Do you know the “current mood” posts? Lately, my almost teenager has been snatching up my phone to make current mood selfie pictures with Instagram filters. Yes, she has to use my phone for that. Can you believe it…… she doesn’t have a phone, or an Instagram account, or snapchat, and she’s surviving just fine. Crazy, I know! 
My current mood has been, well, a little strained, a bit negative, and overtasked. I don’t feel like this all through the day, but here and there. Having a big family, I struggle with stopping to smell the roses. As busy moms we cook, we clean, change diapers, walk the dog, work jobs, run a taxi service for our kids, clean again, landscape and garden, run errands, oh and did I mention clean?
Some of us work more outside the home, some stay home. Some have help from family and friends, some don’t. Even though there are similarities and differences, we all learn to multitask, and put on a smile even in the times that it’s hard.
Even if we don’t get the vacations and the time off I’m sure we deserve, we need to learn to stop and find joy in the small things. I’m trying to learn to let that load of laundry set while I spend 15 minutes in the sun, or spend the morning at my favorite store instead of mopping the floors, or organizing a closet.
It’s a hard thing for me, and maybe it is for you too. Stress and anxiety are overtaking a lot of people. We need to stop and smell the roses…. treat ourselves. Take the time to make yourself a treat- hey, it could be these Strawberry Cream Coconut Cups! Lock yourself in the bathroom and hide from the kids and eat away! It may not be a vacation to a far off island, but its making time for you in your world.
For more raw desserts check out these Raw Healthy Peanut Butter Cups!
Don’t forget to drink water and get some sun. You’re basically a houseplant with more complicated emotions.
~Unknown
Strawberry Cream Coconut Cups
Ingredients
Chocolate
- 3 Tbsp coconut oil melted I use refined
- 2 Tbsp Maple syrup
- 3 Tbsp Raw Cacao powder Buy Cacao powder here
- 1 tsp strawberry powder
- a couple pinches of pink salt
Strawberry Cream Filling
- 1- 1/2 cups unsweetened coconut
- 1/2 cup of a blend of coconut cream and milk from can
- 2 Tbsp strawberry powder Buy strawberry powder here
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 2 Tbsp maple syrup
- 2 tsp coconut oil (melteI use refined
- a couple pinches of pink salt
Instructions
- Melt coconut oil.
- Whisk in remaining ingredients
- Set aside
Filling
- In a Nutri-Bullet or blender measure in coconut.
- Measure out your coconut milk/cream by scooping out 1/2 coconut cream and pouring in liquid from the can to measure a half cup.
- Add remaining ingredients, and blend until everything is incorporated well.
- Taste and add a little more maple syrup if that's your preference.
Assembly
- Using mini paper baking cups (about 10-12) place a little chocolate in the bottom of each baking cup. Place in fridge and let harden for a few minutes.
- Remove from fridge and place a layer of strawberry filling in each one distributing the filling evenly in each cup. Place in fridge and let harden for a few minutes.
- Remove from the fridge and add the top layer of chocolate.
- Sprinkle a little dried coconut on top or strawberry powder.
- Let harden in the fridge for a few minutes.
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