Today was a very long and busy day, but thankfully tomorrow I’m off to go to our wedding cake tasting! I get to “sleep in” which means getting up at probably 7:30.
On my way home, I realized that while a black bean burger (the original planned dinner) sounded OK, a ground beef burger sounded even better! I stopped at the grocery store an ended up with an odd conglomeration of toppings. More on that later.
When I walked in the door, I was greeted by THREE packages! One I was expecting, and two I was not. The one expected package included this lovely golden flaxseed from Tropical Traditions:
You know what it means when I get something from Tropical Traditions… it means that soon, YOU can get something from them!
The second (and smallest) package contained a lovely Mexican ceramic box that I won from KP at To Be The Whole Package:
And lastly, I opened the largest of the packages. It was from none other than the amazing and generous Veggie Girl, who was quite distressed in our last conversation that I’d never tried anything from One Lucky Duck. In this amazing package was quite possibly EVERY snack food that the company offers, as well as a school-perfect bright red tote bag:
This box contained grawnola, chocolate macaroons, blonde macaroons, cinnamon crispies, chocolate crispies, cheese quackers (crackers) and rosemary quackers.
Thank you SO VERY MUCH Miss VG!!! I’m beyond appreciative!!
Dinner was a simple summery dinner, kind of as a last summer hurrah. I made my “summer burgers” without the bread crumbs, and ate it on an Arnold’s bread thin. But the random toppings that I ended up with? Yeah, those would be garlic and herb Laughing Cow light cheese, jarred roasted red peppers, and avocado. Just check this out:
SO VERY DELICIOUS!!!
And this brings me (in a very non-sequitur sort of way) to the giveaway. A few weeks ago, I was sent some samples of Tanka Bars to try and review. They were both intriguing to me, as well as a bit scary. Why scary? Well, they’re not your average snack bar. Tanka bars are made from 100% organic grass-fed buffalo mixed with organic dried cranberries. There’s a spicy version as well, which I got to try in “bite” form. When I finally did try the bars, I was pleasantly surprised! There was a very beef-jerky smoky type flavor, as well as a nice sweet/tart contrast from the cranberries. I couldn’t eat very much of a bar at any one time, as they were quite chewy and satisfying, and the “hot” flavor of the bites was QUITE spicy!
The lovely Linda at Tanka Bar offered a whole box of 12 Tanka bars to one lucky What’s For Dinner reader! All you have to do? Comment below! That’s it! Winner will be announced at tomorrow’s dinner post, when I’ll be announcing the NEXT giveaway! It’s apparently giveaway week…
Don’t want to wait to win? Linda and Tanka Bar have created a special coupon JUST for What’s For Dinner readers that will grant $5 off a box of regular Tanka Bars from today through October 31! Just enter the code “IMADEDINNER09″ at check out.
Have a great Monday night and a fabulous Tuesday!
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