bake it: smacaroons

anyone knows me knows that i usually steer clear of the dessert table. and i do an a+ good job at it. unless it's a major holiday. except last year i think i had a total of one dessert on christmas. and it was a mini-pie thing made in a cupcake pan, so i actually did good for once.
2 reasons for this:
1) it ain't doin' no good for my body. and i don't feel so hot afterward. 
2) i really just don't like all of the things that i usually eat. some i do. but i don't enjoy most things. and why would i eat something i don't 100% enjoy only to feel sick / headachey afterward.
that said: i still like fro yo. that's like the except to the "major holiday" guideline i seem to follow. but lately, even that has not been reaping too many great benefits in my gut. i'll stop there.

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so one of my fab student's fab mom made me these smacaroons on my last day of school. i know i can eat anything she makes for me because she is super healthy and we chat a lot about healthy foods--raw, unprocessed, sugar-free, sprouting, green smoothies, juicing, etc. 

mine. sans-chocolate chips because we didn't have any {which i was secretly totally fine with}

i made some of our own today. i also checked out the website that she got the recipe from. WOW.  go to it HERE and read the brief "about" section. then choose a recipe and make it. so good. this girl uses absolutely no sugar. not even raw honey or stevia. okay, okay, i cheated and drizzled some honey on top of the cookies and added a few drops of stevia to these smacaroons, but still it is the good sweet. {side note, it's windy outside.}


anyway. make 'em. try 'em. for you sugar addicts out there...these are great ways to ween yourself down on the sugar. and you can't really feel guilty eating 4 of these smacaroons because they're made with raw almonds, bananas, unsweetened shredded coconut, chia seeds {hello uber super food}, and a little coconut oil. you can eat these cookies for breakfast. they're that healthy for you. and i'm sure my husband will.