Skinny

You guys are the BEST!

Thank you so much for all of your comments on my homemade signature ice cream! It is now a full-fledged favorite of mine — I just wish I had an excuse to make it every single day! Haha, I love this so much, no wonder it is taking forever for my skin to turn back to normal.

Last month Swanson Health Products sent me these products to review:

*They sent me these products free of charge. These are my opinions. I was not paid to review them.*

I really liked Swanson’s service. They were quick, easy, and had a very large variety of products. They also had a lot of the products I would normally buy, but at a better price.

With the Coconut Flour I made

My Banana Chocolate Brownies

and my Hawaiian Paradise Pizzert Babies! I really like the flavor that coconut flour adds to stuff when you bake with it! Oh my gosh I love this stuff! I am going to be very sad when I hit the bottom of this babe.

Then with the Wheat Bran I made

My Moist Molasses Bran Muffins! I’ve had Wheat Germ before, but never just Wheat Bran. I like it a lot. I’ve also been enjoying it in my oatmeal every morning. It has 6 grams of fiber per 1/4 cup and only 30 calories. It’s perfect to add some extra fiber to the things you bake! 🙂

For the Oat Bran I made

My Homemade Protein Chia Pancakes with frozen bluebs and maple syrup. I really really REALLY love oat bran! Oh my gosh, I think I may like it even more than oatmeal. Wait, did I just say that?!

The Raw Cacao Nibs were another one of my favorites!

I made My Cacao Pecan Pumpkin Ice Cream. They remind me of the Baker’s Chocolate, just in smaller pieces. They also have a kind of nutty flavor to them. I used them in my Protein Chia Pancakes that I had yesterday and they were delicious!

I have yet to try the TVP and the Muesli, but I know what I am going to do with them! With the TVP I am going to make Savannah’s Protein Hot Cereal, and with the Muesli, I am going to whip me up a batch of Katie’s Big Fat Vegan Greek Yogurt and mix the Muesli with it! 🙂 I can barely wait to try them both — I know they are going to be amazing! 😀

Are you interested in getting some free Swanson Health Products goodies to review on your own blog? Then check out the Swanson Health Blog for all the details.

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I received a copy of Skinny from Diana Spechler. She contacted me and asked me if I would like to review it for her.

*She sent it to me free of charge and these are my own opinions — I was not paid to say these things.*

Here’s what Skinny’s about:

After her father’s death, Gray Lachmann, a twenty-six year old young woman, finds herself compulsively eating. Desperate to stop bingeing, she abandons her life in New York City for a job at a southern weight-loss camp. There, caught among the warring egos of her devious co-counselor, Sheena; the self-aggrandizing camp director, Lewis; his attractive assistant, Bennett; and a throng of combative teenage campers, she is confronted by a captivating mystery that she may have a teenage half-sister, Eden, whom Gray never knew existed. Now, while unraveling her father’s lies, Gray must tackle her own self-deceptions and take control of her body and her life.

Skinny illuminates a young woman’s struggle to make sense of the link between hunger and emotion, and to make peace with her demons, her body, and herself. That was one part I really liked about this book — it’s about finding that balance with herself. But one thing I did not like is that it has some mature content (sex) in it. I don’t like reading books with that in them, so I want to let those who don’t like to either know. Other than that, it’s a good book!

And that’s the Skinny of it!

Any tips of how to eat healthy at Olive Garden? I’m heading to Olive Garden this evening for the first time! I know that eating healthy there can be a challenge though.

Do you want the Protein Chia Pancake Recipe? If you want it, I can share it.

Any thoughts on how to stay cool when your air conditioner decides to stop working? My house is turning into a sauna. At least I have an excuse to make a lot of this. 😉

xoxox