So much for leaving at 4:30 PM like I had planned. I didn’t leave work until 5:45 PM and didn’t get home until nearly 6:30 PM. But, on the bright side, I did get a LOT done. It is really crunch time for me now (and for the next 5 weeks) so every hour of every day counts.
When I finally arrived home from work, I was just aching for something tasty. Well, I got my wish! My husband and made one of my favorite meals – linguini with homemade meat sauce!
I was so hungry that I actually had two servings (although they were small!).
Italian dinners like these always seem so comforting and just make your day seem so much better.
Aside from my fabulously yummy dinner, I had another surprise waiting for me at home – a full box of goodies from Cascadian Farm, makers of over 75 organic food products. This company has actually been around longer than I’ve been alive! I only just recently noticed their cereal products in the store, but never bought them because I hadn’t heard anything about them.
Well, the very nice folks at CF sent me several of their products to try, including their version raisin bran cereal, two kinds of granola, and two types of high fiber granola bars. That was great news to me because I have really been into fiber these days after reading the Full Plate Diet.
So after dinner, I tried one of the granola bars – the fiber right dark chocolate almond bar to be exact.
Doesn’t that description and flavor combination sound yummy? Well, when I tore open the bar I was pleasantly surprised to find that the bar was drizzled with dark chocolate which, by the way, had a very good taste – not too “organic”. The granola part of the bar was good, but nothing extraordinary. But, I’m very hard to please when it comes to granola/power bars. I’m a bit of a power bar snob I guess, and I haven’t had much luck with them lately.
As a whole, I thought this bar was definitely better than all three Odwalla bars I tried last week, but not as tasty as the LUNA bar. I would absolutely have this bar again, if not for the yummy chocolate drizzle, then for the 5 g of fiber (and only 130 calories) that this bar has!
Can’t wait to try the Dark Chocolate Almond Granola for breakfast!
I’m off to bed. I have the first of three staff training sessions tomorrow and I’m leading all of them! So, wish me luck!
Good luck tomorrow!
Awww, your husband is too sweet. His chunky sauce looks fantastic. Love the carrot addition to that meal.
Also, your running fact in the previous post is truly awesome!
I didn’t know Cascadian Farms had granola bars. I do love their cereal though!
Hello! I had a very similar looking dinner a couple of nights ago. There’s something just so comforting and heart warming about italian food! Also…belgian chocolate is incredible!!
That granola bar looks yummy. If you’re all about fiber, I am newly obsessed with the Kellogs FiberPlus bars. Also, FiberOne honey clusters cereal is amazing!
Yum this is one of my favorite dinners!! Your meat sauce looks awesome!