The Ice Cream Truck

Was hoping i'd get a chance to take a picture of the truck but never did and now i'm pretty much out of money so haven't been getting any lately. But i have been taking pictures of what we had been getting. This is pretty much just a bunch of pictures of what i've bought.

Jamba Juice Green Fusion fruit and veggie "at-home" smoothie kit

I keep wanting to try frozen smoothie things because they sound good but i typically don't get around to trying them. Finally tried some, this was one i tried. It looks tastier on the package lol.

I'm not the healthiest eater so was thinking of trying this because if it was good then i could feel alittle healthy lol

Anyways, as i said, it looks better on the package. All nice and bright green. I'd prefer a bright green than that olive like color.  I still drank it though. It wasn't bad, wasn't great either. Like it tasted the way it should, i just don't think i like green smoothies that much.

Checking out the points, if you are doing weight watchers, it was just 2 points plus without the added juice. I used a 100% apple juice with no added sweetener or anything so my juice was pretty much 0 points i added.

Here's some other pictures

Crockpot Zuppa Toscana Copycat

This is a bit more of a "look what i made" type post.

Followed this recipe: http://www.keyingredient.com/recipes/176206245/crockpot-zuppa-toscana/

I've never had the olive garden's zuppa, so i couldn't really compare the taste to see how close the copycat comes. Rest of my family has had it so they were able to tell me how close it came.

I thought it was alright for just as a soup. I'm not big on spicy so we used a mild sausage. My mom said that it probably would been pretty dead on in we used the normal kind.

I've found a few other copycat recipes for this soup. At some point i will be wanting to compare the recipes to see how they differ if at all. But this one was nice because of being for the crockpot.

Seattle's Best Coffee: Frozen Coffee Blends Coffee Chiller

So happy i actually tried this. 1. it was yummy, 2. i buy frozen drink things but rarely actually make them :(

Seeing how it looked outside of the bad pretty much reminded me of the posts i've seen on pinterest about just freezing left over coffee in an ice cube tray to make your own frappes.

There's a picture of it with the milk that is needed for it.

I don't have a pretty after picture but here's how it looked after blending it.

I always get alittle worried on coffee drinks because i don't like it too strong. This was Delicious though! I want to go get more of these to have on hot days, or even cold lol. There were at least 2 other flavors i think, off hand don't remember what they were, but i might go try those since i liked this one. It might of been a little smoother if i actually used blender, but i liked using a spoon to eat it until it got to melty for the spoon.

ACV Update

I tried the ACV (apple cider vinegar) drink testing. I did it for about a week with maybe just alittle less amount of the ACV that i planned to do.

First off, the taste. It was hard to drink at first, i tried it in just water first, then tried it as sort of like a tea. Those were okay, just a force chugging it to get through it. I then remembered reading that that a lot of people had it in apple juice. so i got some of that and made it a lot easier to drink.

I think i did notice that the drink helped with my allergies some and i didn't get heartburn the days i drank it.
Didn't really see much change in the acne or weight. I did only try it for a week, so maybe longer would of helped. But as for the weight, people were saying that they lost like 10 pounds after starting to drink it, they never say what else they changed. So leaves you wondering is it only from the ACV or did they actually start exercising and eating better? They never say. Well i kept my laziness and eating the same during my test week and i lost nothing. So i am left to believe that ACV only helps you if you eat better and exercise....though really, you can lose weight without the ACV if you do those.

I'm not going to completely put ACV off from the weight lose factor, but until i like do a test week of eating better and exercising without drinking it and then with to see if there's a difference.

I might still drink it sometimes to use up what i bought for the testing, but don't think i'll drink it a bunch every day like my test week was suppose to be.

I'm a bit bored of this topic because my findings aren't as exciting as i hoped lol. But i was wondering...

What is your experience with drinking ACV? what pros and cons do you find from drinking it?

Baked Egg in Avocado

First off, i'd like to say that i managed to make this without making a mess!!! (it helps to read comments about things before trying them lol)

I'll go first in how i made it then how it tasted.

Scoop out some of the avocado first, this is to make room for the egg.

my halves weren't very even and i ended up scooping out a little more after this picture. Though should of done just a tiny bit more on the bigger half.

Add the egg.

I used a muffin tin to keep them steady because many people complained that when trying to put it in the oven that they would rock and make a mess of the egg.

and then cook.

I didn't exactly follow the recipe. i started off at a too low of temperature and i probably cooked alittle too long because i wanted to make sure the egg was cooked.

So i cooked it and didn't make a mess....That's about the only good thing about this lol.
The egg was rubbery from my funky cooking it. Biggest thing i learned from this is that i don't like baked avocado. I managed to eat the eggs fairly fine, but i just couldn't eat the avocado.

I won't say don't try it, but just cook it right and make sure you scoop some of it out before putting the egg in.

I'd link to what recipe i looked at before trying this, but i can't find it. :(

Sweet Lemonade Peeps and Bubble Gum Peeps

I love peeps. I can't really eat more than just a few at a time before i get sick of them, but i still love them. I loved it when they started to come out with the other seasonal ones so that they weren't just an easter candy. The hearts, the snowmen(with a badly placed cane), the pumpkins, just all of them. They all taste the same, but i'm a sucker for the novelty stuff. When i saw this one, it caught my eye. Well was actually the bubble gum one that did and then i saw this one while waiting in line for something. Either way, i noticed that they weren't just shaped different, they were different flavored. Only other one i remember currently that i've tried of a different flavor was the peppermint one, but that was a christmasy one, these two are like summer based ones.

I don't remember what i paid for them, wasn't like horribly expensive but i'm also cheap lol. I found them at Fred Myers. I do think if you happen upon them then you should try them.

Lemonade Peep:

I was a little disappointed on this one. I like lemony type candies, but wasn't a fan of this one. Was kinda hoping for an over all lemon taste, but just those little yellow spots were the lemon. and wasn't a very good lemon. A little hard to explain what i'm thinking it is. It's just really strong, like the sour crystals strong but the yellow pieces remind me of those old mouthwash strips that melt in your mouth lol. I still say worth trying if you like peeps, but i won't get again.

Bubble Gum Peeps:

I liked this one. I like most things flavored bubble gum(cotton candy is my most loved though). Took the third picture to show that the marshmallow part was pink too. The flavor wasn't over powering, a nice extra flavor to give you something more than just a peep. I'd buy these ones again if i come across them again, though after eating these, i'm kinda peeped out.

Anyone know of other fun new peeps that i might not of seen before?

Fun side bits:
I once kept a pack of peeps for a long time, probably at least over a year. It got so hard. No idea really why i kept them. I finally threw them away after they sat on my electric blanket while it was on and they got soft again lol.

I have this weird thing that i like to try and eat the eyes first then eat the sugar off the bottom of them.