Organic Girl Good Clean Greens

Super Greens! www.iloveorganicgirl.com These were terrific as you can see from the empty container.  I started to take a handful of greens and add them to my smoothies this week.  Mixed organic berries, greens and Basil make my smoothie taste chocolaty-seriously.  I think I came up with a new invention..mixed berries and basil = chocolate.

Try it yourself:

Rachel's Chocolate Concoction

1 Bananna
1/2 cup mixed berries
Handfull of Super Greens
6-8 basil leaves
flax seeds
Almond Milk

Oh Yeah Baby...That's what I'm talking about!

Apple Cranberry Fiber Mini Cakes-Trader Joe's

I found these this week at Trader Joe's.  They're Vegan and I like them more than the other option because they are smaller and just enough to eat as a snack.  I froze them and pull one out as I need it.  Still, a little butter would be nice.  Actually, I'm craving butter less and less.  However, I ate some buttered pop-corn at the movie theater and I felt so sick. In the past I could gobble that down with ease.

Just a salad bar to go from Whole Paycheck

This is great on the go.  It's a little too drenched in Vegan Cesar dressing.  I love raw beets as you can see.  Again, pictured at almost the end of the meal.

Coconut Juice with Pulp-Totally Vegan

This is the alternative to Gatorade.  I understand Coconut Juice  has more electrolytes than the Red Dye #9 high fructose corn syrup alternative.  I love the pulp it's so chewy!

I'm sure it's bad that it comes from an aluminum can but if I have one a month it can't be too bad.

Water is still my favorite.

I must check out these vegan products-so should you....

My friend Ame is a culinary guru! Vegan and gluten-free snacks...
Congratulations on this adventure of providing this product to the world.  It is so courageous and creative.
http://thelongevityrecipe.com/home.html


I have an update about Snackers.  I purchased each of Ame's creations.  If I had to choose a favorite it would be the Awesome Onion Crackers.  It's a fitting name because they are Awesome.  They taste like a nice onion cheese without the cheese.  Move over Wheat Thin's there is a new sheriff in town! You don't have to put anything on them, they are perfect on their own.  

Best Vegan Tortilla Ever

Please let me know if you can top this one.  Mi Abuelita Bonita Flour Tortillas.  Spinach and Onion.  I normally pick up their whole wheat tortilla and this was terrific.  I must not buy it again because it went down a little too fast.  Toasted with a little avocado smeared on it is the way to go.

Vegan Candy Bar-Oh Yes Baby!

That's how I like it.  After a four hour meeting and an hour commute home it's really great to find a candy bar to hold me over before dinner.  I walked into a health food store and a gal was passing out small samples.  I had to have one.  I opted for the coconut/almond combo.

They don't have that super sugar rush with the high fructose corn syrup that I love from a Snicker Bar but it really still does satisfy.

Check out Eli's Earth Bars..totally vegan

Quick Bite on the road-Sonoma Springrolls

Instead of stopping in for a Chinese lunch special or grabbing a veggie burrito I opted for this option that I think is vegan?  The label only mentions gluten-free.  I checked the ingredients but maybe it has a little honey in the dipping sauce?  Oh well..

When I took them out of the wrapping there was a strange smell like pond water.  I aired them out and then they tasted really good and they kept me full through a 4 hour meeting.  They have tofu in the middle with carrots and lettuce and some flower petals.

It's hot today-here is my ice cream alternative

An "It's-It" mint ice cream bar is my favorite on a hot day.  I have been worried about breaking down and buying one.  This product is almost just as good.

Vegan Cookie-Alternative Baking Company, Inc.

I finally found a vegan cookie at my local grocery store.  Now I don't have to drive two towns over to get a fantastic cookie.  The only downside is that this sweet little treat is 500 calories for one cookie.  Dang! I could consume only 1/2 of the cookie but who does that?

Another Vegan Yum Yum

I'm learning that part of being vegan is to always think ahead about your meals and to make sure you have wise choices around for snacks if you get hungry. I'm never good about preparing in advance.  This week I didn't bring a lunch with me and I was hungry.   I stopped in a small store in Oakland and look what delicious option there was on the deli shelf.  This may only be available in the Bay Area because it looks like they're made in Oakland.  I can't find anything about them on-line to share with you.

Trader Joe's Vegan Mango Blueberry Bran Muffins

These would be much better with a little butter slathered over the top but I resisted.  Once again, I took a picture of this product after I ate it so, all you get is the label.

Great in a pinch

I seem to always forget to take a picture of something I'm eating until after I'm finished.  Oh well, here is the wrapper of California Suncakes.

These are pretty good in a pinch. I forget to have breakfast and I won't have lunch until 2:00.  These will be good to have in the car for just that situation.  This is the chocolate orange flavor but I think I like the apricot one shaped like a heart.