Mid Afternoon snack: Apples and Peanut butter vs Christine's chocolate.

1-11-11

Since there are soooo many 1's in today's date, I'm going to celebrate it as a New Year. A sort of do over if you will... My love of yummy treats and new found love of baking has led me astray, so starting today (again) I'm going to try and do better. Normally around this time of day I'd be eating a piece (or 3) of chocolate that my boss graciously keeps in her office. Today, I chose something better, something that won't contribute to my sugar crash 20 minutes later. I chose ( drum roll please...) Apple slices dipped in peanut butter.

Before you roll your eyes... hear me out. It's delicious, filling, healthy and will remedy any midday craving for sweets. Oh and dd I mention very inexpensive?

Health benefits:

Apples:

1. Help to regulate blood sugar
2. Good source of fiber
3. Full of anti-oxidants
4. Regular intake of apples decrease cholesterol
5. Benefits for several different cancer types esp colon and breast cancer.

Natural Peanut Butter

1. Eating peanuts can lower your risk for coronary heart disease
2. High in protein
3. Good source of fiber
4. Good for your skin
5. Peanuts have a nutrient called Resveratrol, which helps to ward off potential pathogens (bacteria, virii and fungi).

Give it a try!


http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?dbid=15&tname=foodspice

http://articles.cnn.com/2007-11-06/health/cl.healthful.foods_1_peanut-butter-rice-cakes-source-of-trans-fats?_s=PM:HEALTH

http://peanut-butter.org/peanut-butter/Health+Benefits+of+Peanut+Butter

Week 1 back to school.

First week back to work. I had all intentions of writing about how shitty my week has been, but I changed my mind. Without a doubt, it was stressful and a bit overwhelming, but it was also had it's beautiful moments. Without further a-do here they are....

1. On Thursday I asked Tracy to pick up something sweet, like a cookie, from the grocery store.... and she delivers, right to my desk, a huge ass chunk of chocolate cake. Isn't there something in the Bible about asking and your blessings being multiplied? -Perfect Example.

2. Receiving a surprise purple scarf in the mail from my homie Dionne.

3. The mid-week splash at Rhino with Jen, Court, Karah, Allie and Stacie... because none of us thought that we could make it to Friday. (Mind you, we planned this on Monday)

4. Turning around mid-splash and mid-story at Rhino and seeing my boo walk in.

5. Baking my zucchini muffins on Monday night and having my co-workers rave about them on Tuesday morning. It's good for the ego :-)

6. Walking down U street with my new friends Carmen and Sebastian of The Barefoot Collective. We ate salad, soup and hummus at Busboys; spoke of love, travel and revolution. After it all, they took out their drum and guitar and sang me a song on the corner of 14th and V. ~magical.

7. Lawrence's Blog was featured on Martha Stewart's "Living Today" radio show.


8. The fire alarm at school that went off at 7:50am because one of the students burned popcorn in the microwave. Breakfast of champions eh? Btw.... who eats microwave popcorn at 7am?

9. Listening to Kristin's student try to convince her to stay... and watch her try not to get too emotional.

10. Connecting with my fam in random different ways... Mom's cellphone video of the snow shower in Co-op, Danielle I and chatting about the beauty and dangers of loving learning how to cook, Mike's rapid fire conversations and my in-car, speakerphone chats with Dad, surprise convo with Shan.

Well people..... Make it a great weekend <3