Today is a special day in my world because today is my birthday! Bring on the party hats and the streamers!
My birthday sort of snuck up on me this year because we’ve had a lot going on with getting settled back into a groove here in Boston. People keep asking me how I want to celebrate and I keep telling them, “I don’t know…I haven’t had a chance to give it any thought.” This is very unhelpful for anyone trying to plan something nice (sorry!), and not great from a take-time-to-celebrate goal of living. I’m notoriously bad at taking time to celebrate because my tendency is more like “onto the next!” Anyone else?
One thing I have been doing amidst the controlled chaos of trying to do all the things at work and at home (the lines are very blurry between those two) is spending evenings playing in the kitchen. It’s such a luxury to have simple things like an oven, more than two utensils, a stand mixer (yesss), and a mini muffin tin back in my life. I love anything mini.
Another thing I love? Fusing indulgent and nutritious. I always get a kick out of seeing how far I can push a recipe in a more healthful direction without compromising taste, which is how I ended up with superfood chlorella white chocolate almond butter cups. And the longest recipe title ever.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with chlorella, it’s a single-celled green algae that packs a big nutritional punch: it has the highest concentration of chlorophyll of any plant. You’ll often find it in smoothies and juices, and for a while I tried taking it in shot form, which if I’m being honest, is what I imagine drinking swamp water to taste like. But in chocolate? Bring it on!
Sun Chlorella recently came out with a new supplement, Sun Chlorella Powder, that I was really fortunate to get to sample these last few weeks. In a single teaspoon-sized serving of their Chlorella Powder, there are 3 grams of protein, 88% of your recommended daily intake of Vitamin A, 700% of Vitamin D (particularly awesome in winter when we’re not getting enough sun), 53% of B12, and 29% of Iron. How’s that for plant power?!
What’s particularly great about Sun Chlorella Powder is that it’s a super fine powder, which means it isn’t grainy or clumpy when you mix it into smoothies, juices, salad dressings, or…vegan white chocolate cups stuffed with almond butter. It’s great for giving your immune system a boost and just generally upping the ante of meals, snacks, and yes—dessert too!
Cheers to fusing indulgent and nutritious! I’m off to go work on acknowledging that I just turned 26 32.
A big thank you to Sun Chlorella for sponsoring this post! We love their Sun Chlorella Powder!
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