Better Bean Company is a family owned company with a mission to, “get you to eat more beans.” They use organic and sustainable ingredients. Their beans are ready to heat and eat. Their mantra is, “for the love of beans.” When I contacted Co-founder, Hannah, about sponsoring us during our vegan challenge. She happily sent me many of their unique varieties that Better Bean has to
Liquor Cabinet: Starter Bar for my birthday!
I bought a starter bar for my 30th. I’ve never had a bar, and I must say that it’s a pretty damn awesome selection of liquors. I love my wife for letting me spend the money. This bar cost a little over $100. I’m going to give you my take of each top shelf liquor. Keep in mind that I don’t know much about liquor.
No Sugar May: What to expect
No Sugar May starts this Friday. I am SO excited that we have people joining us in this challenge! Following are some tips on what to expect, and how to get ready: 1. Expect to crave sugar and carbs (i.e. that cupcake in the office break room). Yep, even if you don’t have a sweet tooth. Don’t focus on what you can’t eat. Use this
Trader Joe’s: Sugarless Shopping
Trader Joe’s is a great place for sugarless shopping. Your breads, crackers, sauces, deli meats, cured meats, cereals, condiments, packaged foods, prepared foods, peanut butter, frozen meals, flavored yogurts, dried fruits,and protein bars…contain added sugar. If you still aren’t on board think about it this way, look at your bread, how many grams of sugar does it have? Lets take this seemingly “healthy” whole wheat bread for example, it contains 3 grams of sugar per
Sugar, it’s over.
Wellness Mama does an excellent job of thoroughly explaining the harmful effects of sugar. I love a challenge, particularly a food challenge. We are blessed to be able to make choices regarding the foods we eat. I’m done with sugar. Today my Mom said, “Amber I stopped eating sugar…you inspire me with your will power.” Oh my lawd. If I’m unknowingly inspiring people, I better
Two bean salads in (more than) 10 mins
I originally called this recipe, “Two bean salads in 10 mins.” Well, it took me 10 mins to chop everything. Maybe, if you are an expert chopper, you could finish in that time. My least favorite thing about cooking is cleaning up, a close second is prepping. I remember before G was born, I would casually take my time in the kitchen: prepping, baking, and