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Yesterday, my man turned 16 29. He celebrated by running a 10K road PR in 32:30, finishing second place overall at the Purity Moosic City Dairy Dash. Love you CD, but kind of glad you didn’t win the first place prize of a year’s supply of ice-cream again (he’s won this race twice in the past) as Purity Dairies makes nothing dairy free. 
Post-race Birthday Boy
After our weekly Costco run, I came home to find this package in my mailbox:
Goodies from the amazing Abbie!
Abbie from Foods that Fit (who just completed yet another 50K!!!!), was kind enough to send me some chia seeds after I told her I couldn’t find them at my Whole Foods. Abbie, I can’t wait to use these! Also included in the package were raw buckwheat groats, homemade dried apples, and raw apple cookies. (CD, I could totally make these if we had an Excalibur Dehyrdrator! ) Abbie, so very thoughtful of you – thanks for everything!
So, what does a dairy free wife make for her health food lovin hubby on his birthday? This:
Happy Birthday CD - love you so much!
I’d like to thank several fellow bloggers for their help with Chris’s birthday cake. I made VeggieGirl inspired blondies and served them on a bed of Abbie’s dried apple rings. Topping the blondie was a scoop of So Delicious coconut milk vanilla ice-cream, one raw apple cookie, and homemade Magical Shell…amazing!
The Magical Shell was inspired by a recipe from Alisa Fleming’s Go Dairy Free, which I plan to do a full review on soon:
I melted 6 ounces of dark chocolate chunks with 2 TBSP of coconut oil and 2 TBSP of almond oil on the stove-top. I then poured it into a glass jar and let it cool while I prepared our dessert plates. When I poured the sauce on the-ice cream, it hardened right away…I know, I know – That’s what she said. I used to love Magic Shell growing up, and I’m so excited to have discovered this recipe. Thanks Alisa!
All in all a great day, and I leave you with this:
Radley's latest digging project...and we wonder why our house hasn't sold.
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Happy belated birthday to Chris!! His “cake” look DIIIIIIVINE – the blondies (
), magic shell topping, ice cream… holy yum!!
Fabulous goodies from Abbie!!
Aww, Radley
congrats to CD and happy birthday to CD. the birthday cake seems so fun and yummy~~~
I’m joining you on the dairy free!
happy bday to cd! love all those goodies that went into his cake
and i can’t wait for that review, it’s been on my list to check out
Happy belated birthday to your guy! My husband read that he was physically only 20 given his healthy habits and he likes to consider that his age, rather than 35
Being several years younger than he, I particularly enjoy giving him a bad time about his age.
Great looking ice cream sundae!
Aw, what a wonderful birthday for CD. How sweet of you to make the most gorgeous birthday treat for him!
hi my sweet PEEP! XOXO
Abbi saw the coconut ice cream on top of that yummy birthday bliss and said “That is good ice cream! Is that the coconut kind?”
My girl KNOWS what is yummy!! =)
Love you, my sweet chocolate egg. You know now sweet you are to me.
XOXO Happy birthday Chris… he is just a baby!! Get up into the 30′s with us old farts! XOXO
WHOAAA, delicious overload!!! I wish you could make me a birthday sundae =) How perfect.
Happy Birthday to CD!!! I love the healthy birthday cake, and totally wish that the fiance would’ve asked for something like that instead of cherry pie!!!
Happy birthday to Chris! That “cake” looks awesome.
Heather,
HOLY GAUC! That is one amazing cake! I used to love, LOVE, love magic shell as a kid. I’m definately saving that one in my recipe file!
Happy Birthday CD!
With Love,
Emily
Congrats to Chris on the race! LOVE the cake, you are so much fun!
Delicious looking dairy-free birthday cake! Congratulations to your husband on the great PR!
happy belated birthday! & congrats on your CD
awesome dessert!!
ahh i am so jealous your brother went to UNC!! He is so lucky – they only take about 8% of out of state students so its stretch for me, but such a gorgeous school.
Abbie hooked you up! I’m kind of jealous of your package (that’s what she said
)!!
What a great birthday dish! Congrats to him on his run and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
Happy Birthday CD! Dessert looks amaaazing.
Looks good! And congrats to chris- he could have easily won the 5k!
I see he ran a pretty speedy mile at vandy not to long ago also!
I was at a 8yr olds b-day party yesterday, then hiding eggs.. he had a “wall-e” shaped robot cake..haha.. It looked cool, didn’t taste quite as cool ;-p
Cheers!
Happy birthday to CD! how lucky is he to have you preparing that awesome dessert for him…that cookie is deliberately heart-shaped, right? how sweet!
Awwwwwwwwwww what a cute/sweet birthday cake! You are such a jammin wife! I bet he loved every bite. Great job on the race CD! Hahah- I love that they give the winner of a running race a year of ice cream?!
32:30?!?! Are you serious! Wow – he is my new hero. How long has CD been running/training for? That really is such an inspiring and unbelievable time for 10km!!!!
Your cake looks lovely Heather. Great tip about the chocolate. I absolutely love coconut oil – it is so versatile!
Hey Ashley,
CD is always training. He ran all through high school and college. He runs. I yoga, and together, we carbo load.
Wow, that is an incredible amount of deliciousness on that birthday dessert! I have no doubt it was tasty.
I hope the chia seeds work out for you, I might attempt that flax pudding at some point haha. I should have boiled and frozen in it longer I think.
Happy Easter!
Happy Birthday CD! Nice job on the race too!
LOL – nice job Radley? You little trouble maker
and if anyone wants to know my opinion – I think Heather DEFINITELY needs the excalibur dehydrator!
Happy Birthday to Chris – amazing PR! That dessert looks fantastic, I am so impressed…it belongs in a restaurant.
That’s one impressive 10K time!
The ‘cake’ you made looks fantastic ~ it could be on the menu of a healthy gourment restaurant.
Happy Birthday to Chris and congrats to him for a great race!
Your birthday concoction looks absolutely delish. Thanks for the magic shell recipe, too!
Have a great Easter Sunday, Heather!
Mmm Heather, that dessert looks AMAZING! I really enjoy reading your blog.
Have a great day!
Heather, this post just made my day! I am so glad that you liked the treats and feel honored that you included them in Chris’s birthday dessert. That is so cool!
Healthy magic shell! SOOO cool.
-E
This comment is for CD:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! You are faster than I can even comprehend! Thank you for being a great husband to Heather, and helping her be the wonderful woman and friend she is.
Most importantly, thank you for teaching me to mix ketchup with BBQ sauce. My life will never be the same.
HAPPY EASTER to you both!
I would take that birthday cake over a regular one any day!! Sounds like he had a great bee-day
Also, that’s a crazy 10k time!!
My Beautiful Yogini:
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Love to you and the hubbers! Happy Birthday to him!!
What a great birthday dessert!!!
Hi Heather!
What a cool bday cake!
It’s not too late to enter. The first day of the Challenge is today, Sunday.
Leng,
Cool, just had my Salad Challenge meal of the day. Yum!
Happy Birthday to Chris!!! That dessert looks AMAZING!
what a awesome looking birthday dessert!! that is so much cooler than a cake
. I forgot about magic shell, yum!!!
Homemade magic shell?! I always thought that was a “food” that couldn’t be recreated without test tubes and beakers… I’m happy you’ve shown me otherwise
And congrats to your hubby on the race. Sounds like a great birthday.
Hope all is well Heather, and you’re enjoying your Easter Sunday!
Happy birthday CD! Love that dessert
Wow, that dessert…….you are a genius, combining all the best things!
Happy late birthday to your man, you two are super cute together!
Happy Birthday Chris! What an amazing dessert!
Oh my, Heather. “That’s what she said.” hahaha. Looks like you made some delicious treats for Chris on his birthday. He’s a lucky boy!
Happy Birthday to your cute hubby! The dessert you made him looks fabulous! It was my hubbys birthday today I and didnt make him any special treat.. I think I failed.
Happy Birthday to your hubby!
Happy Birthday to CD!! The “cake” you made him looks marvelous- way to be creative.
wonderful job on the cake! i’m sure he looveeddd it, i know I’M drooling just lookign at it!
Happy Birthday, CD!!! His birthday treat looks amazing. I love any dessert with a candle in it. What fun!
Your just the cutest couple!! What a good wifey you are Heather!! You never fail to make such wonderful and creative things to eat!!!
Glad it was a good birthday:)
Who needs dairy with a birthday treat like that?! I for one have not missed it, as long as I have that coconut ice cream in my house…
Happy post-Easter!
Happy Birthday, CD! HOLY MOLY, you are one fast puppy. You guys just seem like the coolest/sweetest couple.
I love that the prize for the race is ice cream!
Congrats to CD and Happy Birthday! I hope he enjoyed his cake.
Have fun with your chia seeds.
I have them in my Mix My Granola Muesli.
Happy birthday, CD! What a great way to celebrate – a new PR AND an awesome dessert!!
Happy Birthday Chris! Another Aries!!! The dessert looks totally scruptious & sweet!
I have some chia and hemp seeds that I have no idea what to do with, so I’ll be curious to see what you create with them. Take care 
aww, looks like an absolutely perfect birthday celebration. you incorporated everyone’s suggestions so well!
I had no idea the coconut ice cream and magic shell were for your sweetheart! I am so glad you enjoyed it … he deserved a good dessert like that after such a great run!
awww…very cute celebration and happy birthday to chris. that “heathly” dessert looks so yummy!!
Hey Heather!
First of all, Happy Belated to CD. Too funny about the ice cream winnings of year’s past – it’s too bad that they can’t go dairy-free!
Secondly, Miss Abbie certainly set you up! I could go for an Excalibur Dehydrator as well
Maybe I need to force Bobby to marry me and put it on the registry list? Hm…well, that probably won’t happen (yet), but I love what you made for CD’s birthday! It looks so healthy/sinful 
I just got Alisa’s book a couple of weeks ago. I am intrigued by this magical shell you speak of – I haven’t gotten there yet. I have to do a review of her book once I’m finished. So far, I’ve decided I am going to try going dairy-free for a week or so and see how it goes. After reading what she has to say, I am completely intrigued.
Lastly, Radley is adorable!