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Decisions Decisions

I have had quite a few difficult decisions present themselves to me in the past 24 hours. I assure you that it is all totally important and legit concerns. Like…

…what to possibly have for breakfast when you have no groceries because a certain someone (which couldn’t possibly be me) was too lazy to grocery shop last night.

yogurt egg muffin bfast

You make due with limited options. I scrounged up a decent breakfast with an egg, sausage, & cheese english muffin to go with a Chobani yogurt sprinkled with Love Grown granola. And speaking of the granola…drumroll please while random number generator Peter picks his number…

winner

#99 - Ally @ Sweet & Savory you’ve won the granola giveaway!!! Please email me your name and shipping address so I can get it to the fabulous folks at Love Grown.

Now, I really need to head to the store. But first, I need to make another decision.

  
image from How Sweet It Is                              image from Girl Meets Life

Which delicious dessert to make for tomorrow?! Peter requested another batch of the Triple Layer Cookies & Cream Bars because he didn’t get any the last time I made them. Yet, I find myself dreaming of Cake Batter Blondies. See. I told you I have important things to concern myself with.

Yet another conundrum I must face today is the all too prevalent “What to wear?” battle. Peter & I actually get the chance to have a date night tonight thanks to my parents staying with us and visiting for Easter. I figure my husband may like to see me in something besides workout capris and a tank top. So what to choose?

black dress red dress

The understated black dress or the halter red dress (that is actually too big)? I need new clothes! Please forgive the fabulous self-timer pictures. And my about to hop in the shower attractiveness.

I’m off to go aid the government with my stellar decision making skills. Clearly, if I can solve these issues I can help figure out the solution to world peace. I have a busy day ahead and still need to get groceries and fit in my long run of the week. Oh, crap! Which to do first? I guess the world peace thing will have to wait.

  • Which would you choose between the two desserts and the two dresses?
  • Did you miss the FFF Features? I didn’t have time to add it in and want to know how many people look forward to it or just prefer a standard post on Saturdays?

Posted by on April 23rd, 2011 73 Comments

Spreading The Love Giveaway

You all have seen Love Grown Foods granola popping up on my blog recently in breakfasts and snacks. The fabulous company sent some my way to review because they believe in their product so much and wanted to spread the love.

I received three full-sized bags of their granola – Cocoa Goodness, Raisin Almond Crunch, and Sweet Cranberry Pecan.

love grown granola
Can you tell which bag the husband got to during one of his snack attacks?

I also received a few small individual portion packs of the granola as well, which are great for on the go!

apple walnut granola

I mentioned before that the granola is like crack. I’m not joking. The bags pictured above have significantly diminished since that photo. I think this ranks up there as the best granola I have ever eaten. Each flavor has the perfect amount of sweetness and crunch (with Sweet Cranberry Pecan as my favorite). I love all the oat clusters and the add-ins. So many nuts, coconut, and chocolate chips!

cocoa granola bowl

I also love that each serving size seems more significant than standard granola. You know I am all about volume eating, so getting more granola per serving size always works for me. It provides plenty of fun flavor to top off my oats in the morning or to use in mock apple crumble snacks.

apple   granola snack choc granola oats cran pecan granola oats

And is undeniably satisfying. To top it all off, this granola could not have purer ingredients. Free of hydrogenated oils, refined sugars, artificial preservatives, gluten, artificial flavors, high fructose corn syrup. Just as their tagline states – simply oat clusters and love.

Now, Love Grown Foods wants to spread the love to YOU, my dear readers. One of you will win three full-sized (large!) bags of their granola to top your yogurt and smoothies or munch away to your heart’s delight.

granola handful

Entry options below. Please leave a separate comment for each entry. 🙂

  • Visit the Love Grown Foods website and tell me something you find interesting about their granola/company OR share how you like to spread the love, just as the company strives to do.
  • Tweet this giveaway with the following: “@TinaFFF & @LoveGrownFoods are giving away three bags of delicious granola!
  • And, as a thank you for supporting FFF, if you like FFF on Facebook you earn another entry.

Giveaway to US residents only. Giveaway ends Friday April 22 at 8pm EST. Good luck!!! 

Posted by on April 20th, 2011 164 Comments

 

 
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