Giving It All Up for Chocolate

Good morning everyone! I?ve got a lot to be thankful for today.

I combined another one of my Bear Naked Fruit & Nut Granola pouches with a banana and a splash of milk for breakfast. Nothing better, really!

Eating this reminds me of my Grandpa, who ate a bowl of milk and bananas every single morning

I?ve been eating so much meat this week (a la Chef Ben) that I needed something simple, and pure for lunch today.

Enter CranberryOrange PURE Bar ? which is organic, raw, healthy and delightful. Really it is ? it says so on the package!

A fat-free Blueberry Cheesecake Yogurt with no added sugar.

And a fresh, crunchy, sweet Honeycrisp Apple.

Today?s fun fact: I worked as a Chocolatier when I lived in Minneapolis!

I?ve mentioned that before I got into cooking, I was really into baking & sweets ? which, I?m not sure why, all got started when I moved to Minneapolis after college. Before I knew it, I started looking for ways to make money off of my new found interests. Enter a part time gig working on the weekends at Chocolat Celeste in St. Paul, MN!

Chocolat Celeste creates delicacies for the chocolate connoisseur ? ie, they create unique and mouthwatering chocolate truffles, bonbons and treats for the chocolate lover inside us all. It?s a small shop owned by a woman who waved goodbye to years and years of working in the corporate world to follow her dreams and open up her own chocolate shop. No big deal?

I was hired for the holidays to package up big corporate orders in boxes and ribbons, but before I knew it I was creating luscious, silky, chocolate-ganache truffles that we would flavor with anything from pumpkin spice to champagne. After scooping the ganache into golf-ball sized truffles, we?d enrobe them in streams of pure chocolate of all kinds. I came home every night smelling of chocolate ? it was the greatest job ever.

If you ever happen to stop by Chocolat Celeste, let me recommend the Golden Cinnamon, Chai and Celestial Sweetie truffles. Ahhh, I can taste them now!

On that note, have a very sweet Friday

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What?s the best job you ever had?

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