MidWeek Munchies, Happy Mail, Vegan Products, Raw Snacks

It's MidWeek Munchies Time!  Keep scrolling to check out more and participate!

I will most likely be doing a few MWM posts from now to next Tuesday!  This past weekend I grabbed some lettuce, baby spinach, cherry tomatoes, a sweet onion, carrots!  Not overly exciting but still MWM!  I finally received one of my shipments which is pictured above.  Kale Krackers and Kale Chips from Awesome Foods, Organic Bilberries from The Raw Food World, and a new raw foods UNcookbook focused on desserts.

I also received a shipment from Indigo Herbs from the UK that I'm super excited about and will be blogging about VERY soon!  Here are the things I received!  Organic Cacao, Organic Pea Protein Powder, Organic Chia Seed Protein Powder, and 2 nut butters...Raw Almond and Raw Hemp!!!  YAY!  All 5 products are VEGAN!

Love Force is a brand that I am totally loving over the last few years and haven't gotten anything from in a while but will be placing an order for some of the energy bars and maybe even some of the Kale Chips!  I LOVE LOVE LOVE their Kale Chip flavors!  The Raw Vegan Energy Bars I have tried of theirs, too, are pretty amazing, as well!

It's YOUR TURN!  Link up friends!!!

SORRY FOLKS!  Having a little problem with the LINKY.  If you are participating let me know in comments and I will let you know when this week's coding is UP!

MWM (MidWeek Munchies) & The Winner Is...

It's MWM Time!  That's right...MidWeek Munchies!  But first I would like to say CONGRATS to the winner of the Chocolate Raw Meal from Garden of Life!  The winner is...Katherine!

CONGRATS!  I dropped you an email - if you would like to send me a response with your info I will let GoL know and they will send you your prize!

Now here are some of the goodies I would like to share this week for MidWeek Munchies!  Remember...you can link up anything VEGAN!  Whether it's a farmer's market or grocery store haul, online purchase, something that someone gifted you, a new vegan product find, vegan munchies that you made at home this week, or a edible vegan product review!  Let's see them!

I've blogged before about a few things I have tried from Awesome Foods and I am waiting on some more of their items to arrive including Herb Flax Crackers, Zesty Tomato Flax Crackers, Quinoa Crackers, and Poppadom Chips.  Also on my list to receive this week in the mail are raw almonds, Dark Agave Syrup, a few organic pastas, some Maple & Cinnamon Flax Snackers from Foods Alive, from Alive & Radiant 3 different types of Kale Chips that I have had before and LOVED, and from Living Nutz Pesto Walnuts, Mayan Chili Pistachios, and Vanilla Bean Coconut Creme Walnuts.

I've finally pulled the trigger on all 4 Atlantic Seaweeds, too!  There is Dulse, Kelp, Wakame, and Sweet Kelp!  I would like to start incorporating more of these in my dishes.  I'm assuming I will use them more as a crumble for a more savory flavor in things.

Question of the day:

What are some non-traditional ways you use these seaweeds?

Now it's YOUR Turn...show me what you have for this week's MidWeek Munchies by linking up below!

An InLinkz Link-up

What I Ate Today (Breakfast & Lunch), MidWeek Munchies on Friday, and Inspiring Woman of the Day

The 2nd post of the day!  YAY!  Keep scrolling!  In this point I will share What I Ate Today - at least for Breakfast and Lunch, some more finds that I will LINK UP to with MidWeek Munchies, and an Inspiring Woman of the Day!

I will start with that.  Amy Schumer.  She hosted SNL this past weekend and I thought she did a great job.  I know Christine over at The Raw Project has seen her LIVE and I wish I could at some point.  I really like her because she's not a girlie-girl, she speaks her mind, has things she feels very strong about, and seem like a girl you could go have a beer with!  Her most favorite person in the world is her sister which I LOVE hearing that!  I also love that she goes against the grain when it comes to how Hollywood (or the world) says women should look.  She's her own person and encourages everyone to be their own self, too.  One of her latest adventures is in the fashion industry and dressing for your body type.  Check out this article and video!

Next up...what I ate today for Breakfast & Lunch:

Breakfast:

Strawberry Camu Camu Smoothie, 3 Pumpkin Spice Snakaroons, Mango Ice Cream Black Tea

Morning Snacks:

Handful of Galactic Garlic Onion Pistachios, Lemon Grass & Pandan Herbal Tea

Lunch:

Yet to be determined flavor of McDougall's Soup and a side salad of mixed greens

Now...here are 3 items I ordered over at The Raw Food World!  I've blogged about Awesome Foods products before and I can't wait to try some more!  Starting with Kale Krackers!!!!  Yes...just about all of us have had or at least seen Kale Chips but what about Kale Krackers?  I remember making something like this out of Spinach but I am looking forward to trying these, too!

And speaking of Kale Chips...I thought I would try these from Awesome Foods!  They have other flavors, too, and I am sure that I will try all of them at some point but these jumped out at me this time around!

Then I got more Raw Organic Sunflower Seeds to add to my stash.  I have been using various nuts in a lot of dips, spreads, sauces, etc but silly me I should be using Sunflower and/or Pumpkin Seeds MORE because they are even more powerful and nutritious than nuts AND they are CHEAPER!

Remember to LINK UP for MidWeek Munchies before the end of TUESDAY!!!

Vegan MoFo ~ Traditional Local Foods

Today's Vegan MoFo Prompt has to do with traditional local foods.  Since I'm originally from the Buffalo, NY, area - which is the birth place of Buffalo Wings - I really wasn't sure what to post for today.  I knew I HAD to post about a local product and favorite FRANKS HOT SAUCE and that is where the beginning of my thought process started with this one.

Sure there are vegan alternatives to look into for vegan Buffalo Wings such as this one...and they aren't bad...considering I'm not much for fake meats.  I have tried this product a time or two and will consume in a pinch.

But I have been making my own versions of Buffalo Sauce with some success!

And a recipe I am very proud of...Vegan Cauliflower Bites...which is a much better version that we can make at home with plant based ingredients!  

So...if I am working on a local traditional dish for the prompt I guess this would be it.  I no longer reside in the Buffalo area but visit as often as I can.  Where I live now there aren't any real traditional dishes for the area to speak of.  I even tried to search Erie, PA because I am fairly close to that city and still don't know what I would consider to be native to Erie as far as foods are concerned (other than Smith's Hot Dogs and NO those aren't vegan).

In other news...I thought I would share a new product with you today.  Check these out!  I just gnawed on them and they didn't last long!  They are from Awesome Foods based out of Bridgeport, PA, and raw and vegan.  I got them from my recent shipment from The Raw Food World and I can't wait to check out more of their products soon!