Hello! I am super excited to be guest posting on He and She Eat Clean!

My journey to living a healthier and happier life started in 2011 when I learned about weight lifting and how to cook delicious clean foods. I have always loved to cook but did not really know how to cook clean/healthy meals and actually enjoy them. One day I decided to go onto Pinterest and search “clean recipes” which led me to reading TONS of healthy food blogs. That was a total eye opener! Not only were the recipes healthy but they were very easy to make and SUPER delicious. I was sold. Here I am 4 years later with 3 NPC fitness competitions under my belt, much more motivation and energy than I have ever had before and a much broader knowledge of healthy yet extremely yummy foods! I definitely still have a serious peanut butter addiction though. I fear that will never change.

Not only do I love peanut butter but I am quite a fan of chocolate. Dark chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate covered strawberries… etc. Below is one of my absolute favorite chocolate recipes to date. What’s even better is that it’s

a breakfast recipe. Chocolate for breakfast is a must… at least I like to think so!

Chocolate Chunk Protein Stack

Ingredients:

1 tbsp Cocoa powder unsweetened
2 tsp Oat Flour
3 tsp Coconut Flour
1/2 scoop Chocolate Protein Powder
1 large egg
3 egg whites
5 drops liquid dark chocolate stevia
1 tbsp enjoy life mini chocolate chips
Directions:

Blend all ingredients and cook on medium heat (be sure to flip them)

When done, stack and add your favorite toppings!

Toppings:

1 tbsp. Dark Chocolate Dreams

1 tbsp Enjoy Life mini chocolate chips

**Macros With Topping**

397 calories
26g carbs
18g fat
35g protein

- Leah

* You can find Leah on her website, A Vogue Affair, or on Facebook here and here!

Chocolate Chunk Protein Bars

March 30, 2015Protein Bar RecipesWhitney Carlson7 Comments

We actually don't experiment with protein bars that much. We usually just stick with the same ones over and over again. I must admit though, I have to give Scott the credit on this one, it was his idea! We took the original chocolate protein bar recipe and made it even better. These are so good!

Clean Eat Recipe: Chocolate Chunk Protein Bars

Ingredients:

1 cup gluten-free oat flour
2 scoops of chocolate protein powder
1/4 cup Stevia in the Raw
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
4 egg whites
8 oz berry flavored baby food (or 3-4 oz of unsweetened applesauce + 2-3 oz of plain Greek yogurt)
2 oz water or unsweetened almond milk
1 Tbsp coconut oil, melted
4 squares dark chocolate (70% or higher)

Clean Eat Recipe: Chocolate Chunk Protein Bars | He and She Eat Clean

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Mix dry ingredients together in a large bowl (excluding dark chocolate)
Mix wet ingredients together in a medium size bowl
Add the ingredients from the small bowl into the large bowl and mix together
Crush dark chocolate into small chunks and stir into batter
Spray 8X8 dish (I use Pyrex) with non-stick spray and add batter to the dish
Bake for 25-28 minutes

You MUST store these in the refrigerator or freezer as they will spoil because they have no preservatives!

Makes 16 squares. We normally eat 4 squares as a snack/meal.

Satisfy your Chocolate Cravings with these Healthy Treats!

March 26, 2015Recipe RoundupWhitney Carlson1 Comment

We all get those cravings where we just HAVE to have something chocolate. While it's completely fine to indulge in a piece of chocolate cake or order dessert from a restaurant, you probably don't want to do that daily! Try making some of these chocolate treats that are healthy! They are all clean eating approved and most are gluten free (or can be made gluten free)! You probably already have all of the ingredients!