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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that book looks great! love that it has color images of all the recipes!
I’d love to win that cookbook!
I’d love to win this book!
Loved Saved by the Bell.
They don’t make TV sows like that anymore.
As a silent reader I am speaking up, this book sounds awesome!
Julie-as I’m trying to shake off a few pounds this summer (thanks to my freshman year at Purdue) I found your blog and it is the only one I follow. I love it all, seems like you’ve really got it together! Thanks for all of the inspiration 🙂
Looks like a great book to expand my cooking skills!
I am running low on healthy recipes – this cookbook looks great!
I LOVE Jessica’s idea!!
That is a great idea, I will have to check out her blog!
Ah, SBTB. Goood show. I miss it. That was a funny episode though. It’s crazy how scandalous that was back in the day, but now it’s nothing.
Sounds like a neat idea! Would love the cookbook.
PS – I miss Saved by the Bell. I actually used to watch rerun episodes at the gym in the morning a few years ago. 🙂 Nothing like ellipticaling to Zack and the crew!
What a nice idea Jessica had for a blog. It’s always so refreshing and inspiring to know that there are so many people doing good things for those that they don’t even know 🙂
I love that episode! Oh Hot Fudge Sundae . . . .
And the giveaway (and blog concept) sound amazing!
I would LOVE to win this book! It looks amazing and full of great recipes!!
Love reading your blog and thought it was funny it was jessi’s birthday today! i saw that caffine pill episode this morning on TBS!
I would love that book!
p.s. Julie, anytime anyone says “i’m so excited”..I automatically say that whole scene
Oh i love new cookbooks…as long as they aren’t too hard for me to follow 🙂
I need to win this book! For someone as interested and intrigued by nutrition as I am, I don’t do any cooking. I’m so ashamed!
Good idea! I’d love to win the book : )
wow i cant believe jessie is almost 40! i always sing that song hahahah.. i loveeeed SBTB!
p.s. julie i have missed you while i was gone! xoxo
I have the same Birthday as Zack Morris! (and Justin Bieber)
I love getting new cookbooks!
I love new cookbooks! I love new recipes, I read your blog daily and you have really inspired me to start my own. I feel like having a blog and having (at-least a few) people reading it daily, helps hold me accountable. It also encourages me to find and try new recipes. So having a new cookbook would be like everyone having it, because I would share the “goods”. 🙂
Good-luck this weekend!
I love cookbooks! I would love to win this one!
hahaha omg that the best episode! it was on this morning, i watched some before work 🙂
I need to learn how to cook…haha this cookbook could be helpful.
My dad really needs a new cookbook! This would be great for him!
This looks like a great book! I just got engaged and am looking to become healthier so that I can look and feel my best on the big day and so that I can enjoy a happy healthy married life with my new hubby! 🙂
congrats on your engagement!
Sounds like a great book!
I want to mask healthy foods for my boyfriend with gourmet foods!
I love Saved by the Bell too! And I totally remember that episode with the caffeine pills! lol. The actress that played Jessie is actually on CSI: Miami. (I don’t even know her real name!)
Yay for giveaways and doing good in the world!! I <3 cooking and love getting inspiration and new recipes from great books…this one looks like a winner 🙂
I would love to win this book! I’m trying to ease my parents into cooking healthier and this looks like a perfect cookbook for them!
Wow, that cookbook looks wonderful! I am always looking for new healthy recipes to try! Thanks for the chance to win!
Saved By The Bell still holds a special place in my heart <3
We doesn’t love SWAG?!
What a great concept, the book looks great too!
The book looks fascinating.
Reading your blog encourages me to break out of my normal food habits and try different things. I’ve already gotten myself hooked on cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, Babybel cheeses and spinach as a direct result of viewing your food choices. Next, per your suggestion, I plan to integrate nutmeg into the mix.
Looks like a great cookbook!
I remember the caffeine pill episode! Too funny! This cookbook looks amazing 🙂
Would love to win that cookbook!
Also every time you make turnip/parsnip “fries” they TRULY look like fries! MUST remember to get a parsnip next time I’m at the grocery store and make some for myself 😉
Would love to win this book!!!
This book is exactly what I need to spice things up in the kitchen!
1) Saved by the Bell is on tv exactly when I run at the gym. So clearly I’m the girl laughing as I run…it’s a little awkward.
2) I’m trying to convince my mom to use more veggies as a base to meals rather than pasta or meat, so this cookbook would be PERFECT.
I watched Saved By The Bell this morning while I was getting out of the shower and it was that episode where she was addicted to the caffeine pills…too funny that you referenced it here!!! And no, I can not believe she si 38 although she was probably already in her 20’s when that show was filmed! haha!
AWESOME giveway I would love that cookbook!!!
This is an awesome giveaway….instead of being used up immediately, you can use it forever –
I think that episode of Saved By the Bell is forever burned into my memory… classic
hahaha. i think everyone remembers that saved by the bell episode….that line especially!
i would love to win that cookbook! i need all the help i can get!
I would love the cookbook. Keep up the great blogging, Julie! I love it!
i love saved by the bell! watched it this am actually 🙂 i’d love to win the cookbook, thanks!