Whole Foods Haul

If you managed to start reading this post despite the title…thank you!!

I wouldn’t usually blog about my Whole Foods trip (although when I finally make it over to visit our brand new Trader Joes…watchout!), but I was pretty excited with a few of my finds.

Exciting find #1…Kabocha squash. Whosawhatsit?! You may have heard of this squash before, but I hadn’t until I read about it about a year ago on Stuft Mama‘s blog. (She is a kabocha squash fanatic!) After reading about how much she loved it, I starting googling and found that quite a few people shared her sentiments. I wanted desperately to try it, but I could never find it in the store. Fast forward to yesterday…I was browsing around in WF and there they were…kabocha’s!! Right next to my beloved spaghetti squash! It was like I struck gold! I was uber excited to have finally found the elusive winter squash. Actually, I probably should have been a little embarrassed by how excited I was to find it, but whatevs…I’m a dork. I own it.

Our dinner was kind of up in the air last night so yep, it was kabocha for dinner for me! I just put some coconut oil, salt and pepper on it and then roasted it. Verdict: Not amazing, but not bad either. I need to try again. I don’t know what good kabocha is supposed to taste like and I was so worried about over cooking it that I don’t think I cooked it enough. It definitely had potential! It was slightly sweet with a potato like consistency. I will fo sho be trying it again. Actually, Stuft Mama eats it with nut butter so I’m thinking I might try the leftovers sweetened up and eat it like a warm dessert!

Exciting find #2…Glutino Gluten Free Peppermint Yogurt Covered pretzels!!  OMG. These things are delicious without the peppermint, but I’m definitely a sucker for the peppermint flavored foods! We’ve already torn into them and just as I suspected…they are amazeballs!

 

Good news for you non gluten free fans…WF had their 365 brand of peppermint yogurt covered pretzels for $2.99 and they were BOGO! Say what?! Yes, go getchu some RIGHT NOW!

Exciting find #3…Essential Oil Diffusers! I didn’t buy one today, but I took pics so I could look them up online and see what the reviews were like. They had a couple travel diffusers, but I’ll likely buy the Young Living ones because they look nicer to me. The full size diffusers they had looked sleeker and more modern than the YL ones though. Don’t get me wrong, I love my YL home diffuser, but I like having local options. They weren’t all that much cheaper than the YL ones though so if they don’t get good reviews, I’ll just stick with what I know.

K, the rest of my shopping trip wasn’t all that exciting. I bought a big bottle of the honey I like, some more Toms sls free toothpaste (why is this one so hard to find?!), a bigger jar of coconut oil (more diy EO projects), kombocha gingerade (trying a new flavor), gluten free stuffing mix (had to buy it now or I’d forget about it) and some Bragg ACV. Lots of people tout the healing benefits of ACV so I figured I’d try to incorporate it into my diet again. I remember it being pretty awful so I need to get creative with it.

What’s everyone’s plans for the weekend? Anything exciting? We have a 4 day weekend, but unfortunately at least half is going to be spent on science fair projects. 🙁 I can’t even describe how much I loathe science fair. It is literally the bane of my existence!