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Amazing Grass but not so amazing oatmeal

Get ready folks for a super catch up of posts! I have 5 or 6 ready to deploy over the next day or two. First, I want to give a shoutout to the amazing people at Amazing Grass! They sent me their sampler pack to try and review on the blog. It included a few bars, a few Amazing Meals, Organic Wheat Grass packets, and then the flavored packets. I was super excited to try these as I’d previously felt amazing rushes of energy when i’ve enjoyed wheat grass in smoothies. Bo and I have decided to challenge ourselves to give up all caffeine except green tea for five days. So far we’ve been enjoying lots of decaf teas, lemon and lime water, and mint water. While we’ve been doing well I have definitely felt a decrease in my normal energy levels especially since i’ve started enjoying a morning cup of coffee at work each day. Our office has one of those individual pod coffee makers and they also stock the cabinets with Green Mountain Coffee in hazelnut, vanilla, and more!

This morning before heading out for a day’s worth of adventures, I thought the perfect breakfast would be my own version of green oats to help boost my energy and give me the extra nutrients i’m always craving. BOY was I mistaken! I can stomach a lot of things but after three spoon fulls I had to give up and make my regular old oats. The flavor was too “grassy” and it almost tasted like I was chewing a vitamin. I combined the following in this morning oats:
1 packet Organic Wheat Grass
1/2 c oats
1/2 c water
1/2 c light almond breeze
1 pack stevia

I was a bit worried with how green the oats turned out and would love feedback from folks on how to make them tastier. I was a bit disappointed because I was hoping this could become a healthy morning burst of energy each day.

But, luckily, later today I gave Amazing Grass another try and thoroughly enjoyed their chocolate flavor packet with some almond breeze for a midmorning snack. It was absolutely delcious and my energy levels skyrocketed. I would definitely order more of their flavored options in the future as I think they could also be great mix-ins with protein shakes, chobani, and oatmeal!

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The perfect refrigerator staple…

Good afternoon!
For the next few weeks, while i’m dealing with the craziness of transition between my current and new roles, I will most likely need to mimic Danica’s approach and do shorter installments throughout the day during breaks, commutes, etc.
A few weeks back the wonderful people at Chobani sent me a cooler of their amazing yogurt! While i’d often seen Chobani products on the shelves at the grocery store I never bought it because it was always at least $0.50 more than Dannon Light n Fit. Well, after sampling a few of the flavors, i’ve realized why it costs more. This yogurt is no ordinary yogurt. In fac
t, it it thick, creamy, substantive, rich, and their flavored products have incredible sweetness! After a few tastes I realized this product would be the perfect component of an afternoon snack. I normally eat breakfast at 8, lunch at 12:30-1ish, and then dinner has been later and later since i’ve moved in with Bo. We normally eat dinner around 8:30. This means going 7-8 hours between lunch and dinner! On Friday I decided to bring a small piece of fruit for an initial snack at 2:30 and then Chobani Fat Free Strawberry and a fiber crisp for my 5:30 snack. Th

e yogurt, due to the amazing 14 grams of protein it packs, satiated all hunger pangs. In addition, it also quenched my sweet tooth as it does contain 19 grams of sugar. This seemed like a great deal of sugar at first but when you consider the afternoon snack alternatives that I would have had if my sweet tooth remained it is actually a great mix of sweet, substantive, and yummy. The strawberry flavor had chunks of real strawberries mixed in while also not tasting artificial. I will definitely continue enjoying this as an afternoon snack at least a couple times a week. If you hop over to their website you can find all the product information, recipes, and coupons!
Thanks Morgan!!
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A hummus so hot it makes you sweat

Good evening!

What a great evening it’s been! After a long day of meetings I was so excited to come home to not one but TWO packages! That amazing Danica sent us a wonderful Annie’s Natural sampler pack filled with Mac N Cheese, barbeque sauce, and dressings! We can’t wait to sample these over the next few days. The other package, was from my new best friends, Sonny and Joes! They sent us six different flavors and tonight Bo broke into the first hummus, Hot Enough Hummus.

A review from Bo: 
So after a long day, when I clearly didn’t eat enough, finding Sonny and Joe’s Hot Enough Hummus waiting for me at home was a welcome surprise.  I know its been a while since I’ve made an appearance (sorry about that) but this hummus was enough to draw me out of hibernation and back into the woods.  Now, I enjoy spicy food (I’m not a culinary masochist or anything but I think that spice adds flavor and plus it releases endorphins) and this hummus, with its layer of hot pepper tappenade, was seriously the best pureed chick pea that I’ve ever had.  The coolness of the hummus was perfectly balanced by the red pepper spice and it was only the fact that I had scallops on the stove to catch my attention that I didn’t eat the entire container (plus, that would have made me an unhealthy bear).  So, that leads me to the point of this whole diatribe: I rate Sonny and Joe’s as a definite bear.  Have a great night and I look forward to the next time I venture forth into the woods.

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