Hey Darlings! How yer doin’? 🙂
Thanks for all of your wonderful comments about my Pumpkin Pie! I’m so glad so many of you like to keep the spirit of Thanksgiving with you throughout the year just like I do. 🙂 I’m also so glad that it inspired some of you to try Tofu in a Pie! 😀
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Over the past while, I have received some goodies from some lovely people. They are from some giveaways I’ve won over the past weeks. I feel like I do not deserve these in the very least; nevertheless, I thought I’d show you darlings what I’ve received. 🙂
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—From Katie
Some time back I won a giveaway hosted by the lovely Chocolate Covered Katie! 😀 I received some NuNaturals Stevia Products!!!
I got
- 50 packets of White Stevia Powder
- 1 container of More Fiber Stevia Baking Blend
- a bottle of Alcohol Free Pure Vanilla Extract!
This Vanilla extract is INCREDIBLE!!!!
I can’t believe how amazing it tastes!!! It doesn’t have a the fake flavor that some products do. I especially love that it’s sweetened with Stevia and is Alcohol Free. 😀 It is true bliss. 😀
Thank you Katie! 😀
—-Mrs. B
One of my friends, we’ll call her Mrs B, loves nutrition as much as I do. I always take the opportunity to talk with her whenever I can. We have the BEST conversations!!! 😉
Anywhos, she is the sweetest person you will ever meet! Her whole family gave me this overflowing bundle of stuff for Valentines, which included
- 2 GIGANTIC bags of Almonds
- a HUGE bag of Walnuts
- a GINORMOUS bag of Dates
- a GIANT bag of Pecans!
Bananas and avocado used to show size of products <– (hehe, that sounded like a commercial! 😉)
I am not overemphasizing! These bags are GIANTS! I especially love the PECANS! 😀
Thank you so much Mrs. B! 😀
—Danielle
Danielle Felip @ Body By Nature sent me these INDIAN SPICES!!! 😀
- Tandoori Masala
- Madras Masala
- Curry Masala
They remind me so much of TURKEY and of my mother’s travels to India!!! 😀
Masala! 😀 I have heard so much about them from Bal Arneson – The Spice Goddess on Cooking Channel! I have wanted to get my hands on some Masala for such a long time!
Thank you so much Danielle! 😀
—Kaila
Kaila from The Healthy Helper sent me this bunch of goodies!
What’s in this bundle:
- two mini Apple Pie Larabars
- two Organic Food Bars (one Cherry Pie and one Apple Pie)
- two regular-sized Larabars (one Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip and one Lemon Bar)
- two Artisana packets (one Coconut Butter and one Cocoa Bliss)
- three Chocolate GREEN drink mixes
- one Mary’s Gone Crackers
- one package of Dry Roasted Edamame with Goji Berries
- one HUGE bag of her Homemade Granola!
Up close and personal with this granola!
I must admit that the granola isn’t the lowest in sugar at all, but OH MY GOSH!!! This granola is the BEST tasting stuff EVER!!!! I am NOT kidding. I have never had a granola that tastes as good as this one!!!
My whole family literally attacked the bag of the granola. (At least I got to swipe a picture of it before they finished it off;)) Haha, I don’t think it is going to last very long, and I just got it this week!
Thank you so much Kaila!!! 😀
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I can’t wait to start baking with these lovelies! 😀
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RECAP on My CLEP —
I took my College Algebra CLEP Test yesterday!
Beforehand, I made sure to:
- get enough sleep the night before
- dress the part
- eat a satisfying and energizing breakfast (I ended up having a delicious bowl of Oats and Peanut Butter with an Apple)
- arrive at the Testing Center early
- review my formulas (Pascal’s Triangle, logarithmic, etc)
- understand the instructions so I could do the test properly
- follow the directions 🙂
I feel I did REALLY well!
The woman running the testing center said she was really impressed. She added that she had never had anyone score so high! 🙂 I know that I wouldn’t have been able to do it without the support from the Lord and my family and without diligent studying.
Before I took my test, I prayed I would be able to remember what I had learned and studied. I know that prayers can be answered. I know that He hears and answers my prayers. I am so grateful for my Father in Heaven and for my Savior and Redeemer Jesus Christ. He is always there. He is the Greatest Mathematician. If I need any help, all I have to do is pray and do my part, and He can “lead me, guide me, walk beside me, help me find the way, teach me all that I must do to live with him someday.” 🙂 I know that is true.
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With all of these goodies, I’m a little flabbergasted! What should I make? 🙂
Does the school you attend/planning to attend accept CLEP? Have you taken any CLEP Tests?
xoxox,
Awww yay! So glad it arrived ok. Hmmm… what to make? Well, I always look through that stevia blogger-recipe packet (that comes with my package; I’m thinking you got one too?) and find a million things I want to try. But then I never get around to it!
I did get that! Yah, it came with a ton of recipes! 😀 I can’t wait to try them! 😀
I’m so glad you like the spices! Can’t wait to see what you come up with!
ps. Look at all your amazing loot, I think you should play the lottery! Lucky girl!
I can’t wait to try them! I really want to make that Roasted Cauliflower and Potato recipe it came with. 🙂
Wow looks like tons of good stuff! I am so glad you liked the granola! It is definitely one of my faves too! Have fun baking and eating your way through all of your goodies 🙂
Thanks Kaila!
Love those huge bags of walnuts and pecans! I adore walnuts, but they are so pricy. I would make some homemade nut butter with those. I just made homemade walnut butter and it is tasty.
I’ve never tried Walnut Butter!!! What a great idea! 😀
You are soooo lucky!!! I am so jealous! I am excited to see what you make 😛 I am excited to see what you make with the indian spices because I have a whole bunch of them I won, and don’t know what to do with them!!!
Check out Bal’s recipes (link above)! I love her recipes!
OMG wow you’ve gotten sooo much stuff lately! I’ve yet to try stevia of any sort, but everybody…literally everybody in the blogging world uses it. I’d still love to try it sometime when I hopefully will get the chance! Glad you’re enjoying your goodies girl:)
You haven’t tried Stevia yet?! no, no, no. Girl, you need to go get some RIGHT NOW!!! 😉
Aww, so glad you threw in the lyrics to I Am A Child Of God. I love that song.
I have those same bags of almonds and walnuts, we get them at Sam’s Club. They ARE hugee! I like roasting the almonds and making almond butter. But you can also grind the almonds into flour and make some almond flour recipes, there are so many awesome almond flour recipes going around, I just haven’t made any yet!
I love it too! 😀 It is one of my favorites! I know I learned the first verse in Spanish once, but now I can only remember the first line in Spanish. 🙂
Almond flour sounds divine! What a great idea! 😀
Congrats on a great test! I am so hopeless in math 🙂
Thanks Kate. 🙂 I actually really enjoy Math. It makes sense to me. 🙂
OMG YAY!! our posts are similar today! ahah!.. such great goodies!!!!!!!!
and YAY im sur eyou did AWESOME!
Haha, it must have been inspiration girl! 😀
so awesome about your test!! I’ve been tutoring high school students in Algebra I/II this year and I forgot how rough it can be 🙂 good work!!!!
And I love the idea of all these goodies you’ve been receiving. So fun!
Awww, thanks Monique! I remember doing Algebra. 🙂 Now I’m going to have to face Trigonometry. 🙂 And after that, Calculas.
Lucky lady and congrats on the test! Sounds like you did amazing!
Thanks Emily! 😀
I’m so jelly, you have so many goodies! 😀
Haha, I’ll be the Peanut Butter. 😉
You are a lucky gal! So popular!
Holy nuts! Yummo 🙂
Must go check out that pumpkin pie now…I’m addicted to all these orange and squash…
I’m addicted to all things orange too! 😀 Pumpkin, Sweet Potato, Carrots, Mango, Oranges, Cantaloupe, etc! I like my beta-carotene! 😉
Look at all those fun things! So jealous!
Thanks girl.
Congrats on the great exam, it sounds like you did amazingly! And what a lovely stash of stuff you got, some fabulous gifts between those and the exam result I think 😀
Ally
Thanks Ally! You are so sweet! 😀
Dang girl, that’s some serious grub! I have yet to win a giveaway…grrrr What started out as fun has become a serious goal of mine haha
I hope you win one soon! 😀
Congrats on the test!!
All of your goodies look pretty awesome! 😀
Awwwwwwww, thanks darling! 😀
Congrats on your awesome test!!!
You got tons of great stuff!! I think you should definitely make some pecan butter!! YUUUM!!
I love the spice goddess! She makes the best food 😀
Pecan Butter sounds heavenly! 😀 What a great idea girl! 😀
Ahh I’m so jealous of the artisana packets and the spice mixes! I love indian spices, so warm and flavorful!
Congrats on the CLEP test! I knew you would do amazing. You must have worked hard.
btw you asked in your comment on my post for protein powder recs. I use jay robb whey and tera’s whey, i’m not sure if they contain lactose or not though. I’ve heard sunwarrior is also really good for vegan protein, and sometimes I just use peanut flour because it’s so high protein (and delish)
Thanks Tara! 😀 I guess you could say my hard work paid off. 🙂
Alrighty! Thanks girl! 😀
Im quite certain I would take a bite of everything in that goodie pile. There is no way to narrow it down of what to try first, so I say try it all 🙂
Good job on your test!! 🙂
I hear ya Kat! 😉 top to bottom. bottom to top. 🙂
Congrats on your test, Kathleen! Thank you for visiting my blog, I love yours and I think I’ll be baking some of your cookies soon 🙂 see you around!
Thanks darling! Thanks for visiting my blog too! 😀
Wow!!! You made out well! I have been wanting to try those stevia products!
I would totally recommend them to anybody! 😀 They are great! 😀
You better make some nut butter with those nuts 😉
Don’t worry, I will. 😉
Lucky you and congrats on your test
Thanks Kat! 😀
I’m so, so glad that you did so well on your test, girl!!! I knew you would 😀
I wish I had all those goodies – are sure you want all of them 😉 Definitely just kidding… you deserve all those fantastic looking goodies! Yum, yum 🙂
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I still don’t think I deserve them, but I would say no either. 😉
Thanks Alex! 😀 You are such a sweetheart! 😀
That is sooo many goodies!
I know! I am still overwhelmed! 😉
Ugh, those big bags of nuts are making me jealous!I have never even heard of the CLEP until you talked about it! That’s awesome that you did so well.
CLEP are tests you can take to get College Credit / hours. 🙂
Wow, you really did get a ton of stuff!! Can’t wait to see what you do with all those nuts!
I can’t wait to see what I come up with either! 😉
Hi Kathleen! Thanks for checking out my muffin recipe! You’ll have to let me know if you whip up a batch!
I just found stevia in Madrid! Believe it or not! I experimented once… and I think I used too much! SO bitter! Trial and error will ensue.
p.s. LOVE the Indian spices! We are huge fans of Indian and have the best restaurant right up the street!
Congrats on scoring some awesome giveaways! I am excited to see what you come up with! 🙂
I got a huge package from Nu Naturals with a ton of stuff in it! I have so much stevia haha it does susbstitute really well for sugar and I really like the brand!
Your blog showed up in my RSS reader and I spent the first five minutes here drooling. Food and CLEP tests? I love the concept! 😛 Congrats on the College Algebra CLEP pass!
Congratulations sweetie! I haven’t had a math class in years…that stuff would all look like Greek to me! Haha!
Lovely goodies you’ve got there! I think I see some homemade Larabars in your future with all those nuts and dates!
Haha, thanks Heather! 😀
I seesomeHomemade Larabarsin my near future too! 😉
I too am in love with the vanilla stevia.. I put it in everything!! 😉
I love the vanilla stevia so much! SO DELICIOUS! 😀 I especially love that it is alcohol free! 😀
congrats, girl! you totally deserve it. God is so good 🙂
xo.
Thanks girl! You are so sweet! 😀