Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Snack Balls....❥

There are times when I try to be healthier,

 and try to reign in my obsessive compulsive chocolate addiction.

The trend of health lovers of late is to snack on smooze type health balls...

super healthy little darlings which are made with a date base.

But here's the thing peeps....

I loathe dates.

They are most definitely my most unfavourite flavour.

So I decided to create a snack ball that was more my style...

They are not the healthiest.... 

because apparently dates are healthier!

But my choice is either four chocolate biscuits with my coffee break,

 or two Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Snack balls.

I figure the snack balls are the healthy winner.

And I REALLY REALLY find them delish.

They last up to two weeks in a sealed container in the fridge.

You'll get about 30 balls.

All you do is mix up in cake mixer or food processor to combine:

1 x 375g Jar peanut butter - crunchy - no added salt.

1/4 cup fine coconut

1/2 cup of dark chocolate chips

And 2 cups fine oats.

Use clean hands shape into balls and place them on tray.

If you wet your hands a little it is easier to shape them.

Place tray in refrigerator for balls to firm for a few hours.

Then transfer to a sealed container.

They tick all the right boxes for my kind of healthy!

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Snack Balls are little bites of blissful joy!

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Deck Side Table Makeover!

It's Spring in New Zealand!

HOORAY!

And doesn't that wonderful, warm sunshine kick you into Spring mode in a hurry?

Well, it certainly has me.

This week's project was to update and refresh the little side deck table.

The old side table was actually beyond sad -

with the mosaic tiling lifting and even missing in places.
This wee table was built 20 years ago, so it really has done well.

Once fixed, I'm sure it will last many more years.

It was certainly time for some TLC and paint!

I removed the old mosaic.

Then replaced the wooden top with new.

I painted it with Annie Sloane chalk paint.

The colours used were: 
Graphite for the top.
Old White for the legs.
(I painted the old cane two-seater couch too!)

Then stenciled leaf prints.

 

I used a real leaf to do this.

The rubber plant leaf is perfect as it is waxy and strong.

One leaf stenciled the whole table.

The next day once the paint was dry I waxed it to protect it from the elements.

Even though this deck is covered by a roof, 

the elements sometimes get in via the open sides,

 and the wax will hopefully give some protection to the wind blown rain.

Doesn't it look fab?
Leaf stencilling has a real rustic effect, and I love that.
A perfect fit with chalk paint, too.
And even though I was sad to see the mosaic go, 
I adore this little side table refurbishment, it was time for something different.
Now I'm inspired to makeover the entire side deck...
That two-seater cane couch is next on the list! 

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Elevate Yourself...

Elevate yourself to a place 

where you can see the beauty of life...

a new photo quote by TLee.

Feel free to share.

:)

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