The Stylish Thrifty Runner

Since I’m dieting, I’ve been looking for something that would kill my chocolate craving that always comes up around 7pm, but that wouldn’t go overboard in starches or sugar. So I thought…what if I come up with a chocolate chia seed cookie? Here’s what I came up with:

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups semi-sweet or bittersweet chocolate chips

3 large egg whites

1 cup powdered sugar

1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1 tablespoon chia seeds

1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions:

1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a cookie sheet.

2) Melt 1 cup of chocolate chips in the microwave for about 2 minutes, stirring twice.

3) Beat egg whites in a large bowl until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in 1/2 cup sugar.

4) Mix together remaining ingredients, except for the melted chocolate and chocolate chips. On low speed, beat these into the meringue. Add the chocolate and chocolate chips.

5) Put a bit of powdered sugar into a bowl, rolling each of the cookies in it and placing them on your cookie sheet.

6) Bake until the tops crack, about 10 minutes.

Each cookie only has about 50 calories of pure chocolate and chia seed deliciousness, so enjoy!

These little things are amazing! Here are a few of the benefits.

Chia seeds:

• are the richest, non-marine, whole food source of Omega-3 (extremely important for brain function!)
• absorb 10 times their weight in water and transform into a gel-like substance-great for runners, who need to be well-hydrated!
• have as much protein as quinoa
• are loaded with calcium, potassium, antioxidants, and Vitamin B
• help balance blood sugar

How can you use them?

• They can be used as a baking substitute for eggs
• Add them to hot milk to make a porridge
• Mix them through yogurt
• Add to a soup as a substitute for pasta
• Grind into a powder and mix with flour, milk, and eggs to make a protein pancake
• Make chia pudding by adding them to almond or coconut milk
• Add them into a smoothie

Those are just a few ideas, but there are countless recipes online that use these wonderful, protein-filled seeds! Here’s one I’m trying soon:

Overnight, No-Cook Refrigerator Oatmeal

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I re-crafted my running playlist today and wanted to share it! I included things from all sorts of decades and genres!

Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana

Shake it Out - Florence and the Machine

Glad You Came - The Wanted

We Found Love - Rihanna

Lonely Boy - The Black Keys

Anthem Part Two - blink-182

Your Love is My Drug - Ke$ha

I Just Wanna Run - The Downtown Fiction

Thnks fr th Mmrs - Fall Out Boy

Stronger - Kanye West

Girlfriend - Avril Lavigne

Makes Me Wonder - Maroon 5

Suddenly I See - KT Tunstall

Give Me All Your Luvin’ - Madonna, Nicki Minaj, M.I.A.

Countdown - Beyoncé

Robot - Trip Lee

One Sixteen - Trip Lee