Giveaway Winner & New Bean Burger!

Phew, what a day! Its almost Wednesday, half week, so thats all I am thinking about! Does anyone else think that the bachelorette is getting a bit boring? I mean, don’t get me wrong, its my guilty pleasure TV show, but for some reason my attention is not staying put this season with Ali! I think it has gotten a bit corny and expected, so nothing is that exciting anymore. The whole thing with Justin last night was so over dramatic! Ok, moving on…I bet you want to know who is the winner of my giveaway, don’t you?!?!? Well if you are impatient, you can scroll down to the bottom of the post

Last night while cooking, I munched on some Newmans Own Organic pretzels. Hey, they are packed with protein!! I haven’t yet had these and they were So good!! had two handfuls

There was some sunflower seed butter dipping as well

For dinner, I whipped up another batch of bean burgers, this time canelli bean burgers! I really love to use what I have on hand, so this is just what I did.

Cannelli Bean Burgers

1 Can Cannelli Beans
1/3 C oatbran
1 Egg
1 T Cumin
1/2 t Cayanne pepper
1/4 t each salt and black pepper
1 T Oregano
1/2 Sweet onion-chopped
1/2 Red bell Pepper (can use any color)-chopped
1 1/2 t crushed garlic

Method

Cook onion, pepper and garlic in a pan with a little bit of olive oil. Cook for about 5minutes or until tender
In a separate bowl, place the drained beans and smash with a fork
Add all of the spices, egg and oat bran
Add the sauteed onion and pepper and garlic
Mix all together until well combined
Spoon out into small ball sized bites or burger sized bites
cook at 350 degrees for about 30-35 minutes, flipping halfway
ENJOY!

Looks yucky, tastes amazing!

I made a refreshing salad with cucumber, red pepper, tomatoes, 1/4 of an apple, dried cranberries, goat cheese and romaine lettuce

Topped with the Burger!! This was so delicious!!

On the side I cooked up some collard greens with a bit of sea salt, garlic and topped with nooch.

For dessert, I was so excited to try some samples I got from YUMNUTS

I got samples of 5 different flavors of Yumnuts (which are all cashews)

Honey
Spicy Cajun
Toasted Coconut
Chocolate
Sea Salt

Yumnuts is a snack company who makes great tasting, healthy snacks including Yumnuts-all natural flavored cashews based out of Norfolk, CT.

About Yumnuts: When Mike began working with his dad, he started dreaming of a better cashew, without the oil and artificial ingredients added by other companies. A few years of experimenting produced a 100% all natural, yummy snack. Then fate stepped in. one halloween, Tyler went trick or treating to Mike’s place, wearing his food company hat. The hat prompted Milk to mention his own cashew prodcut. With one crunch, Tyler was hooked and the buisness was born

Chocolate was up first! I was excited for this flavor, because I was hoping it was satisfy my sweet tooth! I loved this flavor!!

I liked that you could still taste the strong cashew flavor even though it was cleary coated in a chocolately shell. The shell held together well, and I could tell these would be great on oatmeal or on a salad

Next up was the toasted coconut. I have to say, although I love the SMELL of coconut, I am not a fan of it when it is flavored in my food (not drinks, I love pina coladas!) but in food, not a huge fan. Verdict? I liked these a lot! They had a subtle coconut flavor, that was not too strong. I did like the chocolate a little better though!

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this morning, I started my day with the P90x Plyometric DVD. This was my first time doing it and I really enjoyed it! I have to say, Tony Horton is a bit annoying, but he gives a great workout. I was sweating a ton!! I am excited to do the weight training P90x Tomorrow!!