The other day I got a package from Maranatha – 2 jars of nut butter. They sent me one jar of no-stir peanut butter and one jar of no-stir almond butter.
Let me tell you – I thought I didn’t really like almond butter… I was so wrong. This almond butter is great. Both the almond butter and the peanut butter are slightly sweetened with organic cane sugar.
Thanks, Maranatha! I can’t wait to experiment with these. So far I’ve just had them plain, in oatmeal, and on rice cakes.
I work long hours so recently I have been going to Gourmet Park for dinner. My favorite thing to get is the unlimited topping salad for $6.95. You pick a base (I get romaine), one “meat’” (I get either bacon or shrimp, depending on my mood), and unlimited gourmet toppings.
This one had (I think I’m forgetting some): roasted oily eggplant, roasted oily Brussels sprouts, broccoli, roasted peppers, corn, peas, water chestnuts, baby corn, mandarin oranges, artichoke hearts, sprouts, and probably some other things. I always get the honey mustard dressing on the side.
Gourmet Park also has a sale on their prepared food after 6:00pm – it’s all half off. So I get prepared food for $4/pound (normally $4/half pound).
This one was some Asian-inspired cooked salad of broccoli, black sesame seeds (Coco likes these!), peppers, and some other unidentified veggies. Underneath (hiding) are a bunch of oily peppers. I’m really into oily veggies lately – they are so good. Fat is good.
Tonight I got a big dish of something with cauliflower. It was Indian-inspired, I think.
I topped it with some beef, salmon, and crab (salmon and crab are in that left corner). I also got some oily eggplant and some mashed potatoes. Very filling. Gourmet Park is helping me eat a variety of foods without having to worry about planning my meals.
In terms of exercise I’ve been sticking with my walking routine. Today I actually walked 4 miles instead of 2 because I walked home from work while chatting with my parents.
How often do you talk to your parents? Sometimes I talk to them every day and then other times I will go a week or even more.
February 18, 2010 at 9:53 pm
I talk to my parents usually once or twice a week. I used to be a lot better about it in college, but now that my life has gotten 10x busier I usually only talk to them once or twice a week. I really should get better at that!
February 18, 2010 at 10:09 pm
Yum, these look delicious! I’m totally jealous that you have all these awesome eateries a short walk away! We jsut have fast food nearby and nothing that has fresh yummy salads like that!
I email my mom 2 or 3 times a week to catch up and talk to her on the phone maybe once a week. Depends more or less if we’re getting along or not!
February 18, 2010 at 10:18 pm
Those salads look fabulous! I talk to my parents every few days, usually.
February 18, 2010 at 10:28 pm
Salad looks good!! I talk to my parents every few days. We email a lot, does that count? But on the phone maybe 3 times a week. We also do ichat now, so that is fun.
February 18, 2010 at 10:34 pm
Rice cakes and nut butter…mmmmm..
I chat with my Ma about once a week or more, it’s nice to keep in touch since we are so far away.
We will do ichat once junior comes along, we bought my parents a camera for their puter and switched them to a mac for Christmas
February 18, 2010 at 11:52 pm
I want to eat Gourmet Park and then WALK to your apartment and eat almond butter for dessert.
I love oily eggplant, and I usually talk to my mom everyday…and my dad about once a week.
February 19, 2010 at 3:42 am
I have some maranatha cashew macadamia right now. Love it.
I talk to my parents usually once a week or so, more depending on what’s going on in my life.
February 19, 2010 at 5:48 am
I love those cooked food from that place… they might not look pretty but I can imagine how tasty they are!
I talk to my mom once a week now, I should do it more often, i’m just lazy and don’t want to let them know how stressful I am.
February 19, 2010 at 6:19 am
I just tried MaraNatha Almond Butter – the “Raw” version and had a hard time getting my spoon out of the jar! Yum. This no-stir, creamy version looks great. What’s your favourite way to eat Almond Butter? I like the rice-cake topper (bananas & a drizzled agave included) but also as a dip for apples or celery sticks!
I talk to my parents generally once a week on – Sunday mornings are our usual. This year, they started using speakerphone so now I talk to them at the same time, along with any other family members or friends that happen to be around!
February 19, 2010 at 8:26 am
I don’t talk to my parents near the amount I should but now we’ve decided Wed. nights we’re going to be meeting for dinner. We’ve been doing this the past few weeks and I look forward to those nights.
I LOVE almond butter!
February 19, 2010 at 9:32 am
There’s one of those by the fiance’s old apt on 69th street that I was obsessed with. Such a good deal and you get soo many veggies in one meal! I talk to my parents about 1-2 times a week, but we email as well. It’s tough with all that goes on, but I think it’s important to stay connected.
February 19, 2010 at 9:58 am
I am definitely craving a giant salad right now!
February 19, 2010 at 12:33 pm
I go through phases with talking to my parents. I hardly ever talk to my dad on the phone, but I talk to my mom often. I used to talk to her every day, then went a while with minimal talking…now we talk about once a week. I like to make calls when I’m walking
February 19, 2010 at 2:49 pm
I need to check that place out! It is hard to find unlimited toppings in NY! I talk to my parents every couple of days. Talking to my mom on Aim as we speak haha.
February 19, 2010 at 3:54 pm
No stir nut butters? Cool! because it’s the stirring part that really annoys me.
I love talking to my parents…I try to call them as often as possible.
February 19, 2010 at 5:24 pm
yum yum I just love maranathas nutbutters, almond butter is my favorite by far. Your prepared meals look deelish! I wish I could buy something like that around the store around here!
Enjoy your weekend.
February 19, 2010 at 6:55 pm
The food from Gourmet Park looks so good! Wow. All of it! Yum!
I’m new to reading your blog but absolutely love it!
Happy Friday!
February 19, 2010 at 10:15 pm
so jealous of your maranatha! i have a coupon for $1 off, so i’m going to try their peanut butter soon. i wish i had a Gourmet Park place near me — it looks sooo good, and at a good price!
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March 29, 2010 at 1:04 pm
my mom has passed away and I don’t talk to my father – but I talk to my godmom once a week