I need to tell you something. Because I complain so much about being single. And the whole time I’ve written this blog, I’ve been single. And talked about being single. And complained about being single. And laughed about being single. And pouted about being single. Let’s just say, I’ve made it plenty clear that I was single.
But if you haven’t noticed, for a while now I haven’t been complaining. Or even talking about it. And you know why? Because I’m seeing someone now. He’s real cool, quite handsome, and he even likes my food. Major plus.
I’ve actually liked this guy for quite some time. Going on a year now. I even called him my crush at one point, which is embarrassing since he reads my blog regularly. And you’ve probably even seen him in a photo or two if you’ve followed my blog for a while. I’ve even instagrammed him. Yep, he’s cool enough to be instagrammed.
I thought long and hard about talking about this man, mostly because he’ll be reaaaaaal uncomfortable with me blogging about him. Because, well, what if we stop liking each other? That would be awkward. But I’m going to take the chance, and make him feel weird, because he’s definitely worth mentioning. And I like him quite a lot.
Ok, I’m done talking about relationships. They’re boring. Not mine, but most.
Guess what? I just booked my second trip to Lake Powell. NBD. Remember my first trip last summer? It was real wonderful, gorgeous, and relaxing. I can’t wait for this year. Mostly because this year I don’t have to worry about a CrossFit competition the week after I get back from the trip. AND, I plan on having more swimsuits. More swimsuits means happier time in the water. Just a fact.
Want to know another fact? Sergio is back to the States!! If you don’t know Sergio yet, he’s my best guy friend. He’s weirder and even more opinionated than me, so thank god he’s back so people can stop thinking I’m the weird one. Sergio’s been deployed in Afghanistan for the past 6 months, so having him back has been real awesome. I cried as soon as I saw him. I missed him a lot. Mostly because he’s one of the few people who has made me laugh so hard that I peed myself. Who doesn’t love those type of friends? And the other day, we got straight to doing what we do best. Eating. I made him his favorite from my blog, my banana bread. But I added chocolate chips, because…why wouldn’t you? It was delish. Now that he’s here, I’m going to have way more stories to write about.
Double Chocolate “Peanut Butter” Ice Cream Sandwiches
- Yield: 11-12 1x
Ingredients
For the cookies
- 1.5 cups almond flour/meal
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 2 eggs
- ⅓ cup raw honey (or other sweetener)
- ¼ cup coconut oil, melted
- ⅓ cup Enjoy Life Mini Chocolate Chips (or other dark chocolate chips)
For the ice cream
- 1 (14 ounce) can coconut milk (I used full fat)
- ½ cup raw honey
- ½ cup sunflower seed butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Place all ingredients for your ice cream in a saucepan over medium heat and whisk until completely mixed together. Then place in the freezer for 30 minutes to an hour or until completely cooled.
- Add mixture to your ice cream maker and turn on.
- Once ice cream has thickened, place in a container and in the freezer to harden up a bit more while you make your cookies.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl: almond meal, cocoa powder, cinnamon, baking soda and powder and salt, then mix.
- Then in another bowl, mix the wet ingredients: eggs, honey, coconut oil and whisk.
- Pour wet ingredients into your dry ingredients and add the chocolate chips. Mix well.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and use an ice cream scoop or spoon to pour equal size cookies onto your baking sheet. I would fill my ice cream up half way and that gave me 12 cookies, perfect sized.
- Bake cookies for 12-15 minutes.
- Let cookies cool completely.
- Pull ice cream out of the freezer and use an ice cream scoop to place a scoop of ice cream between two cookies. (if ice cream is too hard, just place in the microwave for 30-45 seconds).
- Repeat. And eat.
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MAN! I thought you were going to say it was Sergio too. “After a long six months away, you both realized….”
These look fabulous! Any suggestions on how coconut flour would work with the cookies and how much coconut flour would be used instead of the almond flour? I am extremely allergic to all nuts and I am not a creative baker… just a recipe baker-lol! Thank!
You would probably need about 1/2 cup, but be careful since coconut flour is so dense. you may need one more egg as well
Good for you Juli! Thanks for sharing! Tell Sergio thanks for serving. Is he single btw? If so then hook a fellow Paleo sister up:)
Men love food and good cooks! way to go girl.
WOW! two things: 1. you look stunning the pic (didn’t even notice the mustache and 2. the recipe: mouth watering
I may have just done an embarrassing little dance for you at my desk. And I think my boss watched me do it.
Okay, I have tried making vanilla coconut milk ice cream with at leas 4 different recipes and /something/ makes the texture weird. I don’t know if it is the alcohol evaporating in the extract or maybe some interaction between the vanilla and the coconut milk. Sunday I gave up and made it with dairy. Your ice cream doesn’t look like it has a funny texture so I must be doing something wrong- but what!
Also, I always use egg yolks when I make it- would that make it weird? All the other flavors are fine and the vanilla diary was good too.
So, don’t take offense to this please: but I kind of hate you right now. big statement I know, but THOSE COOKIE SANDWICHES. You can’t smack that shit in my face when I am uselessly flopping around my non-existent dorm-room kitchen wishing i had and ice cream maker…le sigh…maybe one day i can be as cool (get it? ice cream? ice? cool? cold….) as this recipe. Or maybe you could just send me some? hey thanks, yeah that would be great!
So, Sergio’s single…
Happy that you found someone to take away the single status blues!
So this may be strange, but I think I might know Sergio?? Did he go to the Air Force Academy for college?? If so, then I think I know him. If not, then I’m just a crazy person 🙂
yes sir he did!