Alexia Sea Salt & Pepper Sweet Potato Fries Review

I managed to stay in bed for 7 hours, not what I was going for. I did not sleep the entire time, but it's still probably more than I've had at one time lately. I had coffee for breakfast; half caf. I didn't get coffee right away this morning. I had run away dogs to search for. I let the dogs out while I went to the bathroom and when I came out, they were gone. The back gate was slightly open, which I couldn't see from the back door. Luckily they eventually came back. They hadn't had their breakfast yet. I guess they didn't find anything while they were out.

I made coffee and reheated leftover cinnamon pancakes from yesterday.

I used butter and lite syrup on my pancakes.

While making breakfast I noticed a couple of big ants in my kitchen. I've been seeing them here and there in the kitchen for the last few days. I saw on an infomercial that if you put bay leaves out, the ants don't like them and they stay away. I haven't seen anymore today. Hopefully it's working. Now if I could get rid of the spiders (naturally).

I had the last of my succotash for lunch......

....along with a few Clancy's vegetable chips.

I made coleslaw for dinner to go with my Gardein Chipotle Lime Crispy Fingers and Alexia Sweet Potato Fries with Sea Salt & Pepper. The fries were very good. I love sweet potato fries. I do like their julienne fries with Chipotle Seasoning a little better, but if you aren't into spicy foods, you should try these.

These fries were perfect with the Chipotle Crispy Finger. They were pretty spicy on their own. I'm giving the fries 4 stars. I also had a coupon for these which I found online.

 

Now, I hate to cut this short, but I've got to get to bed. Have a great night/day!!!

Alexia Oven Reds Review

Alternate Title - Corny But In Good Humor

Alright, so I decided to just skip the last post. I spend too much time stressing over things I can't do anything about, to stress over things I can do something about....problem solved.

Today's breakfast was pretty much that same as yesterday's breakfast anyway. I had half caf with raw sugar and creamer, half an apple, and a Little Debbie Raisin Creme Pie. I suppose they call them creme pies because they are sort of like whoopie pies with raisins on top. When I have too many sweets in the house, I use some of them for breakfast, since a lot of breakfast foods are sweet, that's when I have my coffee, and sweets are better with coffee, right? Well, it sounded good in my head anyway.....

I went to Lindsay's to keep the girls today. I think they go better at their house. They are calmer, more settled, and don't get into as much. I guess I just have all the neat stuff that looks like it shouldn't be touched.

Mary and Lexi had sandwiches. Mary took a nap and I had Veggie Cuisine's Enchilada Rojo with Mexican Rice. I also had half an ear of corn.

It didn't look like much, which is why I also had the corn, but I was really stuffed after having eaten it all.

The girls had cheese & cracker snacks later with chocolate milk. I waited until I came home for my snack. Now you know why I was in such "Good Humor".

Lucas wanted to try these. I've had them before. I really like them. The flavor reminds me of strawberry jello or koolaid, but with creamy vanilla ice cream and soft cookie crumbs.

 It's awful to say and not much better to drink, but I reheat leftover coffee after my ice cream. I could hardly keep my eyes open and had a chill from eating the ice cream. I just added a little raw sugar and just drank about 2/3 of it.

I had chosen Alexia Oven Reds with Olive Oil, Parmesan, and Roasted Garlic. They take about 25 minutes (longer in my oven) to bake. They are very good. They get 5 stars. I also had leftover broccoli casserole, another half ear of corn, and some fresh broccoli with garlic Caesar dressing.

Now, thanks to the icky reheated coffee, I was able to complete this post, of course lack of sleep is the reason for the content. Sorry. I'm outa here. Have a great night/day!!!

Alexia Saute Reds Review

I'm finally up this morning, after repeatedly hitting the snooze button. I sleep so well between hitting the button. It's just a shame I have to keep putting my glasses on to see what time it is. I have my alarm set to allow for snooze time, but if I  hit the button too many times, it's a bad thing. I used to just jump right up when the alarm went off and now I'm snooze dependent, you know, just ten more minutes. I think I will look for a better alarm clock today to add to my growing wish list.

Yesterday morning was pretty much the same as today, but with lots of rain. I had the last cranberry orange muffin with half an apple for breakfast.

I had an awesome lunch. I fixed a bag of Alexia Saute Reds along with a MSF Riblet. If you'd like to try these you can get a coupon here. Alexia has a variety of potato & bread products you can try, including sweet potatoes. The Saute Reds are red potatoes & baby portabellas with green beans & onion in a thyme infused olive oil.

Nutritional Facts

DAILY % Total Fat 12.0g 18% Saturated Fat 1.5g 8% Trans Fat 0.0g Poly- unsaturated Fat 1.0g Mono- unsaturated Fat 9.5g Cholesterol 0.0mg 0% Sodium 180mg 8% Potassium 570mg 16%

DAILY % Total Carbohydrate 19g 6% Dietary Fiber 4g 16% Sugars 2g Protein 4g Vitamin A 4% Vitamin C 2% Calcium 2% Iron 4%

Serving Size: 1 cup (182g)

Servings per container: 2.0

Calories [per serving]: 200

Calories from fat: 110

  Here is the thyme infuse olive oil that comes frozen in the bag, which you place in hot water to thaw before adding to the pan. I was interrupted after getting this shot and completely forgot to get a shot of the frozen veggies. The Saute Reds were delicious as expected, but they were a little skimpy on the green beans, so I only gave them 4 stars.

In case you're wondering, I added a few handfuls of frozen green beans to the pan. There were maybe 5 green beans in the whole bag.

The longer green beans are theirs. The potatoes went perfectly with my  riblet, which was a little sauce deprived on one end, but there was enough on the side for dipping. I can't wait to eat the rest of this.

Just as I was eating lunch, Lindsay brought the girls over, while she went for her doctor's appointment. I fixed the girls some mac & cheese. Lexi played her Dora game and did a little yoga and Mary colored with crayons and played Doodle Buddy, a drawing app on my ipod. I could tell they were both feeling better though, because they had quite a bit more energy.

Later after Lindsay got back, I fixed some chocolate pudding with graham cracker crumbs in the bottom in applesauce cups which I saved. I put about 4tsp of crumbs in each cup and then poured in the pudding. I'd mixed a little melted butter with the crumbs. It made 6 cups. We all had one. It was pretty good. I wasn't sure if Lexi would go for the crumbs, but she did  and she would have eaten another one, if I'd let her.

They all went home shortly after the pudding. Lexi also had a lunchable. She didn't eat the little butterfinger that came with it, but I did.

I also had the little cheddar on wheat crackers that Lindsay left. I'm like a cleanup crew. I don't get these very often. I may have to get some of them though. I'd forgotten how good they are.

For dinner, I had leftover pinto beans and some brown rice cooked with fried onion and green pepper. I used a little salt, pepper and hickory grill seasoning in it.

I wasn't really in the mood for beans, but I didn't want them to go to waste and after fixing them this way, I'm glad I had them. I really enjoyed it. It's another combo, I will have to try to remember.

Now, I'll be cutting this short. I have to get ready for some last minute shopping that I haven't had a chance to do. Have you gotten your Christmas shopping done? Happy Thursday!

Alexia Saute Sweets Review

I trying to get ahead for tomorrow, so I'm send this one out early. My Saturday didn't start off so well. I spent the first part of the day wishing I'd gotten more sleep, but luckily I felt better as the day went on. 

I started off the day with a French toast bagel spread with peanut butter and topped with a little of the Men's Omega 3 Energy Mix we'd gotten at the Fresh Market. The mix included a few prunes, which I don't care. I assumed I would like them. I like raisins, dried cherries, cranberries, but not prunes, maybe the orange flavored ones. Is a flavored prune any better than a plain prune? I used the pumpkin seeds, raisins, dried apple bits, and dried papaya from the mix on my bagel. They could have left out the dark chocolate covered raisins as well, but I will eat them.

It was nearly time for lunch when I felt terribly sleepy and decide to make a cup of coffee. It was 1/2 caf and what better to go with coffee than donuts. The donuts were Hostess gingerbread spice mini donuts. I had two with my coffee, black with just a little sugar.

Because of the coffee and donuts, I had a late lunch. I had the two leftover slices of veggie pizza from yesterday.

There was a last minute addition of Parmesan and oregano.

I also had a Russell Stover Coconut Cream Santa.

After I ate we got ready to go to the grocery store. I had planned to go to Aldi's, but I was late get around to going and we also needed to go to Walmart. I decide we just do Walmart and make a trip to Aldi's another day. I picked up some Alexia Sauté Sweets for dinner. A mixture of sweet potatoes, black beans, corn, red bell pepper, and onion, sounded good. You can get a coupon for Alexia products from their website.

 

 

Serving Size: 1 cup (177g)

Servings per container: 2.0

Calories [per serving]: 240

Calories from fat: 100

DAILY % Total Fat 11.0g 17% Saturated Fat 1.5g 8% Trans Fat 0.0g Poly- unsaturated Fat 0.5g Mono- unsaturated Fat 9.0g Cholesterol 0.0mg 0% Sodium 310mg 13% Potassium 450mg 13%

DAILY % Total Carbohydrate 30g 10% Dietary Fiber 7g 28% Sugars 10g Protein 5g Vitamin A 100% Vitamin C 20% Calcium 6% Iron 10%

I also had a MorningStar Farms garden burger with the veggies. The Sauté Sweets come with a pouch of seasoned olive oil which you thaw in warm water and put in a pan to sauté the vegetables in. It's a spicy seasoned oil that adds a wonderful southwestern flavor the mixture.

The veggies had to cook a bit to get the sweet potatoes done, but once they were, they were delicious. I really liked this combo and I don't think it would be too hard to duplicate. I gave it 5 stars. It was really yummy! 

 I ate half of the 2 servings that came in the bag. I could have probably eaten both, but I didn't. I had a nice juicy seedless orange instead. I bought several from Walmart and couldn't wait to try one.

I'm up late again, but hope to sleep late in the morning. We are planning a trip to Ikea in the morning and then maybe over to Mom's if we get back in time. Have a great night/day!!!