Showing posts with label Barleans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Barleans. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

GG Scandinavian Bran Crispbread

I finally bit the bullet and ordered a CASE of these from Netrition.com.  They arrived quickly and the first night I had them I ate 4 with tuna salad.  After the 3rd one, I could tell my belly was bloating and getting full.  Needless to say, today I did MUCH better even with my excitement.  I ate my usual Uncle Sam's cereal with some berry Barlean's Flax oil and an iced coffee.  For lunch I had 2 crispbreads with some Kirkland's brand organic peanut butter and Nature's Hollow berry preserves....absolutely delicious and filling!  For dinner I ate some spaghetti with Barilla fiber pasta...very good and for dessert, a chocolate Vitatop Muffin.  Total fiber consumption for today....30+ grams!  The difficulty is getting all the fluids in!
I cannot tell you how thrilled I am to have ordered these crispbreads and preserves from netrition.com.  I am very happy with the speed of delivery as well.  The foods are delicious and the crispbreads truly do fill you up quickly.  You definitely need to drink with these and I find it more palatable to top them with something moist.

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Barlean's Oils

If you haven't tried the Barlean's brand flax and fish oils....oh, what sweet health you've been missing!  I had not tried them earlier in the BFC program due to its cost.  However, Total Health discount vitamins (website) sent me an email with an 11% off coupon.  I needed more probiotics anyway so I looked to see if they carried Barlean's and they do!  I was lucky enough to find both the berry and chocolate raspberry flavors and ordered one bottle of each.  With the discount and no tax or shipping costs, I paid around $23/bottle vs. $30.  Last night I was craving something sweet and looked at my tracker and saw that I'd not had enough MUFAs for the day so I went to the fridge and opened the berry omega swirl flavor.  KA-POW!  Berry explosion in my mouth...very creamy and sweet...almost too sweet since I've been on Stevia for 3 months.  My mind began working on ways to use this sweet nectar.  So, this morning, I added some of the berry omega swirl to my Uncle Sams cereal.  I was very light in my application of the oil not knowing how it would mix with cereal and almond milk but it flavored the cereal fabulously.  I was also worried about making the cereal too sweet based on my spoonful of oil last night but it turned out well.  I can see using the berry flavor as a salad dressing...especially for summer salads.  Just a drizzle for a wonderful very berry flavor.
I have been researching Stevia cookbooks as I've yet to bake anything sweet.  I absolutely LOVE brownies but Jorge's recipe uses Joseph's maltitol syrup....that stuff makes me feel horrible.  I bought Joseph's maple syrup and I will probably throw it away as maltitol and I do not like each other.  I've also read some conflicting reports about maltitol so instead of making the mistake I made with Splenda, I'll go with Stevia.  Yes, I've recently heard it may effect fertility but I've no interest in having kids and I'm 40 so it is a non-issue for me.
So, when I get my Stevia cookbooks I can totally see using both oils as the "extra" for the goodies.  Clemmy's ice cream isn't an option for me either....same issues as with Joseph's.  I did buy some Fage greek yogurt at Costco and look forward to flavoring it with the chocolate raspberry tonight as my dessert.
I would like to ask that if you happen to find a website that carries Barlean's at a good price to let me know about it.  This is a product that will become a staple in my fridge just like liquid stevia.  Run, run, run to the store or web to get a bottle :)