Goji Berry Oatmeal + Fran’s Encore

Don’t you hate when you stay up late to write a lengthy blog post and your stupid software EATS it?! Yea, that’s what happened last night…so irritated!

But let’s move on.

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Check out my latest bulk bin purchase – goji berries, dried cranberries and coconut flakes. There was a better looking bin of coconut flakes but it had like 10 ingredients in it. The one I got had one – organic coconut flakes. 😆

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I had a fabulous breakfast of goji-berry oatmeal, “sausage” and coffee.

Check out these fabulous samples Food Should Taste Good sent me:

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Bailey was very curious about the new delivery.

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Inside: Chocolate, Jalapeno, Cheddar, Sweet Potato

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Blue Corn, Olive, The Works Multigrain, Lime

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Mini bags of the flavored chips.

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A bag of mini multigrain chips. I think Bailey wants them for himself.

Thank you Food Should Taste Good!! I can’t wait to try all of these!

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Since I had avocados on hand, I decided to make a guacamole to test out some chips. I only had avocados and not other guacamole ingredients, so I made a semi-homemade guac with 1/2 avocado, salsa, garlic powder, salt and pepper.

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I let hubby pick out our chip flavor to try – The Works.

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Nice ingredient list.

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I love the suggested accompaniments.

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Nutrition.

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Gauc, chips, open-face turkey melt.

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I made sure to sample a chip without any guacamole so I could really taste the flavor. The chip was very flavorful and I loved how it wasn’t all heavy and oily. These were so better than restaurant chips!

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Cherry tomatoes.

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Strawberry banana smoothie with Vega vanilla chai health optimizer.

My mom made an impromptu visit so we hit up a local nursery (photos of the goods later) and then decided to eat out. I knew the perfect place! A repeat of the night before – Fran’s Filling Station.

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My mom got the special – coconut rice, ginger rum shrimp, pineapple salsa.

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I got the slow-roasted beef with braised greens and roasted cauliflower.

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I thought my mom needed to try one of my faves – a local doughtnut.

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After saying “later” to my mom, I headed out to a ladies night out at a local bar where we were doing a demo with my dance fitness group.

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Apple-tini

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Chauna + moi

SO much fun dancing with my girls! We took over the stage at the bar and demoed some of our fave songs. Loved it!

Busy weekend ahead. Gotta run! 🙂 Have a great weekend everyone!

8 thoughts on “Goji Berry Oatmeal + Fran’s Encore”

  1. You’re SO lucky to receive that huge box to sample! I’ve tried the lime and sweet potato flavors, and can’t wait to try the rest. They are AMAZING. I’m having a hard time finding them in my area…. all I can really find is lime, multigrain and sweet potato (sometimes). I can’t wait to try chocolate!

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  2. I think you have sold me on trying Fran’s. I actually passed it a couple of weeks ago and was wondering about it. It must be a great place to try since you’ve been there twice in two days! 🙂

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  3. Ever since I saw all your oatmeal pictures I’ve been putting cinnamon and cranberries on my oatmeal. Need to pick up some other things at the store next time I go. Goji berries sound like a good idea.

    I am quite curious to hear how the chocolate chips are.

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