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This is How We Do it…Super Bowl Par-tay! February 6, 2011

Filed under: almond milk,black beans,dessert,dinner,frozen yogurt — ansauls @ 9:18 pm

Hey y’all. So, you know I love y’all when I’m blogging during a football game. What a halftime show! I love some football.

I know, Denver isn’t playing, but I still have to wear my jersey and represent Tebow!

After brunch, Mom and I ran errands to get ready for our party. We stopped for lunch/mid-afternoon snack at Marmalade Skies for some fro yo. I rolled with Vanilla yogurt with kiwi, raspberries, and dark chocolate chips. As I was deciding about what to get, I sampled (of course!) blueberry that was advertised as nonfat, all natural, …, BUT as I read the ingredient list, it included high fructose corn syrup and things like red number 6. How in the world can they advertise it as all-natural with high fructose corn syrup and dyes? I’m a little upset and glad that the ingredient list was included. The vanilla had 12 more calories per serving but a lot less ingredients and things I could actually identify.

All Natural Lowfat Vanilla

Serving Size 4oz. cup

Calories 80 Fat 1.5g
Protein .75g Cholesterol 0mg
Sugar 11g Sodium 30mg
Carbohydrates 17g

 

Ingredients: pure crystalline fructose, extra grade sweet whey, malt dextrin, non-dairy creamer, natural gums, yogurt solids, natural flavors, whey protein concentrate
*All-Natural, no chemicals or preservatives
*Gluten Free
*Active Yogurt Cultures
*Kosher

Like our shadows in the background? 😉

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So, as usual, dinner didn’t go as I had planned, which may be a good thing. I ended up skipping the Green (Bay) Juice “Cocktail” and just went with the food. We didn’t use my tahini dip afterwards, but I’ll use it on salad later this week. It’s good to have some stuff ready for the week. I ate some “uncomfortable” foods in moderate amounts, and, honestly, I feel fine right now.

Let me show y’all how we throw down ’round here…

1. The veggie display that I made. I love this cutting board that doubles as a display for dips as well. Our dips are 1) my Mom’s mexican cream cheese dip, some plain hummus (yay!), and my Mom’s guacamole.

2.  Chicken kelaguan that one of our best friends always makes. It’s a traditional dish from Guam that is soooo good! It’s got chicken, coconut, and tons of veggies chopped really small.

3. Family and friends…

4. Wings and chicken tenders with biscuits…

…that Daddy looooooves

5.  Nachos and beer-battered hot dogs…

…mine are the ones with blue corn chips and “cheeze” that I made out of heated almond milk and nutritional yeast.

6. Dessert spread (minus my Black (and Gold) Steel-my-Heart brownies)…key lime pie, 10-layer chocolate cake, chocolate cookie cake, monster mash and black M&Ms.

7. TV

My first plate…veggies with my guacamole and hummus, chicken kelaguen, and my nachos (blue corn chips, “cheeze” sauce, ground beef and black bean mix, olives, rotel, greek yogurt).

My second plate ;)…more of the same.

And dessert at halftime…a small piece of key lime pie, a black bean brownie, and the football out of the cookie (yes, I’m that girl that just cut the football out) 😉 plus some bedtime tea and a little almond milk to drink.

Watchin’ the rest of the game…

Gotta love football.

What was your favorite game food today? Or did you not watch it at all? How do you party?

Back to the game…

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4 Responses to “This is How We Do it…Super Bowl Par-tay!”

  1. squigglefloey Says:

    Omg those platters look AMAZING 🙂 Hope you’re having a wonderful sunday girlie 🙂

  2. cbrady3 Says:

    LOVe that veggie tray! Proud of you for venturing out – hope you had a great night!

  3. Lindsay Says:

    Yay! Looks like you had fun and made some excellent food choices 🙂

  4. movesnmunchies Says:

    YAA i made black bean brownies too! so so good! and good choice on the vanilla.. HFCS is HORRIBLE!


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