Valentine’s Day is just around! That means half of the world will utterly hate their day and half of the world will be over the moon. Well wait, that number isn’t correct this year. Because part of the population, both single and not single, will be at the premiere of 50 Shades of Grey. This is how I feel about that: that’s weird. I just finished the first book and there is no way that I want to see that movie around anyone else. No way dude. I’m not going to sit in a theatre will 100+ other people who are thinking dirty thoughts. Ew. You know that probably 65% of the people in that one theatre at that one time are creepy human beings. That’s just fact. I’d much rather read the book in the privacy of a nail salon while I get a pedicure. Because that’s not creepy at all.
This vday is going to be more on the boring side for us. Because the fiancé has to work. Poop. So we are planning breakfast at Snooze that morning then I bought a roll of Cappello’s paleo cooking dough to make a GIANT half baked cookie topped with ice cream to eat by myself until he gets home from work. What are you going to do on Vday? Eat dessert with your friends? Creep at a movie? Make out with your lover? Tell me everything, except the creepy parts.
Doesn’t that book bum you out that you don’t have billions of dollars? And a plane that flies to the sun. Gosh damn it, Mr. Grey.
Omg. Did you guys watch The Bachelor the other night? I always have some comment on my blog after I talk about the Bachelor telling me that they’ve lost all respect for me…but that’s ok, many people have lost respect for me over the years. Like the day I recapped my brazilian wax experience. I still go on loving Monday night Bachelor sessions. Drama is hilarious to watch. But I get it, it’s fake so why watch it. BECAUSE IT’S HILARIOUS. And every Monday, a bunch of us girls get together to eat taco salads and dessert, talk about our lives on commercials and rewind constantly because we are laughing so hard at certain moments that we miss the sweet one liners. This is my favorite one liner: “I’m a virgin…but I’m not super serious about it.” You go girl. First you gotta impressive him with keeping your virginity, but if he’s not into that kind of thing, make sure he knows that you’ll give it up at any moment. I dig your style. And one girl told us at least 14 times how her husband died while creepily laughing about it. ABC did a good job making us believe she was a murderer. She had to go. You can’t give a rose to a fake murderer on your reality show! People would get pisssssed.
Oh how I’d love to work behind the scenes on one of those shows.
Guess what?? I just finished all of the recipes for my third cookbook, Juli Bauer’s Paleo Cookbook! I turned them in to the editor on Monday to get them off of my shoulders. I’ve now written 3 cookbooks in 3 years so I’m ready for a little break and ready to start concentrating on other things. Kind of. Like writing the front matter for this third book and really put my voice into it. That part definitely isn’t done. I want this book to really feel like my blog, but prettier, because Bill and Hayley from Primal Palate are doing the photography instead of me! And then I want to start concentrating on new recipes for the blog AND planning our wedding! 2015 is going to be an awesome year. I just know it!
Now let’s get Valentine’s Day chocolate wasted!!
Valentine’s Day Almond Butter Blondies
- Yield: 9 squares 1x
Ingredients
- 1 cup almond butter
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup maple sugar or coconut sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- pinch of sea salt
- 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease an 8×8 baking dish.
- Mix together all ingredients and fold in chocolate chips.
- Pour mixture into baking dish and spread out evenly
- Bake for 20-23 minutes (the top will seem a bit soft but will harden when cooled). Let cool for about 10 minutes before slicing.
- Eat with coconut milk ice cream. Duh.
How ’bout Some Brownies?
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I read the books and really can’t imagine sitting in a theatre for the movie. Seems crazy! These look so perfect, happy V-day 🙂
When I was in college, I used to see people reading 50 Shades on the university bus and remember thinking “well I wonder what kind of thoughts that girl is having right now…while on this bus….packed with like 40 people”. Awkward.
These look delicious, thanks for the recipe!
What brand of chocolate chips do you recommend?
i like enjoy life chocolate chips
Still funny Julie. Still crazy. Let’s be honest if 2 people are into each other Mr gray wouldn’t seem so risqué. Don’t watch the movie surrounded by perverts. Practice with your significant other
Love your blog! You paste a smile on my face on the lousiest day!
And while I was reading and smiling, I thought – oh wait, she did NOT just say she was planning her wedding.
Congratulations! Slipped that one right in there, didn’t you 😉
hahaha i talked about it last week on my blog!
I think I’m going to spend my valentine’s day getting to know these blondies. Holy crap they look amazing.
Breakfast at Snooze sounds like a great way to celebrate Valentine’s day. What’s better than breakfast? Except maybe giant cookies.
What brand of Dark chocolate chips do you use?
enjoy life chocolate chip chunks
congrats on your engagement! these look delish…any idea if a gelatin egg would work in these? I hate it that I’m unable to eat eggs…make paleo so hard 🙁
no clue, I’m sorry!
I’m not Juli (obvs), but I’ve had success using flax eggs in nut butter-based Paleo baked goods. Not sure how different a texture a gelatin egg would give you, but nut butters tend to be pretty forgiving when you replace an ingredient that acts as a binder.
thanks Paula!
I realize this is a stupid comment, everything tastes better with chocolate, but these sound like they would be good without them too, I guess my question is would I be wasting a cup of almond butter if I left out the chips? I’d hate to end up with something like the gross chocolate chip cookies without chips I tried to make in college, but would love something like my grandma’s blonde brownies.
it definitely taste good without the chips!
I totally about seeing that move in the theater:) Can’t wait to make these and your almond butter cups for valentine’s day this weekend. I will be making them with my sister and nieces since my hubby will be out of town. Thanks for the constant laughs and smiles.
that first sentence was supposed to be totally agree. lol