{"id":14187,"date":"2011-09-07T08:35:51","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T12:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=14187"},"modified":"2011-09-07T08:35:51","modified_gmt":"2011-09-07T12:35:51","slug":"chocolate-for-breakfast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2011\/09\/chocolate-for-breakfast\/","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate For Breakfast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/pita_choc_chips.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14188\" title=\"Whole Wheat Pita with Chocolate Chips \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/pita_choc_chips-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/pita_choc_chips-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/pita_choc_chips-449x300.jpg 449w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/pita_choc_chips.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> When it comes to eating healthy and eating real food, I admit that I love smashing all the &#8220;rules&#8221; that are forced upon us from out of no where.<\/p>\n<p>One of my favorite rules to break is the:<\/p>\n<p><em>You can&#8217;t eat chocolate for breakfast.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Who started this nonsense? More importantly, why in the world do we listen to it?<\/p>\n<p>Chocolate is a perfectly acceptable breakfast ingredient. It&#8217;s a nice little treat and a lovely little surprise to start our day.<\/p>\n<p>It makes ordinary things a lot more special. \u00a0And a lot more yummy!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/choc_coconut_oats2.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13186\" title=\"Chocolate Coconut Oats \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/choc_coconut_oats2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/choc_coconut_oats2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/choc_coconut_oats2.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>While I admit that chocolate isn&#8217;t something I want everyday for breakfast, I certainly don&#8217;t think it should only be regulated to desserts or as an after dinner treat.<\/p>\n<p>Chocolate can be used in a variety of ways and should be embraced a lot more openly!<\/p>\n<p>We can have chocolate any time we want!<\/p>\n<p>Some ways that we like chocolate:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Chocolate Coconut Oats\" href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2011\/04\/chocolate-coconut-oats\/\">Chocolate Coconut Oats<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Buzzin Bars\" href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2011\/08\/buzzin-bars\/\">Buzzin&#8217; Bars<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Sweet Potato and Squash Chili\" href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2010\/01\/sweet-potato-and-squash-chili\/\">In Chili<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Cocoa-Chili Rubbed Chicken Thighs\" href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2009\/05\/cocoa-chili-rubbed-chicken-thighs\/\">On chicken<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>So tell me, how do you like your chocolate? Do you ever have it for breakfast or dinner?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to eating healthy and eating real food, I admit that I love smashing all the &#8220;rules&#8221; that are forced upon us from out of no where. One of my favorite rules to break is the: You can&#8217;t eat chocolate for breakfast. Who started this nonsense? More importantly, why in the world do [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58,51],"tags":[63],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-3GP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14187"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14187\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}