Happy Friday!
How is your Friday treating you so far? I apologize for such a late post. I pooped out early last night and then had a fun but jam packed schedule today which included teaching, lunch with my wonderful friend Jenny, buying wedding and wedding shower gifts, and going grocery shopping! I just love fun and productive Fridays. E and I are heading back to College Station this weekend for a wedding on Saturday and a wedding shower (different couple) on Sunday. What a love filled weekend!
Speaking of grocery shopping, I had a little bit too much fun with my new Fooducate app at the store today. A trip that would normally have taken me 45 minutes turned into an hour and fifteen. I had a blast scanning in all of my favorites and seeing what Fooducate had to say about them. Check out how some of my usual buys scored.
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| This one made me really sad. I love these bars! |
I definitely learned a lot as I scanned in everything before I put it in my basket. Now, I didn't base all of my decisions on the app, but it definitely opened my eyes to a few questionable items and made me take a closer look at the ingredients list. I really like that it gives you a pretty detailed description of why it received the grade it did. For example, the main thing it did not like about the Kashi TLC bars was that they didn't have a lot of real fruit in it. I guess the app thinks that a bar labeled "fruit and nut bar" should contain more fruit. I must agree.
Besides playing with my app, I have also been busy experimenting with new ways to use peanut flour. This morning, I mixed it with water and a little bit of salt to create a paste and then plopped it on top of my oatmeal. It was amazing because I got all of the peanuty flavor with about 1/3 or a 1/4 of the calories and a fraction of the fat! After I mixed the peanut flour with water, it was the equivalent of a giant blob (about 3 tbsp.) of peanut butter for only 114 calories and 16 grams of protein!
I need to get my hands on some more of this stuff before I run out! :)
I don't know how it is where you are, but the weather in Dallas has been amazing the past few days. I literally woke up the other day to the sound of birds chirping outside of my bedroom window. I know I sound like a silly movie, but it's true! You know spring is in the air when strawberries go on sale and the pretty trees are blooming!
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and I will see you next week! I have some exciting posts planned, including two reader requests: pre and post workout fueling, and the mystery that is known as MSG.
Q's and A's:
Have you tried out the Fooducate app yet?
What is you favorite oatmeal topping?
What are your plans for this weekend?
In health,
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