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A Mother’s Day Crepe…

zesty — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:50:52 +0000

Stuffed with nutella.

Topped with fresh berries.

Served in bed.

I know, I know but I cannot take all the credit for this one. I had a little help from zesty junior preparing and delivering this masterpiece.

Results were well received.

I used a crepe mix from Stonewall kitchen to put them together.

Pretty simple.

After the crepes were cooked I smeared on some Nutella and then rolled them up. Drizzled with a little more warm Nutella and topped with fresh berries and a dollop of Greek yogurt. A nice way to start off a busy Mother’s Day.

How was your weekend? Anything exciting happening this week. Let me know.

Talk to you on Wednesday.

Take care

zesty

Fat Sandwich…. Thin Bagel

zesty — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:20:00 +0000

As I promised on Monday, a new product to show off, a new spin on my Super Star Toast, and something I am going to call - Fat Sandwich, Thin Bagel. Remember my posts from way back where I created my version of Super Star Toast I and Super Star Toast II, well today I wanted to create something similar with a whole new product.

Just this past month Dempsters has released a product called Thin Bagels. I myself am a big fan of bagels but tend not too eat them that much due to the heaviness and extra calories. Dempsters new line contains 100 calories per bagel and of course I was game to receive some in the mail. Within days they sent me a bunch of coupons and 3 flavors of bagels to try. They carry Cinnamon Raisin which I loved, Regular which Zesty Junior devoured in 2 days, and Multi grain ( which I ate three of while testing this recipe for you).

I had a few ideas in my mind as to how I wanted to kick this bagel up and make it a fat sandwich to play on the words thin bagel. The end result was a combination of high quality breakfast ingredients all packed into one sandwich. Here is the lowdown.

Ingredients

One Dempsters Thin Multi grain Bagel (toasted)
Almond Butter
Nutella
Drizzle of Honey
Banana (sliced)
Sprinkle of Flax seed
Dash of dry plain oatmeal
Unsweetened coconut

Method

Toast the bagel, and start adding the toppings.
Spread both sides with a little almond butter, follow up with Nutella and sliced banana.
The add a drizzle of honey to act as glue for the flax, coconut and oatmeal.
Put the two halves together and smile with excitement
ENJOY!

Zesty Tip: Be careful putting both sides together and possibly wear a bib – it could get messy. But oh my – this was delicious.

You need to try this. The picture I had with the two sides put together was not great as I was in a rush and the bus was almost coming for zesty Junior. Trust me though… I ate three of these in a row… they were that good! I am going to be doing a giveaway soon for some free Dempsters coupons so be sure to check back. What I really love about these bagels are how crunchy they get in the toaster. I added a little bit of nutritional information below so be sure to check them out.

Thanks again to the Dempster folks and the folks at High View communications for letting me try this out and share them with you. Overall it is a thumbs up from the zesty household. Let me know what you think.

Take care

zesty

Kashi and Nutella?

zesty — Mon, 10 May 2010 12:00:46 +0000

Do you ever sit down in front of the laptop and think… good god I could write for days and days but I am so scatter brained that your not sure it will make sense? This is how I feel right now. I am sitting here on Sunday evening getting this post in the hopper for tomorrow morning and I am completely exhausted. I will not get into to many details on why the exhaustion but nonetheless I feel that I could crash on the asdf keys as I type.

On Thursday I feel that I may have created the most amazing snack in the history of snacks and I am a bit pumped to share it with you. After I took a bite and thought about it for a while – I realized that this may not seem that amazing when it is written out buuuuuuuuuuuut – when you sink your teeth into this flavor combination I am pretty sure you will go off the charts. Now this requires absolutely no talent and takes all of 45 seconds to whip up.

Without further a do – I present you with the KASHI meets NUTELLA experiment.

I love kashi bars… well certain flavors – the mocha chocolate is my least favorite but I do enjoy the seven grain almond that I am featuring today. I smear a little nutella on the end before I bite into and ummmm WOW. That is all I can say. Normally I find the kashi bars a bit on the dry side and I usually have to guzzle a glass of water to wash it down but the little addition of the hazelnut chocolate love in a jar does wonders for the experience.

I truly urge you to try this. It does not have to be Nutella by any stretch as it could be any of your favorite nut butters that you like. I just think the combination of chocolate on this kashi bar may have changed my snack outlook foreva.

What is your favorite Kashi Bar?

House News

Remember a while ago I posted the finished house pictures of the interior. Well I am happy to say we are forging ahead on some outside work. The back deck is pretty much complete at this stage and we are working on final grading, walkways choices, landscaping ideas in anticipation to the grass seeding in the coming weeks.

Have a great Monday and I look forward to hearing from you on the Kashi bar question.

Take care

zesty