Salted Chocolate Pears

Salted Chocolate Pears

by | Sep 30, 2013 | Food

We just got back from the OPTathalon in San Diego, where we got to hang out at CrossFit Invictus, and where I was repeatedly heckled for the use of the word “y’all” in my everyday vocabulary. Who knew that was such a weird word. Anyway…

These pears are super addictive. I’m not a chocolate fan–I don’t dislike it, but it’s not something I really ever crave. BUT if you put something salty with something sweet, I will inhale it–and that’s kinda what happened here. Oops. These are super, super cheap & easy to make and are an awesome dessert/treat for cooking for the masses.

If you haven’t read, we’re writing a cookbook. That’s why it’s been nothing but cricket chirps ’round these parts, y’all (couldn’t help myself). We’re about to turn in the manuscript, so we’ll have more details on when it’ll be available and all that good stuff. I decided to join Twitter for some reason. I guess I was feeling left out. I still don’t quite know how to use it or decipher what I read, though if you write something nice, I’ll definitely re-tweet it and if you write something mean, well, then you suck.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 lemon
  • 4 ripe pears
  • 1 cup chocolate chips
  • flake salt*

Method

Get out a baking sheet and line it with parchment paper or a silicone pat. Cut, core and slice your pears. Squeeze the lemon over the pears and toss to coat–helps keep the pears from turning brown.

Place chocolate chips in a glass (or heat safe) bowl and place over a soup pot that you’ve filled halfway full of water. Place the pot over medium-high heat. Whisk the chocolate until completely melted and then turn the heat off. Dip the pears into the melted chocolate and lay them on your prepared baking sheet. Sprinkle with salt.

Place the baking sheet in the fridge until the chocolate has re-hardened, about 15 minutes should do it.

*Flake salt is the good stuff–the fancy pants salt. Though kosher and coarse sea salt will definitely lend the same flavor (I strictly forbid the use of iodized table salt.), flake salts like fleur de sel, french grey salt andpink salt, are just prettier. So if you’re planning on making these for people you want to impress, I would hands-down recommend using a flake salt (and good quality chocolate).

http://www.health-bent.com/snacks/paleo-salted-chocolate-pears

“Tom“

“Tom“

by | Sep 30, 2013 | Living Amped WODs, Move

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Complete as many rounds in 25 minutes as you can of:
7 Muscle-ups
155 pound Thruster, 11 reps
14 Toes-to-bar

U.S. Army First Lieutenant Thomas M. Martin, 27, of Ward, Arkansas, assigned to the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, based in Fort Richardson, Alaska, died on October 14, 2007 in Al Busayifi, Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire. He is survived by his parents, Edmund and Candis Martin; sisters Sarah Hood, Becky Martin, and Laura Martin; fiancee, Erika Noyes; and grandmother, E. Jean Martin.

 

“Rankel”

“Rankel”

by | Sep 30, 2013 | Living Amped WODs, Move

 

Complete as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes of:

225 pound Deadlift, 6 reps
7 Burpee pull-ups
10 Kettlebell swings, 2 pood
Run 200 meters

U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant John Rankel, 23, of Speedway, Indiana, assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1 Marine Expeditionary Force, based out of Camp Pendleton, California, was killed on June 7, 2010, while supporting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. He is survived by mother and stepfather Don and Trisha Stockhoff; father and stepmother, Kevin and Kim Rankel; and brothers Nathan Stockhoff and Tyler Rankel.

 

“RJ“

“RJ“

by | Sep 30, 2013 | Living Amped WODs, Move

 

Five rounds for time of:
Run 800 meters
15 ft Rope Climb, 5 ascents
50 Push-ups

Veteran LAPD officer and United States Marine Corps Reservist Sergeant Major Robert J Cottle, 45, was killed by an improvised explosive device while on patrol in Southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, March 24, 2010. RJ joined the Marines at age 18, and the LAPD in 1990. His various LAPD assignments included Hollywood Vice, Southeast Area, LAPD Dive Team and, most recently, SWAT. He is survived by his wife Emily and 9 month old daughter Kaila. The LAPD established a trust fund for them.

 

“Glen“

“Glen“

by | Sep 29, 2013 | Living Amped WODs, Move

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For time:
135 pound Clean and jerk, 30 reps
Run 1 mile
15 foot Rope climb, 10 ascents
Run 1 mile
100 Burpees

Former U.S. Navy SEAL Glen Doherty, 42, of Winchester, Massachusetts, assigned to a State Department security detail in Benghazi, Libya, died in an attack on a U.S. consulate on September 11, 2012. He is survived by his parents, Ben and Barbara, sister Katie, and brother Greg.