Archives for July 2009

Has anyone ever had skyr?  Don’t worry, I had never heard of it either until I came across some in the grocery store yesterday!  And now I’m wondering where this has been all of my life!

What exactly is skyr you might be asking yourself right now?

It’s yogurt.  It’s traditional Icelandic yogurt to be exact.  It’s quite a bit like greek yogurt but there’s just a little something different to it.  One difference is it has a creamier texture.  It’s like melt in your mouth creamy!  It’s made with skim milk, so it’s naturally fat free.  It also kicks greek yogurts ass in the protein department.  It has 16 (that’s right!) grams of protein per serving!!

It also has waaay less sugar than the “regular” yogurts.  Have you ever looked on the back of a regular low fat yogurt?  They have upwards of 30 grams of SUGAR in them!  Now tell me is that healthy to have that much sugar in one serving?  Nope!!

Here is a quick glimpse of it’s stellar nutritionals and ingredients…

Anyway, the brand of skyr that I picked up is called Siggi’s.  I’m sure there are other brands as well, but this is the only brand they had in my store so that’s what I picked up.

Here’s their website if you’re interested.  It has a great story and they use milk from local farmers to make their yogurt!  They also use agave nectar to sweeten their flavored yogurts (not sugar), which is low glycemic and all natural.

So I picked up a couple of different flavors (I’m not big into the plain flavored yogurts, but if that’s your thing then they do have it).  I got blueberry and pomegranate & passion fruit. 

I decided to try the blueberry this morning.  Oh yummmm it was so good.  Creamy.  Sweet but still a bit tart.  Heaven!  After the first bite I decided to add some toppings.  I topped it with 2 T of this new granola…

Also some chia seeds (which I just got in the mail yesterday- but that’s a whole nother post)….

And some blueberries!

Look at this little cup of deliciousness!

If you ever come across any skyr I definitely encourage you to grab it!!

I don’t usually go for pancakes during the week, I usually save it for the weekends, but for some reason I really wanted pancakes when I woke up this morning!  Hubby definitely wasn’t complaining, lol!

I used this mix from WF.

It’s whole wheat, so the pancake is pretty dense, but REALLY good!

I topped my pancakes with a tiny drizzle of maple syrup, some strawberries, and some blueberries.

Delish!

Right now I am just relaxing on the couch watching some morning TV and digesting.  My life is so interesting right now, huh?   I promise it will get much more exciting in about a month. 

I’m skipping working out today.  I’m still sore from my workout with my trainer on Thursday and I work out with her again tomorrow so I feel like my body just needs to rest today.

I think I’m going to take a super hot bath!

See you for lunch!!

Brand spanking new Sarah Snacks coming soon!  I’m getting a fun blog makeover- it’s been a while in the making.  I’m very excited about it!  I’m hoping that over the course of the next year or so that my blog can transition into a place people can go to for answers, recipes, and general nutrition inspiration.  I’m really excited about working on becoming a Registered Dietician (one more month till school starts!) and I hope this site can become everything I hope!!

I’ll probably just be posting sporadically the next few days until I can pronounce the “grand opening”.

Nothing much going on round these parts- just working on transferring stuff over from my old laptop to the new one.  I’m waay too cheap to buy the transfer cable, so it may take a while! LOL

I’m so bored right now- I always thought it would be awesome to not have a job and to get to just hang around the house and stuff, but I’m going insane here!  It’s kindof bittersweet because on one hand I’m SO ready to get back to school that I wish the next month would just fly by, but on the OTHER hand I know I won’t be getting a summer off ever again once school starts.  And since I won’t ever be teaching again (thank God!) I won’t have summers off when I start my new job once I get done with school.  See my conundrum? 

I need a project besides going crazy.  I think once I get the new and improved blog going I will be busy with that for a while.  I just feel like I’ve gotten so LAZY over the last month or so!  I don’t want to do anything but lay around and read and watch TV.  It’s ridiculous!

Well, I’m about to head out to the gym to work out with my trainer.  Adios!

It didn’t last very long.  I hope it comes back tomorrow!

My afternoon was pretty uneventful.  The only thing I really got accomplished was to get my parking pass ordered for next year for school.  I also broke out my planner and added some things in.  And that’s about it!  Tomorrow is going to be much more productive, I’m going to yoga!

I decided on a quesadilla for lunch.  Oh it was sooo good!

I went back for seconds on the guac!  It was the pico de gallo style from wholly guacamole.  It was on sale at WF so I grabbed it.  It’s really good so I will def be getting it again!

On my quesadilla was black beans, some austrailian cheddar, onion, and bell pepper.

Along with the guac was a dollop of fage and my favorite salsa!

Then I had a handful of these a little later.  Cute lil guys!

Dinner tonight was a mismash of stuff.  Including the awesome peach salsa I picked up at WF!  These things don’t really seem like they would go together, but it all worked.  The brussel sprouts were an impulse buy, so I didn’t really have any plans for them.  I just threw them in cause I needed a veggie.  I grilled up the chicken and topped it with the peach salsa- it was perfect.  Served atop whole wheat couscous and roasted brussel sprouts on the side.

And dessert was strawberries and 1/2 banana.  Strawberries were on sale as well so  I grabbed a big thing of ‘em for $2.99!

And it’s past my bedtime now.  Nighty night!

It’s raining!  And it looks like it’s going to be raining for at least the next two days.  This is really good, it’s been so hot and dry the last couple of months.  The other good thing about the rain is that it’s downright “cold” today.  Well, Texas’ version of cold!  79*- brrrr! lol  So I’m planning on sticking around the house and have a nice lazy day.  Probably lots of reading and a little cleaning.

Since I’m lounging I had the perfect lounging day breakfast- a breakfast sammy!

My sammy:

• WW english muffin
• turkey sausage patty
• sprinkle of the Australian cheddar I got from WF this weekend
• egg white’

Yumm!

And lots of this!

I’m off to do some reading!  But I’ll be back for lunch!