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I love Quest bars! If you’ve been following me for awhile, you would definitely know this about me.

My favorite flavors were Quest Cravings Peanut Butter Cups & Coconut Cashew but once I tried the Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Quest Bar…I was like, Coconut whooo? No joke, this is like indulging in a sinful dessert! If you’ve been on the fence about whether or not you want to give these bars a try, this flavor should be enough to get you to jump on the Quest bandwagon with yours truly!

Oh, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Quest Bar, let me count the ways I love you!

1. Cleanest Protein Bar on the market (all Quest bars)
2. 21 grams of protein
3. 17 grams of fiber
4. Contain real dark chocolate
5. Best flavor – My favorite!

I’ve enjoyed eating this bar straight out of the wrapper and also heated in the microwave for 10 seconds. I broke it up in small pieces and topped my greek yogurt with it, post workout- YUM!

Ingredient list & nutritional stats from Quest’s website.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Quest Bars can be purchased online here.

You can also purchase Quest Bars at GNC and Vitamin Shoppe. I do not know however, if they sell this flavor yet, since it is so new.

Please click this link here to read my review on Quest bars other flavors.

**Disclosure: No compensation was provided to the author and are only my opinion of Quest Nutrition.**

P.S. Clean fried rice recipe will be posted tomorrow.

XOXO,

Angel

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Have you tried one yet? I had my first ‘craving’ yesterday and let me tell you, they were absolutely amazing!! As you already know, I am a huge fan of Quest and this one only made my love for them grow bigger! Quest was kind enough to send me one to try out but now I want more! Guess, I know which box I’ll be ordering once I run out!

Although they don’t taste exactly like a Reese’s pieces peanut butter cup they are definitely delicious and sort of like a million times better for you! These dark chocolate peanut butter cups are packed with 20 grams of protein, super low in carbs and such a healthier alternative when the craving hits!  I ate one peanut butter cup as a mid morning snack and the other cup for my mid afternoon snack (120 calories + 10 grams of protein per cup).

So let’s compare their nutritional stats…

That’s about 5 teaspoons of sugar for two Reese’s pieces peanut buttercups! I don’t know about you but I much rather have the high protein peanut butter cups that only have 1 gram of sugar, which is equivalent to a quarter of a teaspoon – big difference right!?

Ingredients to the original Reese’s Pieces peanut butter cups for the sake of comparison.

So here’s what we know:

1. Their a way healthier alternative to the original Reese’s Pieces peanut butter cups
2. They taste good
3. They look good

Check out the peanut butter inside?

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Besides consuming those ^^ delicious peanut butter cups for snacks, I had an overall amazing day of tasty food!

Breakfast was coffee (of course! ), whole grain toast and an omelet (2 egg whites + 1 whole egg) with pesto, laughing cow cheese, spinach, canadian ham and artichoke hearts. I definitely need to add more omelets to my life – I forget how good they are!

For lunch, I used the rest of my salad from Sunday’s dinner to add in my hummus and turkey meatball wrap.

We had a craving for Chinese food last night so it was a good thing I picked up some Chickenless Mandarin Orange Morsels from Trader Joe’s when I was there over the weekend.  I served it with a side of brown rice, sauteed bell peppers and a generous serving of sriracha sauce.

Question: Are you a fan of Reese’s pieces peanut butter cups?

XOXO,

Angel

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I think I’m in love!

Hehehe, no but seriously, I’m totally digging P28‘s high protein bread, bagels and flats.

Before I get into my review, here are a few facts about their products:

• 28 grams of Protein for two slices of bread, 1 bagel or 1 flat
• 100% Natural
• 100% Whole Wheat – Made with Oat, Flax Seed, Sunflower Seed, and Millet
• Made with 100% Whey Isolate – The highest quality source of protein
• A rich source of 8 essential Amino Acids that your body needs for growth, energy, and vibrant health
• Cholesterol Free
• A Good source of Fiber
• Contains Omega 3′s
• Excellent for people who are trying to build muscle and/or lose body fat.

Check out Team P28! That’s one power team!

Bagels

• Topped with avocado, eggs and sriracha
• Banana & almond butter spread

Flats

• Traditional pizza
• Mexican pizza

Their flats are absolutely perfect (and may I mention ginormous!) to make pizzas.

Usually I can tell you which is my favorite one but honestly, I can’t decide they were ALL delicious and extremly nutritious.  I seriously have found the bread (bagel & flats) of my dreams! Every time I incorporated a P28 product into my meals, I stayed full for hours!

You can purchase P28 products online or in select health stores. I know for me locally, Whole Foods carries these products and they retail for about $5 a pack! That’s not much more than your average 100% whole wheat bread, so seriously why not!?

Oh, and guess what else!? They just launched a protein spread too.  If their anywhere near as good as their breads, I’m sold!

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Thanks P28 for allowing me to sample your products! If you can’t tell already, I’m officially hooked!

XOXO,

Angel

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Healthy pizza anyone?

A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to receive a few free vitapizzas from Vitalicious.  If you read my post on the day that I received them, you’ll remember how excited I was to get them and tried one out that very same night!

First off, I was super impressed with how the pizzas arrived. They were shipped in a insulated box with enough dry ice to keep the pizzas cold while being shipped so no worries about them getting spoiled along the way.

A few quick facts: They come in two different flavors meatless pepperoni supreme and cheese and tomato.  They come in single servings and can be reheated in the microwave, toaster oven or conventional oven.

I chose to cook my pizzas in the oven at 425 degrees for 12 minutes to get them nice and crispy. I like my pizzas thin & crispy and that’s exactly how they came out! I topped one side with jalapenos and the other side without jalapenos.

The nutritional stats are incredible compared to other frozen pizzas on the market.

Cheese & Tomato

Besides just being 190 calories, they have no artificial ingredients or preservatives.  They are made of whole grains, 15-16-grams of protein, 19-grams of fiber and 15 vitamins and minerals.

I enjoyed both pizzas but the Meatless Pepperoni Supreme was my favorite of the two.  I loved the spicier taste it offered and the mushrooms and peppers that were added on top.  I ate both pizzas with side salads and thought it was a perfect meal to eat, when you need something quick & fast but still healthy and tasty!

Meatless Pepperoni Supreme

These are definitely one of the healthiest frozen pizzas that I have had.  I am also a huge fan of Kashi’s frozen pizzas or making them myself using pita bread.

I’ve been a huge fan of their vitatops and after trying their vitapizzas, I am a huge fan of them too!

You can purchase vitapizzas in select stores and online.

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Breakfast & lunch were nothing out of the ordinary.  I made more of my heavenly coconut flour pancakes topped with chocolate casein frosting, a few banana slices and a small handful of chopped walnuts.

For lunch, I had some leftover turkey, green beans and toast topped with laughing cow cheese. Am I the only one left with leftovers from Thanksgiving in the fridge?

I continued working on finishing up the rest of the turkey with last night’s dinner, which was a turkey taco salad.  It was very, very tasty!! Inside my baked whole grain tortilla went lettuce, and a few tablespoons of kidney beans, salsa, brown rice, guacamole, non-fat plain greek yogurt, jalapenos and of course the main ingredient, turkey.

Question: Do you have leftovers in your fridge? How are you using them up?

XOXO,

Angel

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Allow me to warn you beforehand, I have nothing bad to say about Quest bars. I absolutely LOVE these bars and am probably one of their biggest fans? hehe, I’m being totally serious! These bars are by far the best tasting, clean protein bars I have seen on the market and since I consider you all my friends, I want to share things I love with you!

An ingredient list in a typical protein bar are usually way too long and full of names we can’t even pronounce, that’s not the case with Quest bars. Here are a few examples of what the nutritional facts look like on a Quest bar.

Each bar has 20 grams of high quality protein and between 170-200 calories. Most bars contain about 24 grams of carbs and 19 of those carbs come from fiber which helps stabilize blood sugar levels without causing an insulin spike.  With the high protein and fiber in these bars, they definitely keep you full for hours.

Apple Pie, Strawberry Cheesecake, Lemon Cream Pie, Chocolate Peanut Butter and Coconut Cashew are 100% all natural and sweetened with Stevia and Erythritol. We all know Stevia is a natural herb but may have not heard about Erythritol yet.  It is a sugar alcohol (different than all of the others) that doesn’t upset your stomach or impact your blood sugar.

Chocolate Brownie, Peanut Butter & Jelly, Cinnamon Roll, Mixed Berry Bliss, Vanilla Almond Crunch and Peanut Butter Supreme  are 99.95% natural sweetened with Sucralose.  According to their website, Sucralose is 600 times sweeter than sugar so they use it in microscopic amounts.

By now you’re probably thinking, “Ok, they sound like their good for me but do they taste good?”  Yes, they taste Ahhhhmaazzing!!  These taste so good they can be hard to stop eating, seriously! I’ve been eating these bars are about 6 months now and I continuously keep my pantry and purse stocked with them. For a freshly baked cookie or brownie, pop one of these bars in the microwave for a few seconds, I know a ton of people enjoy eating them this way.  I personally love their chewy and dense texture, I think it keeps me from consuming it too fast!

I’ve categorized the flavors by amazing, great and good – this is only my opinion.  They are all fantastic but the ‘amazing’ ones are my favorite.

Amazing

• Strawberry Cheesecake
• Coconut Cashew
• Apple Pie
• Cinnamon Roll

Great

• Chocolate Brownie
• Lemon Cream Pie
• Mixed Berry Bliss

Good

• Peanut Butter Supreme
• Peanut Butter & Jelly
• Vanilla Almond Crunch
• Chocolate Peanut Butter

They can be purchased online or you can find them in select health food stores like, Vitamin Shoppe or GNC.  They go for about $2 a bar.

Now all this talk about them is making me crave one, so I’m off to go have one!

Question: If you’ve eaten Quest bars before, please share your thoughts on them so others can get more than just my opinion. <3

XOXO,

Angel

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Time for a review!

If you’ve been reading my blog for awhile,you’ll know I’ve been trying out Julian’s Bakery bread for the last couple of weeks.  Their cinnamon raisin bread and amazing sourdough bread to be exact. I tried each loaf 3 different ways.

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Cinnamon raisin bread

 Listed in the order, I enjoyed eating the bread the most. 

Amazing Sourdough

Price - Expensive $8 per loaf.

Availability - Purchase online or in select health food stores. Visit their website to find the nearest store to you.

Nutritional Stats -  Awesome! The stats are what original caught my eye for this bread, check out those stats ^^^^ Unbelievable!

Taste – Based on their nutritional stats, they taste great.  Compared to other (regular) bread, they taste okay.  I recommend toasting the bread and eating it with something more than just butter or by itself.  I didn’t favor one bread more than the other so I can’t recommend one flavor over the other loaf.

Would I continue eating this bread? I would continue to eat it based on the nutritional stats if each loaf didn’t cost $8 a pop!

*****

Breakfast – Pita stuffed with an egg scramble (2 egg whites, 1 whole egg, handful of spinach, 2 breakfast chicken sausages and laughing cow cheese).

Lunch – Starbucks inspired wrap (2 egg whites, spinach and gouda cheese).  I also had a bowl of cottage cheese that I mixed with 1/2 scoop of vanilla protein powder (for sweetness) and frozen grapes. Yum!

Dinner – Fiber Gourmet pasta with roasted chicken breast & broccoli.  My mom bought us a loaf of sourdough bread from San Francisco so I couldn’t resist having a slice with my pasta! I toasted it in the oven with light butter and garlic.

Question: Are you voting today?

XOXO,

Angel

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