Simple Harvest Review

I was pleasantly surprised to arrive home yesterday afternoon to a large package of goodies.

Ever since I started seeing Quaker’s Spa Package giveaways popping up around the blog world I became an avid stalker of the said blogs commenting to enter any one I could. Last week I let out a little squeal when Jenn from Eating Bender let me know I had won one of the coveted packages.

Inside was a beautiful plush Robe, Slippers, and two boxed of Quaker’s Simple Harvest Bars to sample.

I decided to have one today as my mi-morning snack to test out.

Though the ingredient list was less then stellar, I was pleasantly surprised I could actually pronounce the majority of its contents. This gave me hope.

Upon first bite it tasted like any other granola bar – not too sweet, a decent mix of crunchy/ chewy texture and the pieces of dried fruit were very mild, not too overwelming of taste. I very much enjoyed the good size chunks of chocolate that made certain bites better then others.

Overall, I give this bar a good ole thumbs up. I don’t think I would actually buy this bar in the store as I really don’t tend to buy granola bars other then Kashi for some reason, but I will happily eat and enjoy the rest of the bars I received.

I hate to say it, but its my unintentional day three of left overs for lunch. Now, let’s review left overs make great Pita Stuffers, Salad Toppers, and now Desconstructed Meals of what they once were. Case in point below.

As I was coring the Orange Tomatoes last night to prepare for the stuffing, I ended up with a lot of perfectly good tomato inners. Not one to waste good food I put the orange loveliness into a container to save for today.

I used the tomato insides almost as a spread on a piece of toast then melted a piece of Swiss Cheese on top under the broiler.

The open face Tomato & Cheese sammy ended up being the perfect way to enjoy the tomato left overs. The flavor was right and I loved the mix of the warm tomato and gooey melted cheese.

Next up I also had some left over of the Ground Turkey Filling that I just ate plain on the plate.

And the rest of my Steamed Broccoli.

I took the original concept of my dinner last night with the Stuffed Tomatoes and using the exact same components  deconstructed it to a fabulous, new lunch. Delish!