musselmans apple sauce

Where has the time gone? We only have 7 more days until Christmas! Too bad I have yet to finish my Christmas shopping. Every moment of the free time seems to be taken up with some event here or some task there. It’s been a bit chaotic to say the least. Although, I must admit that I am enjoying the rush of the holidays. Tis the season, no?

So what have I been eating? Let’s see, breakfast has needed to be quick because I’ve been rising early to hit up the gym (oh yea!!) For the past two days I’ve treated myself to bowls of the new Kashi Heart to Heart Warm Cinnamon with banana slices and unsweetened vanilla almond milk.

Having always loved cinnamon flavored cereals I figured I’d probably like this one. I’m not a huge fan of the plain heart to heart cereal, at least I wasn’t when I tried it about 5 years ago, but perhaps the recipe has changed or perhaps the cinnamon kicked it up a notch, because I found this to flavor to be really tasty!

I went to the Zumba last night (so fun!), then did a little Christmas shopping. I was headed home to cook dinner when I had the grand idea to stop by Ellwood Thompsons for the after 8:30PM reduced price hot/salad bar.

Only spent $1.70 for this delicious and nutritious meal. Take that dollar menu!

I’ve also been busy uncooking some macaroons in the dehydrator.

These are so tasty. It’s basically indescribable. I’m not going to give anything away, but I will say that my secret santa has some macaroons on the way!

Some are regular while the others I added 1/2 cup of Raw Cacao Powder. The recipe I followed is in Matt Kenney’s Everyday Raw Cookbook but I must give a big thanks to Miss Gina, the Fitnessista for the initiating my macaroon love!!

For lunch today I ended up walking to Ellwood Thompsons AGAIN… Is is apparent that I like this place yet?

I got a cup of tomato and eggplant soup and had it with crackers and a sample of a vegan oatmeal raisin cookie for dessert.

Do you spy the Gingerberry Kombucha? I think it’s official- I’m hooked!! A couple readers were interested to know if I liked the the Gingerberry flavor and I have to say that I really like it. It’s one of my favorites out of the all the ones I have tried thus far!!

And last but not least, the gift giving has begun. Since Isaac and his family celebrate Hanukkah I’ve gotten some presents from them over the past couple nights. There are two in particular, both from Isaac’s mom, that I think you all might enjoy.

The first:

A Progressive International Avocado Slicer. I love avocados and can’t wait to try this slicer out. I think it will be very helpful when making sandwiches and salads. I haven’t used it yet, but I will report back on it’s functionality once I get myself an avocado to slice.

The second is the coolest little kitchen gadget I’ve seen in a long time:

Chef’n Garlic Zoom AKA the garlic robot! (because for some reason it reminds me of Wall-E) This one I have already used and can say that I love it!! You simply pop the garlic in, roll it back and forth on the counter (like you would a matchbox car) and ta-da the garlic is minced- no stinky and sticky fingers, plus it’s fun.
Last but not least, I also received a lovely holiday package from Musselman’s!!

The kind folks at Musselman’s sent me lots of fruity goodies. I can’t wait to get my spoon into them!

TGIF my friends! I’ve got a packed weekend- a wedding on Saturday and a holiday party on Sunday AND it’s suppose to snow 3-6 inches sometime over the next few days- I’m hoping for all 6. I love snow!

What about you- any big plans?

- Brittany

PS- Ever wondered what I do at work? Check out my guest post over at On a Lobster Placemat.

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Today was one of those mornings. I contemplated going to the gym for about 15 minutes and then I finally just made myself get my clothes on and get out the door. I actually only ended up doing a circuit of arm machines, some free weights and then walked for 10 minutes while reading Real Simple. Nothing too strenuous.

I had planned to stop by the groch on the way home to pick up some frozen blueberries for a smoothie, but I completely forgot until I was in front of my house parking. It was too hot for oatmeal so I just had a bowl of kashi go lean with a leaning tower of banana slices.

I simply love bananas- such a versatile fruit, however I hardly ever eat just a banana plain anymore. I have 3 bananas right now but they’re all in the freezer waiting to be blended- either for a smoothie, oatmeal, or banana ice cream! Does anyone find this happening to them?

So all week I had been longing to go to Ellwood Thompson’s (a local organic market) to get their Goddess Tofu wrap. I kept talking myself out of it each day, rememebering that I had plenty of food at home in the fridge. This morning, as soon as my feet hit the floor (even before eating breakfast) I declared to no one but myself and I guess Olive, that I was going to go “out to lunch” today. This is a big treat for me, because I usually just walk home and whip something up. I save a lot of moo-lah this way, it’s healthier, and I like the food I have at home.

But today I had this:

This wrap is the bomb. (Do people even use this term anymore?)

Together the fruit and wrap cost me $9.00. And this my friends is why I eat at home. But in reality this wasn’t too bad, because I was only able to eat half the wrap before filling stuffed so I saved the other 1/2 for dinner.

Once back at the office things went smoothly – I primarily worked on a e-newsletter. Around 3 (my normal snack time) I popped some office popcorn. We have the mini bags, which I love.

When getting ready to leave work a co-worker started handing out these little bags to people. I’ve never tried these, so I gladly took one. I ended up eating a few before leaving work and then fishing off the bag with the other half of my Goddess Tofu Wrap for din.

These Veggie Crisps didn’t impress me. I guess I’m just spoiled with the veggie chips from the bulk bin at Fresh Market – the ones that actual dried veggies. If you’re looking for an imitation chip just to satisfy a salt craving, these might do the trick, but otherwise they didn’t offer much in the flavor department. I probably would never buy them for myself.

When I arrived home from work there was a package waiting for me! Inside were samples of Musselman’s new Healthy Picks Apple Sauce. The three flavors are Key Lime Cupuacu, Raspberry Acai, and Blueberry Pomegranate.

I don’t buy apple sauce that often, but these flavors sounded too delicious to pass up. I haven’t tasted them just yet, but I can’t wait to try them all out. They’re currently getting chilly in the fridge.

On that note, I know this past week there was lots of chatter about FTC Guidelines and blogger giveawaysr/eviews. I posted my position in comments on several blogs, however just so it’s clear I’ll post what I believe here as well. First off, I like blogger reviews-I’ve learned about so many new products through other blogs and personally, I think blogger giveaways are fun. As a blogger I don’t go around looking for giveaways to enter, but if someone is giving away something I would truly like to try/have I certainly will enter. (who wouldn’t?) I also like receiving product samples and sharing my opinion. When I receive product samples I only post honest reviews about the free products I receive and I only accept products that fit with the theme of my blog and/or my lifestyle. In the past I may have forgotten once or twice to announce that something was a sample, but from here on out I will be make sure that information is disclosed

In other important news, EBF now has it’s own domain. www.eatingbirdfood.com. I don’t know why it took me so long to break down and do this, but here we are a year and 1/2 after starting my blog and I finally decided to go forward and actually buy the domain.

Isaac comes home tonight! Hooray! We are headed to Norfolk tomorrow for a wedding…. more on that later. Have a lovely weekend.