Business with benefits

Hey guys!

Thanks for the couscous ideas! I think I’m going to make a combination of several recipes suggested, but I’ll let you know! My plan is to bring it to a Christmas “potluck” at work.

Fun In the Mail

I feel like I’ve hit the mail jackpot lately ; ) haha.  My new vegan bag I won, Angela’s package, and  today I came home to another one.

First up, the package from Angela …

We are fellow Trio bar lovers (99 cents … yes, please!) and we decided to do a trade since her grocery store carries the Tropical and Strawberry flavors while mine carriers the Cranberry and Blueberry flavors. Being the wonderful foodie friend she is, she not only sent Trio bars but tea and Trader Joe truffles … complete with a cute homemade Christmas card : )

I immediately dug into the truffles and tried one out … mmm!  I don’t have a TJs so the TJ love was appreciated, haha.

Business with Benefits

Okay, so we’re already seeing a wonderful benefit of the new small business we have embarked upon. A company called Love Street Living Foods sent us some possible products to see if we’d want to put them in our vending machines. 

While on the phone with them, my husband told them about my blog and they decided to send extra so I could review them here on Lesley Lifting Life. Thanks! : )

Here’s the loot …     The above fudge is even sweetened with agave nectar … I love that!

 

Anyone ever heard of wild jungle peanuts?? I tried them right away because they intrigued me!

 

Ahhhh … raw walnut butter, raw almond butter, raw macadamia butter and raw cashew butter? Ha, these are the perfect things to let me sample … they must know me!!

I have yet to use coconut butter in anything so I’m excited about that. In fact, I didn’t really even know there was a difference until now.

And last but not least in this wonderful loot,  100% raw vegan chocolate spread. Does that sound good or what? haha.

I can’t wait to try all of these products … they are right up my alley. You’ll see more of them in future posts :)

I love my life! I can’t wait to get our vending machines up and running. We started out with five machines. So far, we have four locations secured, 2 are in schools and 2 is in a huge ice arena. As soon as the fifth location is secured we’ll be getting the machines and getting started … I’m so excited to see how it goes!!

For now … I’m relaxing a little bit before bed and eating one of my favorite snacks.

Cottage cheese with apple slices, almonds, cinnamon and stevia …. perfect bedtime snack : )

What’s your favorite “before bed” snack?

 

-Lesley