PURE Bar

Back to the old standby for breakfast yesterday morning. Kashi go lean, 1/2 scoop of Designer Whey Chocolate protein powder, 1 small banana, and USAM. Lots of protein and yumminess. If you do try the protein powder in cereal idea, make sure to stir it up well so you don’t get chunks of the powder. I also notice that it sticks to the spoon a little, but I don’t mind.

For lunch I had more of the eggplant mystery dish (no photo.. check my lunch from yesterday and the day before if you are interested) but I did get a comment from Jessy suggesting that she thinks the dish is called Turkish Mousaka.  After going to the site to read more about it, I think the Arabic version of Mousaka traditionally doesn’t include the ground meat, so I think that’s what I have been eating for the past 3 days. Good to know- thanks for taking the time to look that up Jessy!!

Along side the eggplant I had a quick salad with spring mix, tomatoes, hot banana peppers, and Hickory Smoked Tofurkey (love this). I didn’t use any dressing. There was enough flavor from the banana peppers and turkey fu’ to go around.

As a lunch snack I had 1/2 of a Wild Blueberry PURE Bar. After much word on the food blogging streets I knew I needed to try this little bar. Rebecca at PURE BAR was kind enough to send me a variety pack and I am having fun trying the different flavors. I will be providing full reviews of each as I try them!

What is a Pure Bar? I found the following description from the website:

PURE: Wild Blueberry Bar Review:

I like that the PURE bars have simple ingredient lists that are chocked full of “good for you” items. (scroll down to see the Wild Blueberry bar ingredient list). The taste of this bar was sweet and tasted mainly of dates and nuts- the blueberry flavor wasn’t as prevalent as I expected it to be. The nuts in each bite added a flavor and texture that I really liked. Once out of the package, the bar’s composition reminded me a lot of a Larabar, only a different shape. The texture and consistency also remind me of Larabar, which is cool, because I am a Larabar fan. Plus 1 for Pure though, because I’m pretty certain there is no blueberry Larabar!

I had 1/2 of the bar with lunch because 20g of sugar is a lot for a snack. I know all of the sugar in the bar is natural sugars found in the fruit (besides the agave) but it’s still pretty sugary.

Overall, I liked the Wild Blueberry flavor, but I am excited to try the rest.

INGREDIENTS:

Organic Dates, Organic Wild Blueberries, (with Organic Apple Juice Concentrate and Organic Canola Oil), Organic Cashews, Organic Agave Nectar, Organic Walnuts, Organic Brown Rice Protein, Organic Almonds, Organic Unsweetened Lemon Juice Concentrate, and that’s all! (unless you count the 14 essential vitamins and minerals, healthy antioxidants, and healthy Omega 3 fats in every bite). Nothing cooked. Nothing processed. Completely Pure.

Dinner was a bean burrito bowl inspired by Andrea who was inspired by Sarah. All this inspiration turned into a delightful dish.

I sauteed mushrooms, TJ’s frozen pepper mix (stoplight peppers) with some Simply Organic fajita sauce mix. I then added some canned black beans to the skillet just to warm them up a bit. Once the bean mixture was in the bowl I added a scoop of Isaac’s homemade guac (YUM!), some medium salsa, and a couple grape tomatoes.

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