Dear Rain:
Can you please stop gently falling from the hours of 5-6am every day? It makes getting out of bed really hard when you make staying in it so cozy. Thanks.
Love,
IGE
Seriously, I cannot get out of bed these days! Darn rain makes me want to burrow under the covers and stay there all morning long. But, Momma’s gotta work, so we know that isn’t happening! 
The thing that finally DID get me out of bed was Almond Butter & Jelly Oatmeal!
In the mix:
- 1/3 cup old fashioned oats
- 2/3 cup + additional splash of water
- 1/2 Tablespoon chia seeds
- Cinnamon
- 1 banana (half cooked in w/ oats, half on top)
- 1 Tablespoon almond butter
- 1 Tablespoon sugar-free raspberry jam
Last night I laid all my ingredients out on the stove so this morning I could whip my bowl of oats right up! For full, stove-top oatmeal directions, click here.
Oooo, I can’t decide what I like more. Just the jam and oatmeal. Just the almond butter and oatmeal. Or a combo of the AB + J and oatmeal…
Ok, I like the combo. Suuuper good!
I’m happy to report that last night I managed to pry myself away from the 4 Cheese Pasta long enough to pack half of it for lunch today!
Seriously, this pasta is ah-mazing. To be honest, the nutritional stats for the sauce aren’t great – 110 cals and 10g of fat per 1/4 cup – but it’s 5x better for you than if you got it at a restaurant and, imo, it’s worth the splurge!
Besides, it’s nothing a fresh and crunchy apple can’t cure.
Or a 100 Calorie bag of Popcorn. This stuff is a long afternoon’s saving grace!
Alrighty, I promised you excitement, and here it is. It’s…
Giveaway Time!
We’ve got loads of stuff to giveaway – to THREE winners! First up we’ve got TWO…
Nasoya Tofu Press + Coupons Packages!
You guys totally flipped for this tofu press when I featured it awhile ago. So much so, that Nasoya is giving away TWO of these babies, which come with Nasoya coupon books!
This gadget is incredible. Not only does it firmly press your blocks of tofu, but it comes with a lid, so you can store it in there too!
OK, that’s two prize packages. The third prize package comes from the always helpful and friendly Ben from Swanson Vitamins!
Ben and I hand picked some amazing and delicious goodies specifically for YOU. Check ‘em out!
- Organic Turkish Apricots
- 100% Certified Organic Extra Virgin Coconut Oil
- 100% Certified Organic Agave Nectar
- Spicy Dry Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
AND, Ben’s throwing in the Swanson “Bringing Wellness To The Kitchen” cookbook, with over 150 healthy & yummy recipes.
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Oh yeah!
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Ok, you can enter up to 3 different ways by Thursday, March 11th @ 9pm central. Here’s how:
1. Leave a comment telling me which package you are entering for. EITHER the tofu press + coupons OR the Swanson Vitamins package.
2. Post about this giveaway on your blog and leave a comment letting me know.
3. Tweet “@IowaGirlEats is giving away @Nasoya & @SwansonVitamins goodies – enter by 3/11! http://tinyurl.com/yjmjtva ” and leave a comment letting me know.
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Press or eat – take yo’ pick. Good luck! 
I am a kitchen gadget girl. Would love the press!
Hi Kristin,
I am entering for the tofu press, please. It would help me with the recent tofu-based recipes I have been trying out.
Thank you!
Wow! I would LOVE to win the press/coupon book… I checked them out after you had featured them, but just cannot afford the luxury right now…
We’ve just begun our journey with tofu, I would love the press!
I would really like the Swansons vitamin package.
I also tweeted about your giveaway!
I tweeted! http://twitter.com/singerinkitchen/status/10332245510
THe Swanson vitamin package would be glorious!!
Good Afternoon!! I would love to win the Swanson package… after all your posts about apricots I have the fevah!!!
thank you!!
Decisions, decisions! I’ve finally gotten over being squemish about tofu so I have to state tha I would love, not NEED, the tofu press! Thanks for all of your helpful tips!
Entering for the press, RT’d the message on Twitter @karenh1999. Thanks for offering such a great prize package
Hey Kristin. I would love to win the tofu press it would be a great gadget to press out all that liquid. I am currently using huge can of expired pumpkin puree and a 5lb. bag of flour as a press. I know, Ghetto fabulous!! Right? You know you would too.
I am going to enter for the tofu press by Tweeting!!! @Jecka is my Twitter name!
I would like to enter the Swanson giveaway, so many goodies!!! Thanks!
Would love the tofupress
@justinitsuj
I retweeted your giveaway tweet for the Swanson package, thanks!!
OMG this is such a great giveaway! Sign me up for the Tofu Press giveaway, as a vegan I cook with Tofu quite frequently, and pressing it can be an annoying task… I would LOVE to have this gadget!!
[...] I’m home resting I was able to read a tweet from Nasoya. They tweeted that Iowa Girl Eats is giving away a Tofu Xpress, not just one but TWO! Now, the first time I heard of such a gadget [...]
Just blogged about your giveaway. Heading over to tweet you now.
Thanks!
Forgot to mention I want the press!
Hey. I’m new to your blog…such an awesome giveaway! I’ve love the Swanson Vitamins package!
Would love the press!
Tofu press! ToFu pRESS! I really, really, really want the tofu press!!!!!!!!!! Please!!!!!!!! I am a girl on a mission. I recently made a drastic change to my diet that includes nothing but fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds and of course….tofu for protein. I am severly and morbidly obese and I have over 100 pounds to lose. I am trying to change my life before I lose it. I am only 30 years old (31 in two weeks) and I have two children. I want to be there for them and I want to grow old with my husband. Not that all of this really matters to whether or not I receive a tofu press lol. But anything I can do or have to make this journey just a little bit easier would be wonderful.
I forgot to say thanks and that I found you through the nasoya facebook fan page.
I would LOVE a tofu press! I asked my parents for one for Christmas (yes, they still get me gifts at 23 years old), but they had no idea what it was and where to get it. In the end, I didn’t get it. =(
I would LOVE one, especially since my one-year being vegan is about 1.5 months away!
I tweeted! @psuchick402
The swanson products!
I would love love love to win the Tofu Press + coupons. I have been admiring your pressed tofu. Also I am heading to San Fran and wine country in June and looking at your pics got me really excited. Thanks!
I’d LOVE to win the tofu press! I’ve been dying to get my hands on one forever now!
I tweeted
Love the blog! Love to own the press!
tofu press, please!
I would love the tofu press!!!
I would love to win the tofu press. That looks like a wonderful tool.
Love your blog! I am from Iowa as well! I want to enter for the Tofu press!!
I’d like to win the Swanson package. I’ve been wanting to try dried apricots since you love them so much!
I tweeted! (kristen7707)
I would love the tofu presser! way cool!
Just learning to cook with tofu and the press would be a real time saver!
I tweeted
I am totally entering for the tofu press!
Would love the press! I am a tofu gal!
Just tweeted too
tofu press! tofu press! tofu press!
[...] out this giveaway on Iowa Girl Eats! You can enter to win 1 of 2 [...]
Wow, the Swanson products look SOO amazing! Sign me up please
I’d love to try the vitemin package. Thanks
I would L-O-V-E that tofu press… pretty AMAZING gadget I wish I knew about sooner!! Thanks so much and have been following your blog for a while… you rock!!
[...] wanted to announce the winner of the Nasoya Tofu Press/Swanson Vitamin Giveaway [...]
Definitely the tofu press! I need one in my life badly! Repressing with a paper towel every time I take my tofu out of the fridge is just not working… Thanks!
[...] In other news, I can’t stay away from Almond Butter & Jelly Oatmeal! [...]
I would LOVE to win this because Tofu Scramble is my favorite food in the world, and owning this would allow me to cut back on my paper towel usage Also, even things like Tofu can be expensive depending on where you shop in NYC, so the coupons would come in handy too!