Happy Veterans Day!!!

Happy Veteran's Day everyone. It's a day to honor those that served the country. I thank them for what they have done to help protect the country.

So, for Veteran's Day, Applebee's was having a promotion that all Veteran's will get a free meal on Veteran's Day. How do I know this? I went there today. We were greeted right away and we barely waited 2 minutes before we were seated. There were so many people there today though.

So, here is what I ordered:

This is the Jalapeno Lime Shrimp. It was delicious. Well, the shrimp and the vegetable parts were delicious. It had a lot of flavor. I was surprised at how much shrimp there was. Most restaurants skimp on the shrimp and I love shrimp! The vegetables surprisingly tasted delicious as well. The only problem was with the rice. It was dry and bland. I even tried adding pepper to it. It added some flavor but not much.

I also went to the store today and I saw this soda box arrangement:

 It's a turkey!

Anyway, I guess I have some food reviews. It's going to take a while Bear with me!

So, one of the things I have to review is this:

PowerBar Protein Plus Dulce de Leche. I just had to try this flavor. I mean, it's dulce de leche. I love dulce de leche. I bought it at the bookstore and it was expensive. I guess it was worth the price. It wasn't anything special. It was chocolate outside with a sweet protein chew mixture in the inside. It was pretty much a decent bar.

The next bar is this:

Blueberry Crisp Clif Bar. This was isn't chocolate but it's blueberry. I love blueberries. When I ate this, it was like a chewy blueberry muffin. It's delicious! I also like how the almond pieces give it a bit of a crunch. It's nice. It's my favorite non-chocolate Clif Bar.

Another non-chocolate bar is this:

Nature Valley Trail Mix Fruit & Nut Bar. This bar was alright. I liked it but it's not the best. It's chewy, hearty and tastes almost like the kashi ones but without as many almonds. This bar is really nice though and the cranberries were nice. I will eat this again if I ever come across it.

Another thing you have to try is this:

It's a White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Clif Bar. It's microwaved. It tastes really good too. I got this idea from TIU. Microwaving it makes it taste like a real dessert. The melted frosting and white chocolate in cake. That's how it tastes It's so good.

So, on Friday, I went to a Chinese restaurant just to buy this to eat:

Yes. It's the Hong Kong egg puffs. I've been craving for them since I left the motherland back in July. I haven't eaten them since. I remember getting these a lot in Taishan and in Hong Kong. Eating these gave me back memories and the tastes was almost the same.

I also went to this crepe place and got this (how do you pronounce crepe?):

It's the Strawberry Nutella Crepe. It has whipped cream and ground cinnamon on the sides. It was delicious too! And, it was very filling. The crepe itself tasted good. The strawberries had melted chocolate drizzled all over them and some powdered sugar. The nutella was inside the crepe. It was amazing. The strawberries tasted nice and fresh too. The crepe was warm and with the nutella, it tasted amazing. I ate the strawberries with the whipped cream and it tasted good. I tried some whipped cream and strawberries with the crepe and nutella. But, there wasn't as much nutella as I would have liked.

Later on Friday, I made Macaroni salad and M&M cookies .

The recipe for this salad will be up later, once I perfect the recipe. My uncle says that I should have added peas, which would making it more aesthetically pleasing. I agree but kids don't like peas in their salads usually and there were a lot of kids.

The next day, I went food shopping a bit with my mom. Here's some things we bought:

I wanted to pie the pumpkin flavored Clif bar but the store wasn't selling it. I was so sad. But, hey, at least I got the Clif Peppermint Stick and the Clif Gingerbread. We also bought the Asian Sesame Ginger Vinaigrette and the Sarah Lee 100% whole wheat with honey bread. I checked the ingredients and it's 100% whole grain. I just don't like this bread's high calorie content. 100 calories for a slice. The sandwich thins are 100 calories.  I haven't tried this Sara Lee bread yet but once I do, I'll review it along with Justin's All Natural  Chocolate Almond Butter. I can't wait to try it.

So, I've already eaten the Clif Bar Peppermint Stick.

 You can definitely  see the peppermint in the bar. It tasted pretty much like a normal Clif bar with peppermint. The peppermint flavor wasn't overpowering and it was just right. Sweet, chewy and minty bar. If you guys like mint, go ahead and eat this bar. You will be satisfied but this isn't for me. I like the chocolate kinds or blueberry one. 

So, the weather around here has been really cold. No me gusta. It also rained on Thursday. I guess you know that winter is coming soon. I'm sorry for not posting for a while. I've been busy.

I guess that's all I have to say.

How do you celebrate Veteran's Day (if you do celebrate it)?
Do you like crepes?

Election Day, Alternative Baking Company Phenomenal Pumpkin Spice Cookie and Clif Bar Crunchy Peanut Butter Review

As you know, today is Election Day. I hope that those that are eligible to vote, voted this election. Voting is one way to voice our opinion. I know I voted today and I got an I voted sticker. My classmate from last year designed it for a contest and she won. =)  As I was saying before, voting can help make a difference. It's sad that those who are eligible, don't even register to vote.

Anyway, I just wanted to post on Election Day. I ran on the trail along the river, which I haven't been able to do much, but it's nice. I like running in nature instead of running on the treadmill going nowhere. The thing is that I'm getting a lot more tan from being out in the sun. Oh well. Tanning isn't a bad thing. What's sad is that the weather is going to start get cold due to the season, which means  I may have to run inside more.

Along with that, the weather has been unusually warm the past two days. Maybe it's a response to the time change. It's getting darker earlier. Who knows. I noticed it yesterday while I went to eat at PitaPit yesterday with my cousin. It was around 4:30 pm and it was already getting dark. But, yea, at PitaPit, I got the Falafel Pita with the wheat pita. I added shredded lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, spinach, and tzatziki. It was delicious! I'm definitely ordering it again when I go back. It's weird. I went to PitaPit twice within 3 days. It's that good! Maybe I should try their hummus pita. Hummus is delicious.

I also had a pumpkin spice cookie for dessert. It's vegan.
The Alternative Baking Company  Phenomenal Pumpkin Spice Cookie was delicious.

 It's one of my favorite pumpkin products (besides pumpkin pie!). This cookie is amazing. I mean, the espresso chip cookie was delicious too but this cookie, without having chocolate, is the best. I may even eat this instead of some other choco chip cookies I've eaten before. Best of all, it's healthy (except for the sugar). It had a great pumpkin flavor. The texture's soft and chewy when you bite into it. The spices just blend so well together with it.


And, today, after running, I ate the Clif Bar Crunchy Peanut Butter.

This is the first  Clif Bar flavor  I've tried ( a while back) but never ate again until today. My friend always eats this for breakfast and she gave me one one day to try. It's delicious! It's soft and chewy with an oatmeal chewy mixture. The texture is just like any other Clif Bar texture. You also can feel the crunch from the peanuts they put inside it. It's peanut or peanut butter in every bite! It's delicious. It's great for peanut lovers


So, did you guys cast your ballot?
What's your favorite energy bar and dessert?
Do you ever want to try vegan products?

Banana Cookies and PitaPit Review, Dark Chocolate KettleCorn Review

Hey hey everyone! How are you guys today? For one thing, remember to turn your clocks back an hour. You don't want to be too early for an appointment or anything!
Anyway, today was an alright day. I went to a volunteer orientation today and there were so many people there. However, they're only taking a certain amount of volunteers, less than how many people actually came. Hopefully, they'll take me but we have to turn in applications first.
After orientation was lunch, since it was almost noon when it ended. I decided to stop by PitaPit since it is suppose to be healthy and it's Mediterranean food. I really like that they had an option of either using a wheat pita or a white pita for the pitas. I got the buffalo chicken with wheat pita. It was absolutely delicious and the size was just right. I'll post a picture of it at the end of the post. Next time, I may try either the hummus, falafel, chicken souvlaki, or spicy black bean with tzatziki sauce.  I also had another driving lesson today and it actually went better than last time.
Anyway, I promised you guys a while ago that I would post the 3 or 4 ingredient banana cookie recipe (depending if you want to add cinnamon or not). They're delicious. It's from TIU. Here's the recipe.

Ingredients:

• 2 bananas, mashed
• 1 cup oats
• 1 scoop vanilla protein powder (about 1/3 cup)
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon (optional)

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 F. 
2. Sift together the oats, protein powder and cinnamon. 
3. Mix in the bananas. 
4. Drop the dough onto a cookie sheet and bake fro 15 to 20 min. 
5. Take out and enjoy. I ate it with some almond butter. It's delicious. 

Anyway, here's the picture of the pita pit food:

 I didn't eat the chips though (gave it to my siblings) and I got a diet coke. The chicken had a lot of flavor, which I liked. Surprisingly, the pita thing is only around 300 calories and it's big!

Anyway, I also tried the Dark Chocolate Kettlecorn thing I bought yesterday.

It was delicious. The chocolate was just right and I liked that some parts had a tiny bit of a salty aftertaste with a hint of sweetness from parts of the popcorn. It was delicious!

I wonder what I'm going to do with the candy corn. I know with the pretzels, I'm making dark chocolate covered pretzels.

So, do you guys like banana cookies?
What kind of popcorn do you like? (caramel and chocolate!)
Do you guys volunteer?

Vegan Apple Cobbler Cookie, Vegan Cinnamon Crisp, Maria Berta Classic Biscuits, MaraNatha All Roasted Natural Almond Butter, Unsweetened Almond Breeze Milk, Kashi Cinnamon Harvest, Rice Chex, Nature Valley Dark Chocolate Granola Thins, Adonia Vanilla Greek Frozen Yogurt, Snicker's Almond Bar,

Hey everyone! How are you guys doing today? I'm doing fine, thank you very much. I have so many things to review today, as you can see from the long title. I'll try and make this quick, since I have other things to do too.

Vegan Apple Cobbler Cookie

As you can probably tell, I'm getting obsessed with trying out vegan pastries. I bought this one yesterday at my school's bookstore cafe.

This cookie was big! I really enjoyed it though. It had oatmeal, raisins and apples. It was moist, soft and sweet. There was a bit of a crunch with the oatmeal, which was nice. It's probably one of the best non chocolate cookies I've eaten.

Vegan Cinnamon Crisp

I actually bought this vegan cinnamon crisp at a local bakery today. It's one of their few vegan pastries. I was craving something cinnamon without the saturated fat from the cinnamon rolls, so I chose this. It was delicious! It was sweet, crispy and had a lot of flavor. It had just the right amount of cinnamon.

Maria Berta Classic Biscuits

I love these biscuits. Only 5 for 117 calories. That's not bad, considering their size. The taste is also great too. Just like a regular digestive biscuit. Crunchy and slightly sweet. I ate some with MarthaNatha All Roasted Natural Almond Butter. Delicious!

MarthaNatha All Roasted Natural Almond Butter

I think I've reviewed this almond butter before but I just have to review it again. It's tasty! It's creamy and it has great flavor. I don't know how to describe it. It's just delicious. You do have to stir it up though.

Unsweetened Almond Breeze Milk Vanilla and Kashi Cinnamon Harvest

I just had to buy the Cinnamon Harvest cereal. It's just too good! Cinnamon, sweet and healthy with lots of fiber and whole grain. The thing is that it's a bit higher in calories. That's why I wanted to try it with the unsweetened Almond Breeze milk, which is low in calories. It was delicious! The milk itself is nice and creamy. With the cereal, it  was delicious!

Rice Chex

I love Chex cereal. These were yummy! They're also gluten free. They're nice and crispy with a lot of flavor. It's hard to explain it. It's like a corn potato chip flavor. It's really yummy though and I eat it plain! You can make stuff with it too, if you want.

Nature Valley Dark Chocolate Granola Thins

 These granola thins are delicious. Crunchy, sweet and chocolatey. It's a nice treat. The downside is that they are small and messy.

Adonia Vanilla Greek Frozen Yogurt

I love frozen yogurt, so why not try frozen greek yogurt? This was delicious. Nice and creamy. There was a bit of an artifical vanilla flavor but it was still pretty good. I made a float with a diet coke. Delicious!

Snicker's Almond Bar

Oh boy. Chocolate candy. They're so high in calories but so delicious! I decided to try this almond one, hoping that it's "healthier." Well, it's not but I can at least pretend it is at least a little bit healthier. It was delicious. Chewy, caramel, chocolate with a crunch from the almonds. Delicious. If only they used dark chocolate. That reminds me. We still have tons of chocolate candy left from Halloween. We didn't have very many trick or treaters this year due to the weather. I'm going to make M&M cookies with the leftover M&M's we have.

Anyway, back to today. I bought some things from the store today. Here's what I bought:

I just had to get the dark chocolate kettle corn because it's dark chocolate and it's popcorn. It's only 130 calories form 1 and 2/3  cup! Such a good deal for the calories. I bought the pretzels so that I can make my own dark chocolate covered pretzels with the dark chocolate chips I have. I may even sprinkle some shredded coconut when I make them (whenever that may be). I love candy corn, so I bought it (I'm the only one that likes it in my family, so they don't buy it). I also bought a LUNA bar, since the store I went to, they sell them at one of the lowest prices I've found for LUNA bars.

I was so surprised to see this at the store. I didn't they they made this flavor yet:

haha. My friend and I were talking about this yesterday, saying that they would probably make this in the future. But, hey, it looks like they've already made Dark Chocolate Peanut M&M's. I'm going to buy them next time, after we finish all of our snacks.

Anyway, do you like chocolate and coconut together?

By the way, hoy es el Dia de los Muertos!