Adora Calcium Chocolates

Thanks so much to Evelyn from Adora.  She sent a small package of calcium chocolates for me to review on the blog!

These tasty little chocolate disks are no ordinary indulgence.  At 30 calories per piece, they come in rich dark or creamy milk chocolate and provide 500mg (50% DV) Calcium, 40mcg (50% DV) Vitamin K, and 100 IU (25% DV) Vitamin D!

 

heavenly little disks.

I’ve been seriously “CRAVING MY CALCIUM” these days.  The milk & dark chocolates are also a great source of antioxidants!  The calcium that they contain is even USP certified, with minimal added sugars.  Not to mention, they are completely deeeelish and melt in your mouth.  Literally. 

They’re GREAT for whipping up healthy snacks like my chocolate stuffed banana!  They melted in the microwave just like baking chocolate!

Chocolate & banana...mmmmm.

Or, instead of hitting up the candy dish at work, bring your own supply of sinless chocolates from Adora to share with the office (or secretly stash in your desk drawer) and feel good about getting the nutrients from your treat!

I learned SO much on the Adora website about my calcium needs, absorbtion, and bone basics.  I never realized that I should be taking in 1000 mg calcium per day!  I know I’m not getting that daily, so I’ve got the perfect solution!  MORE CHOCOLATE.  Who could argue?

You can find a retailer near you, or simply order them online!  I don’t care how you do it, just DO IT!

EasiYo Homemade Yogurt

Thanks to Sandra from EasiYo, I got to experience, first hand, the joys and benefits of homemade yogurt making! 

I’ve gotta say, there truly is nothing like freshly made yogurt with live lactic cultures to provide absorbable nutrients! 

Not only does this stuff turn out totally rich & creamy EVERYtime, but it is also a piece of cake to make! 

Step 1: Fill half of the jar with cold water and then empty a powdered yogurt sachet into it and mix it together.

Dump.

Step 2: Fill up the yogurt maker outer container with boiling water until it reaches the top of the red inner holder.

Like so.

Step 3: Place the jar of water & yogurt powder mixed into the holder, screw on the lid of the thermos-like holder.

 

Insert.

Step 4:  Let stand for 8-12 hours.

Waiting...

I learned that the longer you leave it sit, the thicker and more creamy it will turn out! 

Strawberry yum!

I thought it was really cool that these yogurts come in so many different varieties!  They’ve got “Family Yogurt”, “Low-fat Yogurt”, “Probiotic Yogurt”, “Specialty Yogurt”, “Drinking Yogurt”, “Ice-Cream Mixes”, and ”Real Fruit Squirts” (for flavoring the plain).

Each variety has several neat flavors as well!  I was able to try the Natural, Boysenberry, Apricot, Strawberry, Unsweetened Organic, and Greek Yogurts!

I think my strawberry batch came out the best, though!  It was deliciously thick, had an outstanding taste, and was very nutritious! 

Speaking of nutrients, let’s see how this stuff measures up!

I’d have to say that the Unsweetened Organic was probably the winner, due to the 70 calories and 3.6g of protein.  Check out the ingredients list:

Ingredients
Pasteurised Organically Produced whole milk solids* (98%) from free range cows, live lactic cultures (l.bulgaricus, s.thermophilus, l.acidophilus, bifidobacteria, l.casei).
*contains natural lecithin derived from soybean.

More impressive than calories and proteins, this yogurt is a probiotic version.  Meaning that it give a great dose of absorbable calcium, and contains special lactic bacteria cultures (acidophilus, bifidus and casei) that are normally and naturally found in the human intestine but can be depleted through stress, illness, aging, exertion, antibiotics, bad digestion or poor diet. 

 This fantastic little machine made it possible for me to whip up my own Greek Yogurt for creating dressings and dips as well, which was pretty neat, if I do say so myself   I felt like a pro, since it was so simple to make!  It came out so incredibly rich!  More so than any Greek yogurt I’ve ever bought in the grocery store!

I also loved that I could control the sweetness factors.  I could add splenda, sugar free syrups, or the flavor squirt fruits that were provided to make it as sweet or non/sweet as I’d like!

You can purchase these items online and have them delivered right to your door!

Spring In My Step.

VOD:

“This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.”- 1 John 4:9

Nothing gives me that extra edge quite like a Friday.  To be honest, this week wasn’t too awfully bad!  Last week was better, seeing as how we had off Monday and it FLEW by.  Plus, I got a new car…anddddddd there’s a new prospect on the table Still don’t know much about him, but I do know that he’s fun to talk to and we share a lot of common interests. 

Last night when I got home from work, I had a yummy YOGA bowl from Rush

soy milk/ff milk, green tea, mango, banana, pineapple, & organic hemp granola.

for some stationary biking fuel along with an Adora Calcium Chocolate stuffed nanner! 

Choco-nanner=heavenly.

Adora Calcium Chocolates are flipping awesome.  You’ve got to try them…and this combo?  Unbeatable.  I just cut a slit in the banana with the skin on, broke two Adora’s in half, stuffed them in the slit, and microwaved the whole thing for about 1 minute.  The chocolate came out all smooth and melty….mmmm.  Calcium never tasted so yummy!  Perfect workout fuel too, with complex carbs!

I drank some Powerade Zero (Strawberry) while I biked my little booty off for about 2 hours, while watching “Friends” episodes online, burning 650 calories.   I’ve had the theme song stuck in my head ever since…

I'll be there for you...

My Mom was leaving work and she called me to ask what I wanted for dinner since she was picking up the family some food at Red Robin.  I did some quick research on the website and experimented with the Nutrition Calculator.  I decided on the Garden Burger on a whole wheat bun with lettuce, tomato, onion, mushrooms, pickles, pineapple, and veggies on the side instead of fries   They hooked me up!

The pineapple came on the side & the veggies are in the container on the left.

Perfectly steamed broccoli, peppers, snap peas, and carrots!

nom, nom, nom.

It was perfect!   

I actually was still craving some veggies, so I added some from my own stash.

Cukes!

Around 8:30 I got snacky and decided on pumpkin yogurt for dessert.  I mixed some canned pumpkin with some Voskos & sprinkled it all with cinnamon.

yogumpkin. okay that's a lame name.

It was enjoyed while watching Nancy Drew with the little seester.

Be sure to check out this awesome giveaway Lauren is having of Chobani yogurt today, and Rhodey Girl is having a giveaway of these adorable ballet slippers called “Delicate Soles!”