Winners! and Blogger Awards

First things first, the winners of the Glee Gum Giveaway selected via RNG at random.org are:

10 - Family Fresh Cooking
1 - Healthy Exposures
8 - Erica

Congrats ladies!!  Post your e-mail address in a comment below, and I'll e-mail you for your mailing address so I can send it on to Glee Gum!

I also recently received the following awards from Jessica at Healthy Exposures - thanks!

Instructions for the above 3 awards:

1. Thank the person who gave you the award
2. Paste the award on your blog
3. Link the person who nominated you for the award
4. Tell 7 interesting things about yourself
5. Nominate 7 bloggers or less
6. Post links to the 7 blogs you nominated.

My 7 interesting things are:

1. Last week I went on my first solo road trip to Indiana U, U. of Illinois, and U. of Michigan - 3 places where I may be going to graduate school in library and information science this fall!

2. I ran cross country and track all through high school and still love to run.

3. I adore animals and pets and can't wait to have a cat of my own :-).

4. I've lived in Iowa all my life and love it.

5. I don't like big cities - too much cement, buildings, and people.

6. I love horseback riding, though I very rarely get to do it.

7. I started practicing yoga this past January and will never stop!

The Rules and Regulations of The Sunshine Blog Award:

1. Put the logo on your blog or within your post
2. Pass the award on to 12 bloggers!
3. Link the nominees within your post
4. Share the love and link to the person from whom you received this award

I'm going to pass on all these awards to the following 12 wonderful bloggers:

Family Fresh Cooking
Healthy Exposures
Erica
Change of Pace
Endurance Isn't Only Physical
Prevention RD
Hungry Meets Healthy
The Candid RD
Peace. Love. Nutrition.
Simply Life
Fashion Meets Food
An Opera Singer in the Kitchen

And I could certainly go on since there are many more great bloggers out there, but I'll stop here.  I also have to let you all know that I won't be commenting on blogs as frequently for the next month or so because the rest of my semester is going to be very busy!!  I'll have much more free time during the summer though, and I'm looking forward to blogging more regularly!

I hope you're all enjoying some great spring weather!

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YouBar Review and Creative Blogger Award

I did a YouTrailMix review not too long ago, and now it is time for my actual YouBar review.  I must again thank Joel from YouBar for supplying me with the samples :-).  Here's a little info. about YouBars that I borrowed from their site at http://youbars.com/aboutus_bar:

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  You choose the ingredients and the bar size.
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  You view the nutrition facts of your energy bar while you are creating it.
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  Your box of bars is hand made fresh-to-order and shipped to your door with a satisfaction guarantee. If you don't love your bars, you'll get a new box free of charge.
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  Your customized nutrition facts and your chosen bar name are printed on each individual bar package.
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  Friendly telephone customer support is available to answers questions and provide helpful recommendations.

Sounds nice, right?!  Anyway, here are my reviews of the three flavors I was sent.

Honey Cashew

Honey Cashew = 8.5 of 10.  I loved the smooth creamy outside and the nice crunchy inside.  The inside was a little powdery (which I thought was a little unusual), but I liked how it seemed to melt in my mouth.  I was also a fan of the overall flavor and thought it was a nice sweet treat for only 7g of sugar.

Breakfast Bar

Breakfast Bar = 7.5 of 10.  This bar was a combination of date and chocolate flavor with a hint of coffee.  I must say that this bar was a tad too sticky and chalky for my liking.  I was impressed that it used egg whites for its protein though - truly a breakfast bar!

Great Date with Chocolate

Great Date with Chocolate = 7 of 10.  I didn't include a pic of this actual bar since it looked exactly like the other chocolate one.  Both bars were similar, but this one had fewer ingredients and lacked the coffee.  It reminded me of a sweet brownie, but again was a little chalky and dry.  I think I could taste the whey protein too, which made it more like your typical protein bar.

Overall, the chocolate flavors didn't quite meet my expectations.  Still, I didn't actually create these flavors, for they are examples of the standard flavors that you can buy if you're not feeling particularly creative.  They have so many options, so I really think anyone could create a flavor that would appeal to them.  You just need to know your preferences :-). 

And remember that you still get a 5% discount on your order at http://www.youbars.com/ if you use my code “FoodFotos".

In other news, I recently received my first blogger award from Ally at Sweet and Savory :-).

Here are the rules:
1. Thank the person who gave this to you.

2. Copy the logo and place it on your blog.

3. Link to the person who nominated you.

4. Tell up to six outrageous lies about yourself, and at least one outrageous truth.

5. Nominate seven “Creative Writers” who might have fun coming up with outrageous lies.

6. Post links to the seven blogs you nominate.


Here I go, do you know which one is the TRUTH?


1.   I have been skydiving.

2.   I qualified for the State Cross Country and Track meets in highschool.

3.   I ran a marathon last year.

4.   I took a month-long cruise to Alaska.

5.   I can play chess blindfolded.

6.   I have a 4.00 so far for my undergraduate grade point average.


I'm sharing this fun game with:
 
PreventionRD
 
HealthyExposures

The Candid RD

The Vegster

The Actor's Diet

Chow and Chatter

Une Vie Saine

I'll post my "truth" sometime in the next week!  Feel free to guess in the comments below - I'd love to see what you think!