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She Says: Fun with Granola!
This morning at around 6 I got a call asking me if I could sub. for a gym teacher. “Of course,” I slurred. I’d been having one of those sleeps where you are active in your dreams. It was actually a blogging dream where many of my favorite blogging characters were all meeting for a weekend retreat. Anyway, here is a tip for anyone planning to sub: keep some paper and a pen near your bed for receipt of such calls. Do you think I had any idea what school I was supposed to go to when I got up an hour later? Nope. I convinced myself I knew where to go, picked the correct school & it all worked out. It was the school closest to my house, the same one I work at after school. Mucho convenient.
I didn’t pack lunch, so I walked home to grab something during my break. It just so happened that when I was walking into my house the UPS man was bringing me a wonderful package from MixMyGranola.com.
A few weeks ago Mark and I were offered the chance to create our own granola and it took me a full two weeks to finally decide what I wanted!
My mix, Hangry Heather’s Mix, was simply the Organic Muesli, which contains organic whole rolled oats, organic raisins, organic whole rolled wheat, organic date pieces with organic oat flour, organic walnuts and organic almonds. I also added chia seeds because after reading this, I was very curious.
The experience of creating the granola was quite memorable. It was exciting and I really enjoyed being able the see the nutritional and cost information for my mix as I built it. The packaging and presentation is cool too – a totally tubular granola holder with my own Mix label! It’s the little things that excite me.
Now, about the taste … at lunch I immediately dove right into mine and combined it with plain Greek Yogurt. Very delicious indeed. Worth pointing out was the size of ingredients – lots of large chunks of nuts, dates and nice plump raisins (none of those dry raisin bits).
I will let Mark review his creation, but I tried it and can vouch for the deliciousness of the Organic Granola base.
His favorite part will probably be the name. Flashback a week to the naming process:
Mark, “Can I name it ‘Mark of the Hangry Wolves?’”
Heather, “You can name it whatever you want.”
Mark, “I am so excited right now.”
Then he chuckled like a school girl.
The downside is that it is a bit expensive. Shipping is a flat rate of $4.99. Altogether, our granola was just under $20. Also, I know you can re-order a mix and I wish you could send back the tube for free to get it re-filled and reduce waste. Overall, I think it’s a cool concept and I am definitely pleased with the taste and quality of our mixes, but I am not sure I would pay to do again… for myself. I would, however, buy a granola loving friend a gift certificate. What a fun present idea!
I realize this kinds of sounds like an advertisement, and I want to assure you that it’s not. I just like to share good, fun food things with my bloggies. For that reason, you’ve got 1 week of
20% off your purchase at with the coupon code “HANGRYPANTS”
Back at school I had Lunch Duty. Do you remember when you were little and you and all your friends had slightly different variations of the same thing? Well, Vera Bradley lunch bags are v. hip with the Ugg & head band wearing 6th grade girl population. I, of course, want one now.
Kids that bought lunch had french fries + grilled cheese or chicken nuggets. Now to be fair, there were salads & fruit offered during lunch, but no one had them. Just like with adults, a packed lunch from home is probably best.
Training Update:
First, a couple people asked whether I ran on an incline during yesterday’s “Speedwork.” The answer is no. Usually I run between .5 & 2 % incline, but because I just wanted to focus on speed, I brought it down to 0.
Second, I only got about 4 hours of sleep and was really tired when I got home from the after school program, so I decided to swap today’s 6 mile run with tomorrow’s rest day. Luckily, I have that kind of flexibility in my work schedule that I can do that.
That’s it for me. Have a great Thursday night!
The create your own granola idea is very cool, and it looks yummy!
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