I thought I was done traveling. But I’m not. Sadly, I had a family emergency back in Wichita last week, so I haven’t had much time to cook. Just to drive. Driving to Wichita takes something like 7-8 hours. Whoever invented road trips must have been on drugs or alcohol at the time. Because driving through Kansas is not fun. It has grass. Dirt. And wreaks of urine. I’m not sure why. I swear it wasn’t me though. I get nervous on road trips, so I drink a total of 8 ounces per 10 hours. Extremely healthy, but I’m definitely not the one that has to stop at all those creepy rest stops. Those things are the creators of scary movies. Not peeing there.
So road trips are boring, obviously. I brought snacks, which is a given, in hopes of keeping myself entertained. Food gives you endorphins, endorphins make you feel good, feeling good makes you feel like you’re having a good time. So I stayed pretty entertained. And I actually found some great food options on the way there. I made mini muffins from Health-Bent and brought with me some Steve’s Paleo Krunch, but I needed some real protein to keep me from eating constantly. So we first found a Qdoba and I got a shredded pork bowl with guac and pico and it lasted 2 meals. Awesome. Then on the way back home, we stopped on Subway and I got a salad. Did you know you can get any sandwich a salad? That’s pretty rad. The chicken didn’t taste real, but whatevs. Better than the Taco John’s option. I would have been a terrible traveling buddy if I ate tacos and tater tots.
Why does Subway smell so weird? The smell seriously sticks to my hair within 15 seconds of being inside Subway. It creeps me out. I guess I smell like broccoli most of the time anyways. I shouldn’t hate.
We played some pretty interesting games on the road trip. Like finish my sentence. And would you rather. Out of the 16 hours total of driving, we played those games for a total of 35 minutes. So in all honesty, they weren’t interesting at all. But I’m really good at using cruise control now.
Have you ever slept on your arm wrong and woke and your arm is broken? Ok, that’s an exaggeration. But I did wake up the other day, after not working out for 2 days, and my shoulder is completely wrecked. It aches so bad. I mean, it hurts to turn a door handle. But not to snatch. What? I think I’m broken.
Holiday Salted Peppermint Bark
- Yield: 6-8 1x
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup coconut butter, melted
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips, melted
- 2 teaspoons peppermint oil or peppermint extract (edible)
- pinch of himalayan salt
Instructions
- Melt coconut butter and chocolate chips.
- Mix peppermint oil into chocolate.
- Pour coconut butter on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Pour melted chocolate on top of coconut butter. Use a knife to make designs in the coconut butter and chocolate mixture.
- Sprinkle with salt on top.
- Place in freezer to harden for 30 minutes or more.
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Driving does suck. I live in Texas and it takes me at least 4 hours to drive to anywhere interesting. It can take up to 11 hours to drive somewhere and you aren’t even out of the state!
Sorry to hear you had a family emergency. Sounds like Kansas is as much fun to drive across as Nebraska.
You make me laugh again today. Creepy rest stops. lol You are such a hoot. I really, really like your blog. Hope there are no more creepy road trips in your future.
Can’t wait to try this! You crack me up! The smell of Subway- I totally get it! I actually avoid certain places completely (Panera) because I will then smell like them for what feels like days even after a shower 🙂
Love your stuff!
Hope everything is OK with your family!
I like how you had to add the “edible” note for the peppermint oil. All I can picture is someone using their home fragrance oil instead. Why does my chocolate taste like a candle?!
Completely unrelated question: Would any of your icings/frostings (I’m thinking from the carrot cake cupcakes or the pumpkin one) work for decorating cookies? And if not, is there something I could modify to make them more like decorating icing?
Also, driving through Kansas blows. I once drove from kentucky to colorado in a 16 passenger van with 9 college students. I thought we’d never leave Kansas.
I’m sorry but I cannot NOT crack up at your writing style. I want to be your BFF. So, I’m not sorry actually, because that’s a compliment. ALSO FYI, I got my copy of OMG, That’s Paleo and I must say, I have been blown away by it so far. Smoky bacon chili has been on the weekly rotation since the first batch I made and with your help, I’ve even convinced a few nay-sayers that Paleo is more than just boring meat and vegetables 24/7… AND doesn’t have to be difficult. Thanks!
that’s awesome to hear!! Thanks so much for the support!!
My baking sheet doesn’t fit in my freezer – haha. I hope putting it in the fridge will work! 🙂
Yes! The Subway smell is totally weird but always the same.
You had me at salt on the bark. And coconut. Love.
I love that you had to put “edible” next to the peppermint oil in the recipe 🙂
Road trips suck and I hope your family is okay.
Thanks for the bday present! 🙂 I love your posts, so when I saw that you updated this today, I was pumped. These look great!