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If I were to pick one of my
top favorite recipes, these
bars would definitely
be high on the list.

yum!!
yum !
yum

I made these bars the day
before I left for my week
long boat trip, where I work
as an oceanographer. I really
wanted to take these with me and
share them with my coworkers, but my
husband and I and a couple of friends
ended up eating almost the entire pan
right out of the oven. They are so good
we could not help ourselves.
So this goes as a warning, if you
do decide to make these bars the next
time you have a party or just a craving
for dessert, be careful because they

are dangerously good
and will not last long!

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CHOCOLATE STRAWBERRY CRUMBLE BARS
By Adriana Harlan from Living Healthy With Chocolate
| Serves around 10
2¼ cups almond flour
6 tablespoons flaxseed
meal
²⁄³ cups arrowroot powder
½ cup raw coconut palm
sugar
½ teaspoon baking soda

1    In a large bowl mix together the almond flour,
flaxseed meal, arrowroot powder, coconut sugar,
baking soda and salt.
2    In a separate bowl, whisk together the coconut
oil, coconut milk and vanilla extract.
3    Using your hands, mix wet and dry ingredients
together gently to form the dough. I like using
gloves for this process. Do not over mix.

6 tablespoons coconut oil,

4    Reserve ½ cup of dough and press the remaining
evenly across the bottom of an 8 x 8-inch/20cm x
20cm baking pan lined with parchment paper.

melted

5    Sprinkle chocolate chips on top of the crust.

3 tablespoons coconut

6    Cover chocolate chips with sliced strawberries,
then drizzle with lemon juice.

¼ teaspoon salt

milk, full fat
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
½ cup dark chocolate
chips
fresh strawberries, sliced
1 tablespoon fresh lemon

7    Make the crumble topping by mixing with your
hands the sliced almonds with the reserved
½ cup dough. Scatter crumbs evenly over the
strawberries.
8    Bake at 350°F for 18 minutes, then lower heat to
325°F/175ºC and bake for another 10 minutes
until lightly golden.

juice

9    Set pan over a wire rack to cool, then cut into
squares and devour!

handful sliced almonds

10    Keep refrigerated.

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driana Harlan - Living Healthy with Chocolate

Adriana Harlan is a self-trained healthy dessert expert, chef & wellness coach. Her goal is to add more delicious food to
your world than you ever dreamed possible by showing you how to cook mouth-watering desserts made only with nutrient-dense
ingredients so you can live a more balanced, happier life. It is through her blog, Living Healthy With Chocolate, that she enjoys
sharing her recipes and hopes that she can help people understand that there are plenty of healthy alternatives ingredients and
options in the world of sweets that we all love! For the past few years she has been educating herself on which micronutrients
her body requires to function property and has dramatically changed her diet, eliminating all grains and processed
foods. This change has greatly improved her health and her performance as a professional surfer.

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