Hello!
Ahh – my afternoon off has been super productive so far! I hit up the grocery store on my way home, to pick up a few items for the dishes I’m making for tomorrow, and it.was.chaos! Half the city must have waited until the last minute to do their Thanksgiving shopping because there were people hanging from the rafters!
I grabbed what I needed and got OUT, came home and devoured my lunch. TGFL (thank goodness for leftovers) - I was starving!!
I heated up some of that A-mazing Italian Wedding Soup from last night.
And whipped up one of my favorite soup sidekicks: Parmesan Toast. If you’ve never made this – you MUST! Start with two slices of bread.
Lightly butter, sprinkle with parmesan cheese and place under the broiler until golden brown and toasty. Salty crunchy perfection!
This was a great lunch – light yet filling. 
Later I had a snack that I got in the mail a couple days ago. A Kashi TLC Chewy Trail Mix Bar. Honestly? I didn’t love it. I didn’t hate it – but I definitely didn’t love it.
6 grams of protein is pretty good for a little bar, but the bland taste and 5 grams of fat (.5 of them being saturated fat) just didn’t win over my heart.
I did appreciate the big chunks of dried fruit and almonds though!
In other news, the sweet small of cinnamon is wafting from my oven as we speak…slurp! Thanksgiving baking is underway!
Tonight’s activities are TBD. Ben and I might channel our inner 21 year old selves and go out with some friends tonight – the night before Thanksgiving was always a big night in college!
Catch ya!
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Have you ever had an energy, snack or nutrition bar that you just hated?
I have found that the Kashi bars are just to dry and bland for my taste. Bummer though because I love their cereal! Sometimes you gotta stick with what ya know, ya know?
I don’t know that I “hated” it, but clif sent me white chocolate macadamia nut clif bar to review and I couldn’t bring myself to finish it
You are so brave to fight the store the day before Thanksgiving. I would be scared to death!
Healthy Choice makes bread? Get out!
I had my free sample bar today too! I liked the Trail Mix but nothing will ever compare to the Kashi Pumpkin Pie Bar! Have you tried this one yet? Oh Kristin, it’s freaking fantastic!!!!! I can’t speak enough about how much I love it. Literally, it’s like having a sweet piece of pumpkin pie. Awesome!
I often feel that so-called “healthy” nutrition bars really aren’t very healthy at all. I’ve had a lot that I hate, especially most of the Clif bars!
I have never found one I like. Maybe I should try your pure bars, but powerbars, kikashi, and nutrabars are all dry. I read warnings that energy bars are for very active people and not so great for weightloss. Same with too much sweet granola. What is your take?
I actually love the Kashi Dark Chocolate Cherry bars. I have one as a midmorning snack.
I can’t wait to the parmesan toast! Easy peasy yet such a bang!
I had a Peanut Butter Chocolate Think Thin Bar once from WHole Foods. It was not that great. Didn’t taste like the chocolate or peanut butter it promised.
I can’t believe I choked down Power Bars when I was in high school! They were a staple during volleyball and basketball seasons, but I’m glad we have so many tastier choices these days!
Love that you posted a pic from guestofaguest.com. I went to college & lived on the same floor with the girl behind that site and it was such a huge reveal when we learned who she was…back when she was blogger, “Holly Golightly”
Gotta love small-college gossip!
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