Attention all Peanut butter and smoothie lovers, tell me what you think about this!
According to researchers at Purdue, “Subjects who ate equal calories of peanuts and peanut butter felt fuller after eating the nuts!” Thus, they concluded that selecting chewier, crunchier foods are more filling because they spend more time in your mouth and digestive tract.
Now…although I ain’t no expert or a smoothie drinker, I find this study has quite a couple loopholes…for example, why the heck can’t people stop snacking on chips then?!?! And how come greek yogurt is so filling??? (and they call these guys “scientists”… )
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PB&J banana-strawberry blueberry mini-waffles!
I love having a different breakfast for a change, and this was AWESOME!! (Oats can be a little “sweaty” in the summer huh?) My amazing breakfast consisted of a plain oikos, Smuckers sugar free strawberry jam, smooth Peter Pan PB, a mushy banana, some fresh strawberries, and 8 little Van’s mini-blueberry waffles!!!
THE most awesome thing was that I picked up the Van’s blueberry mini-waffles at Whole Foods when it was ON SALE!!! 2 boxes for $5 only!! (with a WF coupon). And the Oikos only cost me $0.27 cents!!! ($1.25 WF sale with a $1 Off WF coupon. Illinoisers, GO GETCHURSELF some coupons!!!)
Let me explain how I made this DESSERT for breakfast: simply layer waffle with peanut butter, then mushy banana slice, then strawberry jam…and finally top it off with sliced strawberries!!! Heaven in every bite I tell you!
VOILA, a breakfast for CHAMPIONESSES!!! Yum…I’m salivating just thinking about how yummy my breakfast was. *blush*
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Chipotle Can Do No Wrong
After seeing one of my favorite bloggies Lara enjoy her veggie chipotle salad during her vacay in SF, I was craving some of Chip’s fresh ingredients and the best guacamole on salad you can get for $6.50.
I do get BOTH beans though (so technically it ain’t vegetarian anymore), and I get ALL the toppings… EXTRA tomatoes, extra lettuce, extra corn, and extra hot sauce please!! 
Since it takes a little more than a salad to fill me up, I busted out a Trader Joe’s WW pita (which I had frozen since…god knows how long ago) with Sonny & Joe’s sesame hummus. Their sesame hummus tasted so much like the original, but it was thicker and richer! For 2 tbs, there are 90 calories, the highest I have seen in any brand of hummus, but I suppose it tasted good.I would just stick to the original though.
And for dessert, I had a strawberry Oikos with a sprinkling of Sonoma Crisps Raisin crunch. Sonoma Crisps really really rocks. I have loved every single one of their dried fruit products so far and I can’t imagine a better sweet treat than their uber-crunchy dried raisins or apple sticks. Too bad you can only by them on Amazon so far…:(
Second of all, I AM AN OIKOS CONVERT! Yes, I know I used to be a Chobani fan, but ever since I loaded up on Oikos thanks to the WF coupons, I am won over by the fact that Oikos is organic (no hormones from the milk!), the wonderful balance between sweet & tart, AND their colorful packaging.
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Baba Palace…Indian Take Out…Sketchy…
The boyfriend and I ordered delivery for a cheap and easy $20 dinner for two people. Although we read some pretty sketchy reviews (i.e. people feeling sick after eating from Baba), we still went ahead to order our yummy authentic Indian food.
Unfortunately, the boyfriend did not experience good customer service when he called, and got a cranky man who snapped at him and hurried him to order. Baba rotates their menu so every day there’s a selection of entrees to choose from.
Boti Chicken (on the Right)
Thoughts: My order of Boti Chicken reminded me of a much drier and spicier tandoori chicken. It was baked till pretty dry so the meat was on the tough side and I used up two servings each of the yogurt sauce and hot sauce that came with our entrees. I did like the char on the sides of the pieces though. This isn’t a very memorable dish…I could probably roast my own version of this with my tandoori spices. Flavor-wise, it was good…that’s all.
Frontier Chicken (on the left)
Thoughts: Think pulled chicken Indian-style…meaning its like shredded chicken in a sauce made up of oil and curry flavors. It went very well with the naan, and while it was very flavorful on its own, beware if you’re an oil-phobe.
Our entrees came with fresh naan bread, one per person. They were much more doughy and thicker than the ones I’m used to at Indian restaurants, which I actually don’t like. Naan has GOT to have some crunch and char man! Yes, I used up all four of the sauces cuz my chicken was super dry.
RATINGS:
Taste: 3.5/5
Originality: 3/5 (No surprises at all with the menu, but I like their menu rotation)
Plating: N/a
Value: 4/5 ($21 including tax, tip, 2 entrees, and delivery…A-ok!)
Service: 2/5 (Whoever answered the call was impolite and snappy…needs major help in this department)
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To End, I wanna introduce another NEW TREAT FIND!!!
When was the last time you bought yourself a treat you’ve never had before?!?
Ginger Coconut Milk Candy
For $1.50 I got a big pack of ginger coconut milk flavored suckers from Chinatown, (LOVE) and I’m SO GLAD I took a gamble and bought something I’ve never tried before. These really are fantastic and they taste gingery but without the spiciness.
Michelle highly recommends these candies made of fresh coconut juice, ginger juice…and yes, sugar for only 13 calories a pop. I can fool myself into thinking these are actually GOOD for my health. 
Yay! Hump-day is over…so...
Who wants to do a blogger exchange with me????
if you’re TRULY interested, shoot me an e-mail! Yippee!!
I love your mini waffle breakfast – too fun!
And those candies sound really interesting. I’m not a big ginger person, but love coconut, so it’s hard to say if I would actually like them or not.
Your mini-waffles are adorable – so cute!
that champion breakfast is really CHAMPION!!! soooo pretty and all bought with coupons!!! hahaha…. I’ve been becoming a coupon girl as well… I even buy coupons for products that I consume regularly through ebay! it can be such a good deal~~~
good other eats are delicious too!
And YES, I’m soooo interested on doing a blogger exchange with you…. ahhahah….. you’re soooooo sweet and cool!
Aww, I’m so happy you thought of me with the Chipolte salad. I like the way you’re thinking with your order! Next time baby, next time. Extra veggies is the way to go!
When is your SF trip? I don’t actually know the area THAT well (I’m more from Sacramento), but I know a good dim sum place…I’ll have to get the name from my dad. You’re going to have so much fun! Promise me you will eat clam chowder in a bread bowl and pig out on Chinese food in Chinatown
Cute waffles! I can actually see the point with the nuts and PB contrast. It’s harder to know how much you’re eating when you have PB. That’s why I usually measure it with a tablespoon – one of the few foods that I consistently measure.
Boo, I’m sorry that the Indian food was sup-bar. I hate it when it’s too oily or dry or…just not good.
That ginger candy sounds amazing. I love ginger and coconut milk!
I’ve seen Van’s mini waffles before and they are too cute. I would do a blogger exchange with you but I have no idea what I could send you! You have the greatest things already!
Great breakfast!! You have such variety in there and all of it would taste sooo good!
That’s too bad you had bad service at the restaurant over the phone! That’s completely unacceptable!!
I’d love to do a blogger exchange!! Let me know..
That candy looks awesome!!!
Your breakfasts are always so pretty! I think the reason I love breakfast buffets so much is because you can do little tastes of sweet and savory things, and I so admire you investing the time and energy to recreate that in your own home! Now I’m going to have to try it!
Those waffles are adorable! They look fantastic. I love that salad, too! Guacamole is awesome on salads
The candy looks great, too!
The mini waffles are adorable, and I’m sure they were tasty too!! Hooray for coupons!
I love the crispy charred bits of a good piece of naan too. YUM! The frontier chicken sounds good, but it stinks that the customer service was so bad.
I always feel more satisfied eating my food rather than drinking it so that study sounds right to me
That breakfast sounds AWESOME! It’s so cute and cute foods are 10x better than boring. Sorry dinner wasn’t that great – charred bits are the best part of anything!
Mini waffles are so cute and cute! I luuuuurve how you made each one somethang different and special!
Chipotle is THE BOMB DIGGITY without a doubt!!! The corn salsa and black beans and shredded lettuce and GUAC…mmmm giiirrrl I need to get that soon!
love the mini waffles
and that chipotle guac is killer!
those waffles look like heaven on a plate man! how creative of you
never had chipotle but atleast its not as shady sounding as the weird man at the indian place!
All your foods look fantastic! Chipotle ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
<3 jess
xoxo
I saw those waffles in WF too! 2 for $4!!
The mini waffles ?are adorable! This might be a dumb question (but I am newly blonde again, so forgive me), what is a blogger exchange?
your breakfast looks delicious!!! i love how there is so much food to eat, keep that mouth busy for a while, thats what i like to do too!!!! your chipotle sounds good too…i might have to hit that up soon
I’d have to read the study, but my guess was that the researchers were only comparing two similar foods (peanuts and peanut butter) with similar caloric and protein content. I don’t know that the results can be tied to any other types of foods like chips or Greek yogurt. Obviously, there are a lot of confounding factors that would need to be eliminated before deciding that texture alone causes people to eat a certain food!
I think you brought up a good point, though.
I love Oikos, too…just wish it weren’t so expensive!
Oh wow, super delicious eats. I love it all! I really need to scout out for some greek yogurt in Canada!
delivery indian style??!! whoooahh sign me up! love indian<3
and i want to get my hands on some of those crisps badly!!
those waffles are the cutest ever! and so is that guac, mmmm. is it lunch time yet???
Those Mini Vans Waffles truly make for THE perfect breakfast! And CHEAP Oikos?! You go girl!!