Mean Miles And Extra Special Blondies
And here I thought a party at the Museum of Science’s skyline suite what special, I had no idea the blondies I’d be cooking up today.
Endangered Species Milk Chocolate With Peanut Butter
Endangered Species chocolate = amazing pre-running fuel. The milk chocolate with a hint of peanut butter let me down the first time I had it, but now I feel like I get that hint–really subtle hint.
10 Miles
I had fun kind of running around the town and found a new route I liked that came across a reservoir. And it just so happened to be an even number of miles! I love it when that works out. And then I was stahvin’ for a good lunch.
Sweet Potato With BBQ Beans, Tofu, And Mighty Maple
Finishing off a jar of Mighty Maple is always tragic; at least it’s redeemed when it’s in a killer way. A sweet potato with BBQ baked beans, raw tofu chunks, and a scoop of the good stuff. Um, yum. Am I blessed to love the texture of raw, soft tofu or what?
Red Delicious Apple
This afternoon snack was missing something…
365 Creamy PB
Perfect. Who says you need to eat the peanut butter on the apple? They taste fine separate š
Tonight, we’re having guests over. I wanted to recreate this recipe. The result was nothing more than “special”, extra “special”. It’sĀ gluten-free and vegan. There are specks of vanilla bean in the batter. And it just tastes damn good. How could it not(with 2 sticks of earth balance)?
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 sticks non-hydrogenated margarine
- 1 cup all-purpose GF baking blend
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon xanthan gum(optional)
- 2 tablespoons non-dairy milk
- 2 teaspoons white vinegar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla paste(or vanilla extract)
- 3/4 cup dark chocolate chips
Preheat your oven to 350 and let the margarine sit at room temperature for 30 minutes before working with it. Cream the margarine and the sugar in a large bowl. Sift in all ingredients from flour to xanthan gum(if using). Add the liquids and vanilla paste and mix thoroughly with a large spoon or rubber spatula. Add the chocolate chips and mix until evenly distributed. Press into an 8×8 baking pan and bake for35-40 minutes or until the center is set. Remove from the oven and let cool for 30 minutes before slicing. Makes 12 servings.
Now are those fattening, err… “special”, or what?
The Fastest My Heart Has Ever Beat
I’m pretty much the textbook runner in a medical sense: low weight, low resting heart rate, low blood pressure, etc. Even when I “run”(more like jog), I’m not pushing it too hard to strain myself. But last night–well, first there was oatmeal.
Oatmeal With Mighty Maple
Because warm carbs and Mighty Maple are a good way to start any time. So what made my heart beat so fast? Well, if you follow me on Twitter, I’m sure I annoyed you with my constant updating of the Grey’s Anatomy season finale. It was a good one. I’ve got it on Tivo and might watch it again. This was pretty much me the entire time:
Nervous
And I was SO relieved at the end when they didn’t kill off anyone worth it. In the 2nd half, I’d say I needed this dark chocolate to pull through some of the scary moments.
Alter Eco And Trader Joe's Chocolate
That would be 10 squares Dark Chocolate Mint by Alter Eco, which is amazing, and 8 squares of Trader Joe’s knock-off chocolate which is “meh”. Dear Trader Joe, please stop making borderline infringing products that aren’t even as good. Like your milk chocolate peanut butter eggs that had hardly any peanut butter? Yeah, don’t do that again.
Well I made it through Grey’s, and got to bed eventually(which wasn’t easy). For the record, as ridiculous as I’m sure I appeared to everyone else around here, my dad walked into the room at 9:30, saw one shooting, and said he couldn’t handle it. So at least I watched it.
Maple Salmon, Soy Sauce Broccoli, Antipasto Bar Selection
BBQ Popchips
Breakfast was, well, not. Oatmeal and yogurt weren’t on the top of my list so I decided to have “a real meal”. It might have all been an excuse to eat Barbeque popchips. Maybe. And now I feel like I’m missing that sweetness of breakfast. Boo š¦ Breakfast for lunch? That could be on the menu to make up for it.
What television shows do you get invested in? Do we have time to list all of mine? Grey’s Anatomy, Brothers & Sisters, and Big Brother, just to name a few.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 16 so far )I’ve Been Waiting
How long might a normal dog take to do his business?
Because mine had me waiting almost 15 minutes as he walked around the whole backyard to find his “perfect” spot.
Oatmeal With Mighty Maple
I’ve been waiting all my life to find a nut butter as good as Mighty Maple. I’m glad that search came to an end last Summer when I found it!
Luna And Larry's Coconut Bliss
This Summer, it’s all about the coconut milk ice cream. And I’d been waiting to review Luna And Larry’s Coconut Bliss with the free coupon samples I was sent until I was home with a full freezer. Except then it had to thaw for 10 minutes to get scoopable. So I waited…
Luna And Larry's Coconut Bliss Chocolate Peanut Butter
Done. The chocolate peanut butter flavor wasn’t my favorite rendition of this “classic combo”, but I liked it very much. The ribbons of peanut butter was very flavorful. I just wish there was more of a chocolate bite to all of this somewhere in there because that’s what I missed: A real sharp chocolate.
Luna And Larry's Coconut Bliss Chocolate Peanut Butter
The texture was definitely more intense than with any other non-dairy ice cream I’ve tried; this was just like a premium Ben & Jerry’s. And I this brand tastes and feels the most like dairy ice cream for any fussy eaters. I’d like to serve this at a party and see if anyone notices, except I’m not sharing š
Broccoli
I was waiting to fall asleep, but I couldn’t so I snacked on a broccoli crown. On The Today show they said raw vegetables were good for dentalĀ hygieneĀ because they’re already kind of like toothbrushes. I could see theĀ resemblance.
Vanilla Soy Yogurt With Milk Chocolate Peanuts, Oats In An Almond Butter Jar
And I was waiting weeks until I could finally have almond butter in a jar, and this morning was finally the morning. Trader Joe’s makes the best almond butter. I’m glad we have another 1/2 eaten jar of this somewhere. But apparently the Trader Joe’s near me considers chocolate chips a seasonal item and hasn’t had them for a while. What season is that?! Don’t tell me I’m going to be waiting until September for chocolate chips…
Old Camera
What have you been waiting on? A marriage proposal, perhaps?… After waiting and waiting and waiting, I’ve finally got a new camera I love. I have to be thankful for my old camera, which lasted me 3 1/2 years. But I’m too clumsy, and have dropped it too many times; it was time for retirement.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 13 so far )If I Didn’t Know Any Better, I’d Think I Were Pregnant
I attented 8th grade Sex Ed, so I’m pretty sure I’ve got the whole gender thing down and am safe on this one. But let’s check the symptoms:
- Hit or miss hunger
- Odd cravings
- In and oat of the bathroom all day
- Tighter pants
- Constant irritability
- Sore legs and ankles
Do I have a bun in the oven or what? Granted, some of these are explainable. You’d be sore to if you’d been walking up and down 3 flights of stairs to do laundry and cook all your meals. And the weekend eating probably could account for numbers 3 and 4. Oh, and who the hell wouldn’t be irritable if your only final left for your least favorite class isn’t for another 8 days and you’re just shooting the breeze? Blah. Let’s try that again.
Burger, Sweet Potato Fries, And Mighty Maple
Sweet Potato Fries And Mighty Maple
Sweet potato and maple peanut butter. Odd? Yes. Delicious. OMG was that a great combo. I would definitely have it again sometime soon. The EVOO and the salt on fries gave it such a great added touch. The burger–let’s just say that meat was FAR too old 
I cooked it well through and hope it’d be fine. Even though I wasn’t terribly hungry going in to this meal, I wasn’t full afterwards either.
Red Delicious Apple
Again, still not full.
Vegan Tiger Fudge
Alright, not like I was expecting this to do much for me but it looked delicious and if nothing was going to work I might as well have my sweets, right? The good news was that, after a day, the peanut butter fudge started to set up. I’m still not happy with it enough to give a recipe, though. In the mean time, I’ll just finish off the pan š
After I ran a few errands around campus, I had two strong cravings: One was for an ice cream flavor I don’t have. Great. The other was for chickpeas. Well… alright.
Chickpeas With Lemon Juice, EVOO, and Sea Salt
Does anything get better than chickpeas at 4pm? I think not. Except some with a little olive oil and sea salt for flavor.
Chewy Almond Raisin Cookie
And now I’m snacking on a gluten-free chewy almond raisin cookie hoping it will hit the spot. It didn’t, but it was tasty(this was actually the first from the batch I tried). I’m not a fan of the gluten-free flavor, but it makes for good texture.
Why the post before dinner? Well, right now I’m deciding whether I want to walk to Whole Foods to get theĀ aforementionedĀ ice cream. When I leave tomorrow, I’ll already probably be leaving behind a small fortune of ice cream. Aw, hell, you only live once.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 22 so far )Unplanned Is Better Than Not As Planned
In case you missed the weekend:
- Friday I got groceries and ate from Whole Foods and gave nut butter recipes
- Saturday people weighed in on an awkward and moralistic gym situation.
- And Sunday was the big Mother’s Day brunch
I live off to-do lists and plans(you should see my to-do list for today. Yikes!). It should then be understandable that I’m no happy camper when things don’t come out 110% like I planned.
Vegan Tiger Fudge
The “new recipe” I alluded to was vegan tiger fudge: a layer of vegan chocolate fudge with a layer of peanut butter fudge on top. After a few hours, the top never set, so while this was tasty, it wasn’t wholly “fudge”. Boo š¦ It’s back to the drawing board for that recipe. On the bright side, my vegan chocolate fudge tastes as good as ever.
As opposed to not-according-to-planned, things that are unplanned have seemed to have great success recently. Betty White never planned that she would actually get on SNL, and she was hysterical. Amy Adams in Leap Year didn’t plan to fall in love with the Irishman she hired to take her to Dublin(even though it was the most predictableĀ plot-lineĀ ever), and that worked out for her. And this dinner, while completely made on the fly, was fantastic:
EVOO Seared Sweet Potato And Chickpeas
EVOO Seared Sweet Potato And Chickpeas
How could something so simple be so good? This was just sweet potato chunks roasted and then seared in a little olive oil with the chickpeas added at the end to finish them off in the oil, and heaped on spinach. It was 5 ingredients with the salt(gotta have the salt), and that was all this needed. Best of all, it combined two of my favorites: sweet potatoes and chickpeas. Love it! Anyone else want to boast a kitchen success story out there?
Oatmeal With Chocolate Peanut Butter
Cascadian Farms Organic Vanilla Chip Bar
Maple Sugar Maple Leaf
It was certainly unplanned that I turn in to the carb king between dinner and breakfast this morning(add in the tiger fudge from before and you’ve got yourself a few meals there). And I’ll admit: It had me feeling a little down. Until I realized what those unplanned carbs could do for me.
12.1 Miles In 1:46:48
As a sort of “Last Hurrah”, I ran on the treadmill watching The Today Show and my other morning television for a strong and unplanned 12.1 miles. Hurrah! My entire gym set up is a luxury of convenience I will sorrowfully miss over the Summer.
Mighty Maple Oatmeal, Pineapple Chobani, Gingerade Kombucha
After all that, I’m happy to be sitting and having a well-balanced,Ā moderately-sweetened breakfast with Mighty Maple and a pineapple Chobani. And, yes, that would be a Gingerade Kombucha at breakfast no less. It’s the only thing keeping me sane today between my to-do list and walking up and down 3 flights of stairs to cook and do laundry.
What do you do when a recipe’s a flop? My gut response: Call the neighbors over. If it’s something bready, I can usually crumble it over yogurt and call it granola. But with anything chocolate and sweet, just hand me a spoon and let the pity party commence.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 16 so far )March To The Beat Of Your Own Drum
It’s one of the simplest things to say, but the hardest to do. And yet, if we can do it in the little places in life, can’t we master it when it matters, too?
Vivani Dark Chocolate With Ginger
Vivani Dark Chocolate With Ginger
Oatmeal With Chocolate Hazelnut Butter And Hazelnut Agave
Madhava Hazelnut Agave
Snickerdoodle Purely Decadent Ice Cream
We define “serving sizes” all the time. Don’t tell me to eat 10 pieces of ginger Vivani chocolate when they’re made 4 blocks to a row. I know math and that just doesn’t work out unless I’m willing to put a little effort into it. Likewise, there’s no such thing as a tablespoon of Justin’s chocolate hazelnut butter or Madhava’s hazelnut agave. There’s a scoop and a squirt and how much that is is how much that is. And ice cream? A serving’s what I left in the pint after the last time I at some. I don’t need a measuring cup, and I don’t even need a cup–just hand me the spoon.
But what if I told you to get to that snickerdoodle So Delicious soy ice cream I had to walk through a room of people drinking and playing beer pong in front of the fridge? And that I was in my pajamas? And that I really didn’t want to be doing that? Fact. Fact. And you bet your booty. It was one hell of an awkward minute I felt like a fish out of water. But what would have been the argument against getting the ice cream? There wasn’t really one, so in the end I knew what was “right”. Besides, the joke should be on them: It was Cinco de Mayo and I saw no margaritas. Really, guys, really?
Oatmeal With Mighty Maple
Pineapple Chobani With Maple Glazed Cashews
So where does that leave me, on this most Holy of days, Seis de Mayo. Well, I know a few things. I know I was hungry way before class today and ate my breakfast of Mighty Maple oatmeal and a pineapple Chobani with cashews early. I know I’ll watch Bear Grylls in just about anything and everything he wants to do in his career(see Worst Case Scenario). And I know that I should throw away fears and do what I really want to do more often, because at the end of the tunnel there just might be a pint of ice cream. Now, ifĀ I may quote different strokes…
Now the world don’t move to the beat of just one drum. What might be right for you, may not be right for some. Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 16 so far )Things To Do And Avoid On Those Hot Summer Days
Do wake up at 7 before the weather turns hot to enjoy a nice run around your home streets.
Don’t go out with the mindset “I’m going to find some horses!” not knowing where the nearest horses are and getting lost 7 miles away from your house.
Do call your sleeping parents in a frenzy saying “I’m lost, can you pick me up?” and then wave them off when they find you saying “Naw, I can make the last 3 miles”
14 Miles In 1:57:24
Don’t run 14 miles unless you really want to. Personally, that’s a bit too much out on the roads.
Oatmeal With Chocolate Peanut Butter And Coconut Milk, Birthday Cake Chobani
Do pour coconut milk on your oatmeal and sweeten your yogurt with gluten-free birthday cake mix instead of plain sugar for some really crazy food pairings that work beautifully.
Red Delicious Apple
Don’t eat store-bought apples when you have freshly picked Summer berries lining your countertops. Unfortunately, I don’t have that yet, so I did eat this organic red delicious apple.
Dill And Lemon Chickpea Salad With Raw Parsley Cheddar
Dill And Lemon Chickpea Salad With Raw Parsley Cheddar
Do make simple summer chickpea salads with this invariable formula:
- Greens(iceberg salad mix. Blech)
- Chickpeas(1 cup 365 brand no-salt added)
- Something Creamy(Next Generation Dairy parsley raw & probiotic cheddar)
- An Oil(lemon pepper olive oil)
- Seasoning(all-purpose dill mix with sea salt)
Do go to Target when you’re double fisting gift cards and hit up the sales. I got 2 chocolate bars for $5 and a 4GB memory card for $13 bucks.
Raspberry Chocolove Bar
Don’t expect chocolate not to melt when you eat it. I think it says something about me that my addiction to chocolate and my hatred towards melted bars almost makes me completely hate the Summer season. I love chocolate.
Do eat about as much ice cream as you can get your hands on, including fun and funky new flavors like green tea coconut milk ala So Delicious. It tasted very coconutty, but I didn’t mind because it made me think of this as some fun Asian boba tea or something. The green tea was actually subtle flavor to the whole thing. Wouldn’t this have been perfect for St. Patrick’s Day?
Don’t take pictures of said ice cream on your new camera which photos you can’t upload onto your computer yet. Whoops! I enjoyed about 2 servings.
Baby Carrots
Do snack on carrots for something healthy, low-sugar, and filling when you need that added crunch to hold you over.
Don’t waste your afternoon in front of Tivo watching Food Network and Little People Big World. Err, whoops? Well, to be fair, I’m only home for the weekend and need to soak up the goodness while I can š
Vegan, Gluten-Free Midnight Chocolate Cupcakes
Do make amazing and delicious desserts like vegan chocolate cupcakes from Sweet Utopia to test out new recipes while cooking for your cousins birthday.
Don’t crush 2 cupcakes by fussing around with the oven lay-out š¦ I still got 18 good ones! And 2 piles of crumbs that will be tasty on just about anything š
Stir-Fried Maple Tofu And Sweet Potatoes With Mighty Maple
Do try new meals, especially when things don’t go as planned. I’m very particular about my sweet potatoes, and these were too soft I tried cooking the tofu and sweet potato together in a pan with walnut oil to crisp them about. It wasn’t amazing, but certainly improved.
Don’t even think about not enjoying those nice Summer nights. If there’s nothing on The Food Network, I spy a Sherlock Holmes DVD to keep me from getting anywhere on my Latin homework.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 12 so far )Homemade Raisinets
One of my favorite Michael Pollan’s Food Rules is “You can eat all the junk food you’d like, so long as you make it yourself”. I couldn’t agree with a thought like this more. Sometimes I wonder, “Is that hamburger and sweet potatoes meal I alway make all that different from a McDonald’s burger and fries?
Grass-Fed Burger, Sweet Potato Hash
There are obvious differences: The lack of a refined-grain bun, no added oils or frying, naturally raised and grass-fed beef, etc. But even if my version topped the charts in calories, fat, you name it, I’d still feel 10 times better eating it knowing I made it myself. In fact, the last time I ordered a burger out has to have been August at Ufood Grill. I couldn’t agree more that–on the occasion–having food made for you couldn’t feel like a better treat. But if you’re making from scratch 90% of what you eat, it’s a great way to feel healthy and on top of your game.
Melted Milk Chocolate And Raisins
Last night, I started craving milk chocolate covered raisins like nothing else. Chocolate’s not so weird for e, but dried fruit? Funky. Even though I didn’t have any, I had all the ingredients. Why not make some? I was sure they’d come out with a cleaner ingredient list than raisinets, anyway. I used raisins from the Whole Foods bulk bins and 3 chunks Trader Joe’s pound plus milk chocolate bar.
Drying Raisinets
I might have overlooked the annoying fact that these needed to dry individually. Eventually I moved them to the refrigerator, which worked much faster.
Homemade Raisinets
Homemade Raisinets
Voila! Don’t they look authentic? I still can’t believe I was craving dried fruit, but that’s another story. These tasted so much fresher than the raisinets I remember, too. Best of all was not thinking about “How many from a King sized box is a serving?” There was no serving. A serving was how much I made and I ate them all up, happily and healthfully.
Tierra Farm Dark Chocolate Coated Almonds
Give me some time and I think I could make even dark chocolate covered almonds. But last night it was just a handful of Tierra Farm‘s while passing the time with a book.
Oatmeal With Chocolate Almond Butter And Coconut Milk
So happy to have a fresh can of coconut milk opened that I love. It’s just 365 brand organic, but it’s so much better than the other I’ve tried. Sadly, this was the last good scoop of Justin’s chocolate almond butter :,-( I’m sure I could make my own, but I love the way Justin’s tastes. I hope to find them in stores really soon.
Oatmeal With Mighty Maple, Pomegranate Chobani With Mint Dark Chocolate
I think we can extend the homemade metaphor to breakfast. As in: No matter what or how much you top oatmeal and yogurt with, it’s healthy so long as you do it yourself. That seems legit, right? My oatmeal was actually quite reserves with just 1 huge plop of mighty maple. Do you think it’s a problem when you start singing “Addicted” by Simple Plan to your peanut butter?
Pomegranate Chobani With Mint Dark Chocolate
Look where those bears wound up today! Trying to steal some of my chocolate. This was a new bar to me: Dark Chocolate Mint by Divine. It was good and definitely had some minty staying power. I wasn’t a fan of the crisps, though(never am). I’m still infatuated preferring Alter Eco’s dark chocolate mint on this one.
What was your last do it yourself project? Besides these raisinets, I haven’t had much of a chance to play around this semester between everything else A little birdy tells me, however, that there’ll be vegan and gluten-free chocolate cupcakes coming up this weekend…
Excess
I’m so glad you liked my first Picture It post; I feel like I’ve had so many food memories already and will undoubtedly have more so I can’t wait to share more of them.
Yesterday, it seemed that everything was in excess. Luckily, I’m in a mindset where I’d sooner laugh it off than actually fret. Every day is a new day and the bigger picture is always more important and dwarfs those little “outrages”. And you always have the power to change.
I don’t even know how many cups of decaf coffee with stevia I had yesterday; today, I’m all about the moderate amounts of teeccino(non-acidic, herbal coffee). In fact, now I’m just drinking unsweetened herbal tea because I really just want water but it’s so cold I need something hot.
Newman's Own Organics' Super Dark Chocolate
1/2 of a big Newman’s Own Organics‘ Super Dark Chocolate Bar? Yeah, that’s not so bad…
Endangered Species Deep Forest Mint Dark Chocolate
Add on what was left of a really old Endangered Species mint dark chocolate bar and maybe my love of dark chocolate is a little excessive. I had had this one lying around since Summer because–blech–it just isn’t very minty(for the record, Alter Eco‘s Dark Chocolate Mint is much better).
Empty Wrappers
I imagine I look a little guilty with these in my trash right now, but I sure as hell don’t feel guilty. At least dark chocolate is low on sugar, dairy-free, and high with flavenoids? I love excuses. I eat chocolate like it’s my job(moreso than just being a chocolate reviewer), so if anyone could hook me up and make that really the case, I’d be mucho appreciative. And, yes, this is me excessively pleading to get a Summer job in the chocolate industry.
Yesterday was filled with an excessive amount of work; I anticipate being much more lazy today.
Last night, I clicked on iTunes to start downloading my Doctor Who way too much to no avail; it finally did so this morning.
And Bear Grylls giving himself anĀ enemaĀ for the sake of rating was all too excessive. And I would not care to say more.
Pomegranate Yogurt With Apple Ginger Granola, Oatmeal With Mighty Maple And Maple Butter
I’m sure you don’t need 2 guesses to know what I wanted at breakfast this morning. I completely removed that from being an option, and you’d have thought I’d shot myself in the foot. What to do, oh, what to do? I topped oatmeal with Mighty Maple and maple butter(which I wrote about last weekend), and topped 1/2 an Honest Foods bar on a pomegranate Chobani.
Honest Foods Apple Ginger Bar
Oh, yum. I just loved the apple ginger bar. This could easily be my favorite non-chocolate bar out there. It tastes kind of like an apple cinnamon oatmeal Quaker Oats square. But it’s also bursting with an welcomedĀ excess ofĀ dried fruit and nut, and the nutrition of it is amazing. Even though almond butter is the fat used to cook it, it’s not a strong flavor, which I love. What a great way to start my day of moderation.
What’s been in excess in your life lately? Please, no references to the band or awful CBS show…
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 20 so far )“If I’m Running, It Ain’t At 6:15”
Good morning! I hope you feel refreshed. I sure do sleeping in. I think I’m still catching up on sleep lost from Saturday night and I knew a 6:15 wake-up was not happening. I was thinking of running soon but I’ll just take a rest day and call the whole thing off.
Oatmeal With Vanilla Peanut Butter
Can I change the name of the blog to “Oats and peanut butter”? Because that’s all you’re getting today since that’s all I felt like. I blame the fact that something in our hall smelt like freshly roasted peanuts. God, I can’t pass those up. I tried to recreate some sinfully unnutricious Reese’s peanut butter and had a little too much fun putting it on my oatmeal.
Peanut Butter Ingredients
Despite the combination of 365 brand peanut butter, Madhava vanilla agave, and vanilla bean sugar, it didn’t really taste that sweet Maybe I wasn’t using as much sweetener as I thought, but I’ve had the agave in peanut butter before and it tasted better than this. Oh well, there’s always the next bowl!
Oats With Mighty Maple And Milk Chocolate
And there was another bowl. This time, it was a more tried-and-true combination of PB&Co.’s Mighty Maple, which you must know I’m addicted to for a sweet peanut butter, and some Scharffen Berger milk chocolate, which is perhaps the dreamiest I’ve ever had but better to get as a gift than pay for yourself. A little sea salt to this and it was like a gourmet peanut butter cup. Yum.
It felt very good this morning to have time to sip coffee, walk around, check email and blog all before having to do much activity; that’s definitely not how my Tuesday/Thursdays would go otherwise. Eventually, my taste buds led me to yet more oats and peanut butter…
Pumpkin Oats With Butter Toffee Peanut Butter, Pomegranate Yogurt With Orange Dark Chocolate
I broke open a new can of pumpkin and had to celebrate with Naturally Nutty‘s butter toffee peanut butter. And for a fun yogurt-mess, I started with a fruity flavor of Chobani and added some fruity chocolate.
Vivani Dark Chocolate With Orange And Pomegranate Chobani
I remembered really loving the combination of pomegranate and citrus chocolate so I thought I’d try it with Vivani’s orange dark chocolate. The combination was good, but not quite magical. Vivani’s dark chocolate is just a little too dark to let the sweetness of the citrus shine. Of course, since I love their 72% dark chocolate, I knew this could never be a bad bar š
And now in between classes I’m the luckiest man and get to take a trip to Whole Foods. I did not realize how low on oat bran I was when I went on Sunday! The answer? Very low! I usually only use Trader Joe’s oatbran, but since he’s 10+ miles away the bulk bins will have to do. And if I put this off any longer I’ll never be back in time for my next class. See you tonight!
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