WIAW 9

Is it wednesday yet?  Yes, yes it is.  Halfway through the week and Friday and I are that much closer to reuniting!

Well, like every wednesday, it’s WIAW time!  Shout out to Jenn for hosting it!

Recent Eats….

Green Monster: Spinach, frozen pineapple, and almond milk.  I have just joined the “Green Monster” band wagon and I am still questioning myself why it took me so long to try this.  Saying I am addicted is definitely an understatement. Don’t make the same mistake as I did to wait and try this combination, try it now!

Salad: carrots, mushrooms, BOCCA Meatless Crumbles, and Laughing Cow Cheese Wedge all on a large bed of mixed greens.

Mahi Mahi with a side of Squash.

Cappuccino LARABAR.  New flavor and let me just say….OH MY GOODNESS, this is amazing.  Seriously amazing.  Definitely my favorite so far, so go out and try it!!

Well thats a few of my recent eats.  Happy WIAW!

WIAW 8

Happy WIAW!!  Thanks to the wonderful Jenn over at Peas and Crayons for hosting this party!

This WIAW is brought to you by instagram……

 

Coffee and oatmeal

Apple Cinnamon Chobani.  New Flavor and possibly my favorite!

Gingerade Kombucha.  This stuff…I don’t even have words for it.  

Two tortillas with laughing cow cheese wedge.  Side of carrots.

VitaCake that has 50 calories.  Yes you read that right, 50 CALORIES!  For 50 calories,  I don’t expect anything too tasty, but boy does Vitalicious know how to do it right.  This delicious treat tastes so good and you feel like your eating way more then 50 calories!  Microwave it and eat it or top it off with some ice cream….you can thank me later.

Vitalicious is running a “Walk it Off in 7 Minutes” Facebook Sweepstakes.  One winner will receive a LifeSpan TR 1200-DT Desktop Treadmill, worth $1,999.  Ten runners-up will get a 48-pack of the delicious 50-calories Fudgy Chocolate Mini VitaCakes, worth $48.  Want to enter?  Check out there Facebook page!  Hurry though, the sweepstakes end March 4, 2012.

These VitaCakes are so good, and I really mean that, so don’t forget to enter this amazing sweepstake!

 

Well thats all I have for WIAW.  Until next time!  Oh and how could I forget,  Happy Peanut Butter Day!!!

 

WIAW 7

It’s that time of the week again……time to partaaayyy with some WIAW!!!  Thanks to Jenn for hosting the party!

Here are some eats from today…

Apple

Granola Bar

Spinach, bocca meatless crumbles, carrots, salsa, and laughing cow cheese wedge.  (Looks very unappetizing but oh was it good!)

La Croix sparkling water.  (This stuff is addicting….beware)

Another delicious apple.  I love apples and you know what they say….”An apple a day keeps the doctor away!”

 

Well that’s all I have for today, happy WIAW!

 

Oops–WIAW

I have neglected my blog.  The holidays came around and free time soon became very limited.  I know there is really no good excuse for not posting in so long, so I am just going to say i’m sorry and leave you with a picture.  Yesterday, I made some “cheese-it” crackers based off Mama Pea’s recipe.  Mine aren’t vegan since I didn’t have the same butter as she uses but never the less they are delicious!  I definitely recommend making them.  This will have to be my WIAW post because again I haven’t been really on top of photographing my eats.  I will be back soon with a more proper post.

Instagram for the win!

Clif Bars!

Like many other bloggers,  I am a big fan of Clif Bars.  Not only do they taste great, but they are good for you too!  The ingredients on them are recognizable and provide good nutrients. Also, did I mention they are organic?

I was recently sent some of their Clif Bars to give a try.

They sent me:

Spiced Pumpkin Pie (Holiday Flavor)*- Oh my goodness, it was like pumpkin pie in a bar form!

Iced Gingerbread (Holiday Flavor)*- Actually tasted exactly like a gingerbread cookie.  I loved the sweet glaze on top.

Peppermint Stick (Holiday Flavor)*- So good!  I definitely tasted the peppermint, which was a good thing.

Chocolate Coconut Chip (New Flavor)-  If you like coconut and chocolate, then get this bar.  Seriously.  It sort of reminded me of a almond joy bar, without the almonds!

Oatmeal Raisin Walnut- If you haven’t already noticed, based off my title of this blog,  I love oatmeal.  This bar definitely had the taste of oats in it with a delicious chunks of walnuts raisins!

 

*The Spiced Pumpkin Pie, Iced Gingerbread, and Peppermint Stick are only seasonal flavors (unfortunately); so hurry and get them while they last!

All of bars were so delicious and I loved the flavors.  Thank you so much Clif Bar for sending me these bars to try!

Vitalicious Review!

Hello all!  Today happens to be 11/11/11, so did you all make a wish at 11:11 am?  If not you still have time to make one tonight!

I have a DELICIOUS review to bring you today.  These products are soooo tasty and healthy!  I present you with Vitalicious; a company that makes delicious muffins and brownies all for around 100 calories!  They are perfect for a tasty dessert, midday snack, or even for breakfast! The amazing people over at  Vitalicious sent me tons of samples to devour try.

Let me just start off by saying, oh my goodness, are these things good! They sent me a mix of their 100 calorie VitaBrownies and 100 calorie VitaTops.  Every single flavor they sent was absolutely devine,  it was hard to pick one favorite.  But, I must say,  I really fell in love with the Deep Chocolate.  The chocolate chips with cake like muffin was so goooood!  Although the Deep Chocolate won in the taste tests department, Banana Nut came close.  I am actually not a huge fan of banana flavored things (I love bananas plain and in oatmeal, but that’s about it), so I was a little hesitant to try Banana Nut, but boy was I wrong.  The texture and sweet banana taste really made my taste buds go wild!

Other VitaTop flavors I tried:

Chocolate Mint- Tasted like mint chocolate ice cream in muffin form, so delicious

Fudgy Peanut Butter Chip- Peanut butter lovers eat this, fast!

Triple Chocolate Chunk- Oh my goodness,  it was like I was swimming in chocolate.

Raisin Bran- I loved the raisin chunks and sweet cinnamon taste.

Pumpkin Spice- If you love pumpkin then this is for you!

Golden Corn- Tasted exactly like corn bread!

CranBran- Similar to the raisin bran, it was so tasty!

The VitaBrownies were…..AMAZING.  Seriously, it tasted exactly like a brownie with nut chunks on top.  It was so good to eat alone but also paired with greek yogurt.  It definitely fed my brownie craving!

Deep Chocolate VitaTop

Banana Nut VitaTop

Raisin Bran VitaTop

Seriously, if you see this at your local supermarket then buy them.  They are so delicious and for only 100 calories, where can you go wrong? Thank you so much Vitalicious for sending these amazing products to me to give a try!

WIAW 5

I am running a little late to the WIAW party.  But hey, better late then never right?  Anyways on to some recent eats.  Again,  I forgot to document all of one day’s meals so this is just some random things I have been eating over the past couple of days.  Thanks to the wonderful Jenn over at Peas and Crayons for hosting it!

Pumpkin Oats.  Looks disgusting, but I promise you it was from from that.

Fettuccine Tofu-Shirataki Noodles with spaghetti sauce.  Again, it looks very unappetizing but it really was good!

Veggie Burrito with a side of cherry tomatoes.  

Trader Joe’s Chicken Sausage and zucchini.

Well that pretty much covers WIAW!

WIAW Round 4 and LARABAR Review

Happy November!  Can you believe it’s already November?   It’s that time of the week again, WIAW, hosted by the wonderful Jenn over at Peas and Crayons!   I bring you another boring interesting post of my recent eats….

Chocolate overnight oats with frozen banana.

Trader Joe’s Fat Free Refried Beans and Grilled Asparagus. 

Baked Tofu, baked green beans with ketchup for dipping, and Trader Joe’s fat free refried beans.

Grilled Asparagus; corn tortillas with laughing cow cheese wedge and salsa.

Pumpkin pie smoothie, recipe adapted from Leanne over at Healthful Pursuit! 

LARABAR recently sent me some bars to review.  I haven’t really posted much about my love for LARABAR’S here, but let me just say I am truly in love with them.  It’s kinda of scary….or not?

Anyways, they sent me 4 different, delicious, flavors to try.  They were: Cashew Cookie, Peanut Butter Cookie, Blueberry Muffin, and Chocolate Coconut .   Here is what I thought on each flavor….

Cashew Cookie- 5/5 Very moist and delicious with actual cashew taste.

Blueberry Muffin- 5/5  Moist and delicious (again).  This one probably was my favorite.  I liked the blueberry date flavor it had and really enjoyed eating it.

Chocolate Coconut- 3/5  I found this to be a tad dry.  It tasted alright, but wasn’t my favorite

Peanut Butter Cookie- 3/5 Again, like the chocolate coconut, was a bit too try for my tastes.  I was actually looking forward to this one the most considering my love for peanut butter but was a bit disappointed with its dryness.  Although, the overall taste was good.

Thank you LARABAR for sending the bars my way!

Mamma Chia!

It seems that I post mostly on wednesdays due to WIAW.  I am trying to post more, but usually lack interesting things to talk about.  That is different today, because I have a review of a VERY good drink to give.  Let me introduce you to Mamma Chia; a delicious, healthy, lightly sweetened drink!

Mamma Chia sent me some coupons to give their highly raved drink a try.  First sip,  I was a little thrown off by the gel texture, but as soon as I gave it a few more sips I developed a liking for the chia seeded and couldn’t get enough.  I tried 3 different flavors (that’s all I could find from my local Whole Foods, but I plan on trying the 4th flavor!); Cherry Lime, Raspberry Passion, and Cranberry Lemonade.  My favorite would probably have to be the cherry lime because of the slightly sweeter taste.

Overall,  I was very impressed with the nutritional stats (posted below) and how they weren’t too sweet.  They are very refreshing drink to have any time of the day, really.  I definitely recommend buying them at your local market!

Nutritional Stats:

      2000mg Omega-3
      Excellent Source of Fiber
      High in Antioxidants
      4g Complete Protein
       95mg Calcium
       Lightly Sweetened
       Gluten-Free & Vegan

Check out Christin’s giveaway over at Purple Bird Blog!

 

 

 

WIAW 3 and NuNaturals Review

Guess what today is??  Wednesday!  So what does that mean?  WIAW!  Hosted by the amazing Jenn over at Peas and Crayons.

Here are some random eats I have been eating recently.  I still am lacking the skills in documenting all of one days eats so bare with me here.

Blueberry, pineapple, and strawberry smoothie.  Deliciousness in a cup?  Check.

Flatbread with salsa, laughing cow cheese, and pepperoni; all grilled on George Foreman.

Spaghetti squash and spaghetti sauce with cooked squash.  Side of tea.

Spaghetti Squash with spaghetti sauce.  Whoever discovered this amazing substitute deserves major kudos.  

Apple Pie in a bowl.  (Sooo good, recipe below)

NuNaturals Review!

The wonderful people over at NuNaturals sent me some of their products to give a try.

I was sent…..

-NuStevia Packets

       -NuStevia Quick Dissolve Tabs

       -Pure Liquid Alcohol Free Stevia

       -Pure Liquid Vanilla Stevia

       -Pure Liquid Cocoa Bean Extract 

       -MoreFiber Baking Blend

I have just started using stevia as a substitute for sugar and am definitely loving NuNaturals.  I have used the liquid stevia in pretty much everything; oatmeal, smoothies, microwave muffins, cookies, etc.  I love how a little goes a long way.  The NuStevia packets are really good to use in coffee and other drinks that you want to sweeten.  MoreFiber Baking Blend is excellent for when you are baking goodies and don’t want all that extra sugar!  Lastly,  I really like how it doesn’t have a strange bitter after taste like I have experienced with other sugar substitutes.  If you happen to see it in a store nearby, I definitely recommend buying NuNaturals, so worth it!

For those living in the US and want to give NuNaturals a try, you can request a free sample from their website.

“Send a self addressed stamped #10 size envelope (this is a 4.125 x 9.5 inch envelope addressed to you at your address with a 44 cent stamp put on it) to our address shown below.”

NuNaturals

2220 West 2nd Ave Ste #1

Eugene, OR 97402

Apple Pie in a bowl recipe:

This seriously is the best thing ever, and considering I don’t have any of the ingredients to make an actual apple pie, this definitely feeds my cravings.

2 small apples, chopped.

1/2 cup milk.  (I used unsweetened vanilla almond milk)

1 teaspoon cinnamon

4-6 drops vanilla stevia.  (optional)

Combine all the ingredients in a bowl and give it a quick stir so the apples get fully coated in mixture.  Place the bowl into the microwave and microwave for 3 mins.  Take it out and let it sit for 5 min to let the apples really soak up the mixture.  Then eat!

 

Check out Haley’s giveaway over at Health Freak College Girl!