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I try to follow as closely to a Whole Plantbased lifestyle as I can, and try to pass this along to my son whose asthma and respiratory ailments were healed when we switched to this lifestyle especially when we cut-off dairy. He has been such a sport about giving up food kids his age often indulge in so I try to make up for it by baking him treats as alternative. He is growing up a lot so he is hungry all the time and needs his calories. Enjoy Life is only one of the few highly processed food we have at home.

Enjoy Life has only three in ingredients (their Dark Chocolate only has two!):

I have tried other vegan chocolate chips, but Enjoy Life is our favorite. A couple of years ago I could only find them in specialty health food store or at Whole Foods but last year I discovered they were now distributed in most grocery stores which is great. They were even on sale this morning ($3.99 regular price is $5.29) but I limited only to purchasing two bags because I still have one and a half bag at home.

I use Enjoy Life Chocolate Chips in most of my baked goods: banana bread, pumpkin bread, mango blondies, oatmeal raisin chocolate chip cookies. A bag would yield 4-6 batches of treats (I use 1/4 cup or less per batch). While it is good to have healthier and vegan alternatives, those of us who needs to mantain/lose weight should keep in mind that treats like these are still higher in calories compared to other whole plantbased dishes. Enjoy occasionally.

 

I am not chef nor am I an aspiring food blogger. I cook because it is a necessity for me and my family. Honestly, I don’t like spending time in the kitchen. I am an artist/graphic designer I would rather put my energies elsewhere. But I do enjoy eating the dishes I make and ever since I turned plantbased, mostly prefer them to restaurant food tastewise. It is not even about nutrition or cost anymore but the taste. It’s amazing considering early in our marriage my husband and I would eat out as much as 4 times as week!

So what do I blog about when I am not a cook? I will post about nutritional nuggets and recipes I have experimented with. The latest of the latter was this chocolate banana cake which I thought was an inspired idea.

Here are the ingredients I used and the link of the recipe where it was inspired from:

3 very ripe bananas (fresh or thawed from frozen)
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup almond meal
1/2 cup corn starch
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar

adapted from this recipe (This is the best vegan banana bread I have tried):
https://detoxinista.com/vegan-almond-flour-banana-bread/

While this is a healthy vegan recipe the next time I will make this, I will replace brown sugar with date paste.

Yours In Health,
Geri