A Big Cookie!

I was just thumbing through the new Williams-Sonoma catalog and came across this: Sandwich Cookie Cake Pan.

How cute is that???

I'm debating on whether I should spring for it now (I do have a $20 gift card I could cash in), or if I should hold off until December 26 and try to snag it at half-price.

I'll probably hold off, but I'm already planning the fun cakes I can make with this cute pan!

Good Snackin'

Last week I went to the market on the way home from work, which typically turns into disaster since I'm usually hungry! I ran across a display of these bars at the end of the health food aisle, checked out the nutrition and tossed one in the cart. I'm so glad I did!

Luna Minis may be my new favorite snack. They are half the size of a normal Luna bar, but still packed with nutrients like calcium, folic acid, iron and protein. The minis come in these flavors: S’Mores, Nutz Over Chocolate and Caramel Nut Brownie.

As the Luna Web site says, bigger isn't always better. Sometimes a little bit is all we need!

My Favorite Snacks...

It's the weekend, which means I'm likely snacking and grazing all day. That's the bad part of being home! I'd be in big trouble if I worked from home often.

And since I often blog about food, I thought it would be fun to share some of my favorite snacks these days. Here's what I grab when I am hungry and in need of a snack:

• Orville Redenbacher Natural Mini-Bags -- the perfect portion! My favorites are the "buttery salt and cracked pepper" and the "simply salted". Mmmmmmm!
• Snyder's Sourdough Nibblers - good saltiness, and the serving size of 15 nibblers satisfies my crunchy craving.
  
• Hershey's Kisses with almonds
• Kashi bars - my favorites are the peanut butter and the honey almond flax
• Stretch Island Fruit Co. fruit leathers - these are so good! We buy the giant box at Costco.
  

What are your favorites?

Have a great weekend!

Let's Keep Dishin'

Rob and I went to Let's Dish last night to do a meal preparation. It was kind of last minute - we found a good coupon online that was expiring, so we signed up quick and went over to make up a bunch of meals.

I've blogged before about how we split all of our meals, either in to twos or threes. That really stretches our dollar, and we end up with more meals. Here's what we got this time:

• Chicken in cranberry chutney, with egg noodles = 3 meals
• Sage chicken with golden rice = 3 meals
• Skewerless chicken satay, with cous cous = 3 meals
• Thai-style shrimp and noodles = 3 meals
• Country French flank steak = 2 meals
• Pork tenderloin with chili apricot glaze = 2 meals
• Roasted apple pork chops = 3 meals
• Three-cheese spinach lasagna roll-ups = 2 meals
  

So, for $170, we came home with 21 meals, plus leftovers for lunches. That works out to $8.09 per each dinner for two.

I imagine that it's things like Let's Dish that get trimmed out of people's household budgets when times get tight, so I think they'll keep on offering good coupons to get people in the door.

CoCo Loco

Love chocolate. Eat here. Co Co Sala.

Seriously. Three-course chocolate course. I had the Co Co Grown Up:

AMUSE
mini boston cream doughnut / cappuccino panna cotta

MAIN DESSERT
milk chocolate, pb & banana foster split / mini co co. cupcake / malted shooter

PETIT FOURS
mint chocolate chip cone / strawberry cheese cake lolly with pop rocks

Next time, I want to go for brunch!