 It's time to start thinking about Valentine's Day. And when I think Valentine's Day, I think chocolate. I don't know about you, but I love chocolate. And so I'm gonna show you how to make these little almond butter bites that are full of protein and really quite helpful, but there's also a little chocolate in there. So you'll find that these are so delicious, you can obviously eat them for breakfast because of all that protein, but you can save them for dessert too. So I'm going to start by putting one cup of almond meal into my food processor. If you have really strong arm, you can stir this all together yourself, but I like to make quick work of it in my food processor. An almond meal is just really ground up almond. So you can buy it in the store, sometimes in the bulk section, always in a bag on the shelf. So one cup of that almond meal, and then I'm going to add a third cup plus two tablespoons of almond butter. And this almond butter is made with roasted almonds, and you can find it right on the same shelf as the peanut butter. And then I'm going to add a couple tablespoons of honey for just a little bit of sweetness. And you can see I'm just putting it all together and I'll mix it up once I get these few ingredients into my food processor. And I'm going to put in one teaspoon of cinnamon and it's ready to process. So if you were just putting this into your mixing bowl, now's the time to stir it up. The texture you're going after when you mix it up is just really nice and smooth. You can see it's almost like cookie dough. It holds together really well. And at this point, I'm going to add about a third cup of mini chocolate chips. And then rather than use my food processor, I'm going to just stir those right into the dough. So look at that. It's ready to be shaped into little round balls. Put them in the refrigerator and chill them a little bit. I think they taste best when they're chilled. And you'll wind up with a nice little platter. You can even put them in the freezer if you want. They freeze really well. But they're good for breakfast and they're wonderful for dessert. Little almond protein bites. I'm Sue Dodin sharing good food for good life 365.