Friday, March 23, 2012

Oreo's Birthday Cake Cookies

Being a huge fan of Oreo's, I was excited to find out about their 100th birthday and even more excited about the prospect of trying their Limited Edition Birthday Cake Cookies with sprinkles in the filling!



I searched all of the grocery stores in my city to no avail. There were no birthday cake cookies to be found, although we found our way through a couple packages of Double Stuffs! Then one morning I stopped in a Food For Less grocery store across the street from my job and when I walked through the door, right in front of me was a whole display of Birthday Cake Cookies! I was so excited. I bought two packages and that day I finally got to try one... and was totally disappointed. The filling did not taste like regular Oreo filling with sprinkles added. It was actually just frosting flavored which changed the whole dynamic of the Oreo.

Ah well... I got to try them and now I can go back to lovin' good ol' Double Stuffs.


Friday, March 9, 2012

I'm NUTS for Orowheat's New Healthful Nutty Grain Bread... WOW!

I'm not certain when the Healthful line came out, but I grabbed a loaf of the Nutty Grain style to give it a try when I saw that it had 5 grams of protein AND 5 grams of fiber per slice! Healthy breads often taste like cardboard, but no! Not this one. I love it. It has great flavor, is soft and a sandwich made with two slices has more than a full serving of protein and more than a third of your daily fiber. That can't be beat.

I'm always trying to find foods with protein and it's hard, so this is a big help. I won't lie, there is a ton of carbs: 17 grams per slice, but the fiber and protein really help to offset that when you're trying to stick to a diabetic diet.

This style has nuts in it, including a trace of walnuts. I normally do not eat walnuts because I can get an unpleasant reaction, but this hasn't been a problem so far, so there must not be much in there. I am looking forward to trying the other styles.

I highly recommend this bread if you're looking for a healthy style wheat bread. YUM!