Carrot + Cuc + Tomato
Since I had a carrot the size of a toddler chillin’ in my fridge, I knew I better start eating that bad boy since it will likely take me five years to get through the whole thing.
I enjoyed the sliced carrot with cucumber and grape tomatoes alongside a fakie-bacon and cheese sandwich, made with two Morningstar Farms veggie bacon strips.
Fakie Bacon
For a lil’ sweetness, I also included a cup o’ Motts natural apple sauce which brought me back to childhood.
Mott's Natural Apple Sauce
The Full Spread
Speaking of childhood, I was am a huge fan of Saved by the Bell and read in a magazine this morning that today is Jessie Spano‘s birthday and she is now 38 years old.
Jessie Spano
This clearly must be false. She is only 28. Time does not fly that fast!
Anyway, happy birthday Jessie! I’m so excited, I’m so excited, I’m so… scared for you. 😉 (Seriously, who gets that loony on caffeine pills?)
Chocolate Indulgence Giveaway Winner
The winner of the Chocolate Indulgence Giveaway is…
Fallon: “I love putting chocolate chips on top of my self-serve yogurt, like Yogurtland!”
Congrats, Fallon. Please email me (pbfingers@gmail.com) with your mailing address so I may pass it along to the folks at Stonyfield!
Gourmet Nutrition Book Giveaway
A giveaway two days in a row? What is this?
When Jessica, the wonderful woman behind the new blog Give Away One Thing A Day, contacted me about hosting a giveaway on my blog I was immediately intrigued by the unique concept behind her blog. Jessica started her blog in an effort to bring more positivity into her life and focus on doing something good for others.
When someone wins a giveaway offered through Jessica, they are asked to “pay it forward” by giving away an item of their own and sharing their story with Jessica. (Just FYI, you do not have to have a blog to enter this giveaway. If you win, you may giveaway something to someone you know and simply tell Jessica about it.)
Jessica is offering one reader a copy of Gourmet Nutrition, a cookbook for “the Fit Food Lover.”
Gourmet Nutrition Cookbook
According to the book’s website, “We’ve taken the healthiest ingredients and whipped them into nearly 300 pages of delicious culinary creations that you can serve with confidence to the most discerning foodie – or the most nitpicky nutritionist. We’ve included detailed cooking instructions and ideas for improvisation. And we’ve even photographed every recipe in beautiful color to show you just how appetizing healthy food can be.”
To enter this giveaway, simply comment on this post below.
Jessica will randomly select a winner tomorrow, so be sure to check her blog to see if you won! I will also post a link to Jessica’s announcement of the winner once Jessica has randomly selected someone.
Good luck you foodie lovers, you!
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I love the idea behind the giveaway!
I love her page! Please enter me!!
this is such a cool idea 🙂 and i’m still cracking up over the Jessie Spano quote in here! hilarious!
it’s in my head now! i keep singing it over & over… zach morris needs to come comfort me. i’m having a caffeine-pill induced meltdown. 😉
I am the ultimate (Fit) Food Lover and would love nothing more than that cookbook. 🙂
Sweet I love this!! And I love the Jessie bit – haha 😀
I use to pack applesauce in my lunch everyday in elementary school!
Jessica has got such a fantastic idea going here! Doing good for others always makes me feel great, so I definitely understand where she’s coming from. The book sounds right up my alley, too!
I would love this cook book! I am starting to get bored with some of the healthy recipes I have and am finding myself slipping to less healthy options that are easier.. I need some healthy spice in my life!
that veggie bacon looks so interesting…haha it looks like the fake bacon you find in little kid kitchens:)
Yay! Enter me!
I would love this cookbook! I always want to try new recipes but I feel like the recipes at my mom’s house aren’t very healthy 🙁
What a great give-away! I am always looking for recipes like this, as I am a foodie at hear who loves good food, but also strive to cook healthy foods….we all know those don’t always go together! 🙂
I’d love a new cookbook!
& surely the rest of the Saved by The Bell Cast is still in high school, right? Because I know I haven’t gotten any older since it debuted 😉
Um, that is insane! I remember watching Saved by the Bell like it was yesterday. Time does go by way too fast.
I love those Motts natural applesauce cups. We always have some for M and I nab one here of there too. 🙂
I freakin’ love Saved By the Bell. Still watch it.
I love Jess from Save by the Bell…. your lunch looks yummy!
I actually bought a box of that veggie bacon two days ago, and let me just say, that stuff is pretty darn good! I don’t think I’ll ever go back to the real stuff now 🙂
I read the give away one thing a day blog! LOVED it!
and I looooove bacon sandwiches. I put mustard on mine!
I would love to get a copy of that cookbook!
Do you like that veggie bacon? I’ve tried veggie sausage but never the bacon.. im intrigued.
I LOVE it. i actually like it better than real bacon!
Haha SBTB was my favorite show. I just caught a few reruns the other day. The one where Screech plays in a chess tournament for his school and Valley tries to sabotage him. Oh what a good show!
I would LOVE to win that cookbook!
I’d love to win! Thanks for the opportunity!
Jessica’s blog is so great! I love her mission of bringing about positivity and paying it forward. Who couldn’t use a little more of that in their lives? Thanks for the link, Julie!
Oh man, I need all the help I can get in the cooking department… that book looks perfect!
I just stumbled across your blog the other day and I love it! I checked out this book and it looks fantastic. I would love to have this as an addition in my cookbook collection!
This cookbooks looks great! I am not a genius in the kitchen ,so I always welcome new recipes! Like everyone else, I’d love to win too 🙂
That “I’m so excited” Saved by the Bell with Jessica was on today at 7:30am! haha I watched while I was getting ready for work.
really!?!?! that’s awesome!
I love cookbooks that have pictures of every recipe! I might need to just buy this cook book!
I don’t have a blog, so it’s nice that this is a giveaway I can participate in!
Ps.. Saved by the Bell was the greatest show ever! I’d do anything to see Zac and Kelly’s wedding episode agan!
aw, dena, you can always participate in any giveaway i have on my blog even w/o your own!!! 🙂
I have been reading your blog for a few weeks now and am inspired to start trying new food options… this cookbook would be amazing!
I love this pay it forward, I’ve seen it on several of the other blogs I read, so great!
That is one of my favorite SBTB episods – I can’t lie, I have the box DVD set. Holler. =)
And I looooove carrots – I need to find a big carrot like that!
I love cooking in a way that is tasty and fuels me for an active life!
What a great idea for a blog! I loved Saved by the Bell and have watched every episode mulitple times- to my surprise my boyfriend recently admitted he loved the show too and always watched it growing up!
Saved by the Bell was truly one of my favorite shows as a kid. It is scary to think how much older they were than me and yet I totally wanted to go to Bayside!
Please enter me in the giveaway
I’d love to win this cookbook! My fiance doesn’t like eating my “rabbit food” or anything made with whole wheat, so if this book can help me appeal to his less-than-civilized (:-P) tastes, I would love to try it!
I love cookbooks!! I have a slower cooker book that I have read cover to cover I can’t count how many times!! This would be a great addition to my collection!!
I always love a new (and healthy!) cookbook!
Good luck in the half this weekend. I was supposed to run it but a jerk injured my ankle so I have to sit it out!
Moving to a new apartment in a week with a brand new kitchen so I’d love some new recipes!
I think her blog concept is great! I am sure that if people gave more than do currently, it would make them and everyone around them much happier. Great concept!
Ah! I love John Berardi’s stuff. I listen to the Fitcast podcast where he’s been a guest, and I love listening about what he has to say about nutrition.
Haha that episode of Saved By the Bell was actually on TBS this morning. I wonder if they knew it was her birthday.
What a nice giveway! 🙂
And THANK YOU for the Saved by the Bell post. It literally made my day! I used to be obsessed with that show– and friends claim that no one can stump me in SBTB trivia (which I believe to be true). Poor Jessica Spano…if only she had liked the taste of coffee! 🙂
Oh I could totally use this book. With a picky 2 year old and a picky 30 something year old husband, I need all the help I can get in finding good AND nutritious recipes!
Love Saved By the Bell. 38 for real? No way!!!
Love Jessica’s idea, too! Please enter me! 🙂
I actually met Dr Berardi and had a good discussion with him! I would love to win this book!!!
THANK YOU!
Barbara
yayyy fun giveaway! enter me 🙂
i used to love saved by the bell. i’ve secretly been watching it this summer on tbs in the mornings when i can’t sleep in lol
Yes another giveaway saweet:)
id love the cookbook.
and i love the jessie comment. saved by the bell is like the best show ever i never get tired of it haha ive prob. seen every episode a trillion times 🙂
Have a GREAT day!! 🙂
sweet deal. that’s so inspiring. i wish i could giveaway tons of stuff…if only i could afford all the shipping everyday.