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Fall time grocery haul

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Topping my list of things I’m most excited about for fall would be honeycrisp apples. And I know I’m a food blogging cliché, but I’m ok with that. Honeycrisp apples dipped in almond butter. Nowwww we’re talking. As you can see, my neighborhood is looking pretty green and the temperatures are in the high 90′s. Hard to feel like fall when that’s the case! Soon enough.

Another great part about fall is the pumpkins! Especially cute mini ones! I had never seen a white mini pumpkin, so you bet I spent too much on these at Whole Foods, but they make me happy.

It was time to get stocked up on the essentials at Whole Foods. And since it was a lazy Sunday, I enjoyed strolling each aisle and deciding to try some new things. I took a long time finding a cereal with low sugar and high fiber. These wheat squares have 0 sugar, and this morning I paired it with almond milk, sliced bananas and strawberries. It needed a little sweetening.

One of my other “new” items was this Elmo soup. Laugh it up, go ahead. But there’s nothing more comforting than a bowl of alphabet soup on a cool day. I’m waiting for that cool day to comfort myself but I seriously looked everywhere for alphabet soup. (I am 2 years old). It was on the bottom shelf. Perfect reach! For a 2 year old.

This combo sounded incredible..and it was. I don’t feel an ounce of bad about myself when I eat a square of dark chocolate. I read about food bloggers trying to fight chocolate cravings, but why not give in? There are worse things!! (like ice cream…that happened on Friday…and Saturday).

This is the most exciting product I picked up yesterday. I was so excited to see that my favorite kombucha (brewed in Austin, Texas!) Buddha’s Brew is now sold at my Whole Foods on Lemmon! I got 2 bottles of honeydew and let me tell you this kombucha is a TREAT.

For all you kombucha skeptics, you could hardly taste the vinegar aspect and you certainly didn’t notice any of those “cultured strands” you may be afraid of. It’s very sweet and tastes divine. My only problem with this particular flavor is that they added organic cane juice. I’d rather just have the kombucha + real fruit juice. But it’s so tasty, I don’t mind too much.

And to catch you up on my training:

Friday: Rest Day

Saturday: Ran 7 miles in 1:12!!! I was so proud of myself and I definitely felt it in my knees and ankles later that night.

Sunday: Rest Day

Today: I will be running 3 miles…most likely on the treadmill since it’s blazing hot out

Bon Appétit,

That Foodie Girl

new apartment and healthy eats

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I’m almost all moved into my new apartment! It’s pretty cute, and the location rocks.

It will only be a year at this apartment, but I think it will be an awesome place to live.

Anyway! On to my eats lately. I’ve really been trying hard to do a What I Ate Wednesday, and I got really close this week…until I forgot to photograph my dinner and I forgot it was Wednesday. Grrreat. So here’s some things I’ve had lately.

Meet Mr. Green Drink. You’ve probably already met, but this one is with almond milk instead of my usual orange juice. It made it less sweet (a good thing) but a little too creamy. Jam packed with spinach as usual.

For lunch I had the other half of my Central Market sandwich. I love that they have a new sandwich bar where you can order up a custom sandwich. This one was whole wheat bread, turkey, hummus, their delicious pesto, cucumber & arugula. It really hit the spot. Ripe strawberries on the side. Let me just tell you I was hungry a few hours later…too small of a lunch for me!

What is your go-to lunch? I’ve been sticking to either sandwiches or tacos. Salads have not piqued my interest in the slightest.

Bon Appétit,

That Foodie Girl

Saturday means baking and brunching.

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chocolate chip cookies

HAPPY SATURDAY everyone!!!

Saturday afternoons are one of my favorite times of the entire week. And we finally made it here!
This morning I woke up with many things on my mind but the 2 pressing things were:

1. BAKING

2. BRUNCHING

Just think about those two glorious things. If you know me at all, you know I love a good brunch. And now that I am WALKING without any crutches at all (!!!!) I decided it’s time to bake. To keep things simple, I made chocolate chip cookies with Ghiradelli chocolate chips. They turned out really well and were super easy to make.

The second thing I made was homemade almond milk. The easiest thing in the world to make thanks to our trusty Vitamix. Just add almonds and water and blend for about 4 minutes. There ya go! You don’t even have to pre-soak the almonds! I used one of our many bags of almonds and it’s a win-win for everyone: using the almonds we forget about in the back of the pantry AND save money on expensive almond milk from the store!

I haven’t tried it yet, but I’ll be sure to let you all know in the next post!

And I finally got to use my cute jug:

It’s a sunny day in Dallas and despite it being 34 degrees (wait, hello winter?) I’m in an awesome mood as you can probably gather from this post.

And about the second thing: brunching. That hasn’t happened yet but I’m on the search for a yummy spot for a late Saturday brunch. I’m thinking mimosas and waffles…

So I hope you all get inspired to make something in your kitchen today or just get out and do something different!

Products I’ve been loving: Yumnuts, Tempt, Chocolove

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A few days ago I was so tired of not being able to the grocery store, that I just got up on my one crutch and hobbled throughout Central Market with a basket hanging from my arm. Although it was painful and I got some weird looks, at least I have some fun new-to-me products I  want to share with you all.

  1. Yumnuts

If you didn’t giggle at the name, you’re more mature than I am. I am a sucker for cute packaging and new items, and when I saw all the flavors of cashews, I was so excited. Even though I’m not cashew nuts’s #1 fan, I still like them and these honey cashews are sweet, and they make a great dessert replacement…or accompaniment. One thing I’d like to change? Their 3 ingredients are cashews, honey & organic evaporated cane juice. It’d be nice if it were just cashews & honey. But that’s ok! These nuts are dry roasted sans oil and they’re 100% natural.

Other flavors worth noting: chocolate, toasted coconut, sea salt & cajun. They also make almonds: dark choc, cinnamon & ginger orange.

2. Chocolove dark chocolate, sea salt & almond bar.

I’ve seen lots of you bloggers out there raving about this chocolate bar so I had to give it a go. And by give it a go I mean I knew I’d love it so I had to buy one. The hints of sea salt is perfection, it’s dark chocolate so I can justify it as an “OK” dessert/snack andddd there’s a love poem inside. Mine was kind of long and odd, but there’s a love poem on a chocolate bar and that’s all that matters.

3. Tempt Hemp milk

No, I’m  not a hippie and yes, I was intrigued by this hemp milk. Although I’m not quite sure how it compares to almond/coconut/soy milk, I know it’s better than any kind of dairy. To be honest, I was searching for my favorite coconut milk to put in my smoothies but Central Market didn’t have it. Instead I opted for Tempt, and their unsweetened vanilla gave my smoothie a creamy, not-to-sweet flavor and I love that there’s a lot less sugar per serving compared to almond milk.

And along with my Tempt hemp milk I also purchased some hemp milk ICE CREAM! Can’t wait to try it.

Have you all had any of these products? What did you think?

Bon appétit,

ThatFoodieGirl