided to do a “heart healthy spread” with nutritious and yummy treats for all to enjoy.

Sidenote: Can I just say these are the types of things that make me happy. I even went to World Market to pick up a heart shaped cutter.

I baked some chocolate cranberry muffins with dark chocolate chunks and they were a huge hit! Everyone was surprised they were healthier. I also brought in a trail mix with blueberries, walnuts, almonds, and pecans, some chocolate rice cakes, harvest wheat crackers, a fruit and almond butter spread with dark chocolate and coconut, and some red velvet tea. As an extra touch I thought it would be cute to share some interesting heart facts and heart healthy tips on heart shaped post its. One of the facts was that a woman’s heart beats eight times more in a minute on average than a man’s. Who knew?!
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Now let’s talk about this spread! When I first tried it I thought it was okay, but it’s really grown on me. I had some this morning smeared on a banana with some caramel corn rice cakes and a little cinnamon and it was really good! I picked it up from Fresh Market on a whim so if you go to one consider picking up a jar.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend.