For me, a key element to snacking is what you eat from. I’m a nightmare for crockery; from the cute melamine, to pretty china. I can spend hours looking for a new bowl, plate or the (and this is important) perfectly shaped and sized spoon…

From top to bottom, my current lustings include, but are not limited to…

1. Cath Kidston dessert plates. Despite already owning far too many Cath Kidston plates. I just love the size of these, perfect for everything from toast to cake.

2. RICE Melamine Spoons. I like small spoons. In pretty colours. Fact.

3. Cute little snack pots from dotcomgiftshop. My snack transportation is a source of envy at work. These need to be added to my vast collection. Really.

4 and 5. I am head over heels for the Word range from Keith Brymer Jones, especially the bowl mugs and “eat” side plate. Just fabulous.

6. C’est la vie bowl from Urban Outfitters. I own about twenty bowls, which is so far the only reason I am yet to purchase this. If it ever goes in the sale then I don’t think I’ll be able to hold back!

What do eat from?
Any secret shops to share?
Do you have an ideal spoon?

xxx

Mulebar may not be the most attractive of names, but in the spirit of not judging a book by it’s cover, I  was excited when this box of samples for review dropped through my letter box at the end of last week.

Dedicated to 100% Natural (and tasty) Ingredients, Mulebar are the makers of energy providing bars perfect for work, play and everything in between.

You can’t help but notice these bars, the packaging is BOLD! I received a selection of the original fuel bars; in strudel (organic apple and cinnamon), summer pudding (raspberry, cranberry and blackcurrant), hunza nut (fairtrade organic apricot and walnut), chocolate fig fiesta (take a guess!) and pina colada (pineapple, coconut and goji berry).

These bars aren’t light on the calorie front, ranging from around 190, through to just over 250 but they are so energy dense and good for you…not to mention delicious that I can’t fault them. Mule bars have been associated with top athletes; which I am not, but they fit perfectly in to my lifestyle too, a portable and nutritionally sound snack for long afternoons at work or a hard day browsing the shops.

My favourite?

Chocolate + figs = two of my favourite things combined! Pina Colada was a close runner up!

Also in the box were the re-fuel recovery bars. As previously mentioned, I am no athlete, or particularly active so I can’t vouch for the effectiveness of these, but with impressive amounts of protein and really, really gorgeous flavours; Chocolate Banana and Chocolate Date these made a great pre-bed snack on my weight gain mission, and a refreshing change to artificial tasting protein bars I have tried in the past!

Also included were samples of the NEW Kicks which I haven’t tried. These I feel really are for the sporty among us and for that reason, if anyone here feels they would benefit from these then please leave a comment on this post and I will draw a recipient on Wednesday using random.org.

Just make sure you leave a way for me to contact you!

You’ll find Mule products on their website, which also has a handy list of online and actual shop stockists.

Anyone here tried Mule bars before? What did you think? I’m really  curious to track down and try the liquorice flavour bar!

What are your favourite nutritionally dense (and er, calorie dense) snacks? Girl needs ideas!

Have a good weekend!
Many thanks to Mule for the samples. I love you!
xxx

ALSO, big exciting news for UK Bloggers

The genius that is Hayles (a.k.a. my London travelling companion, fellow gin and wasabi pea lover and all round good egg) has created the…

UK BLOGGERS MAP

Basically, if you are a blogger and are in the UK, add yourself to this wonder. Don’t question it. Just do it.

When I was a child, chocolate cereals were reserved for treats. Now I’m a grown up, I can eat them as often as I like…and trust me, that’s often! I have a bit of an obsession with sweet cereals; golden grahams, sugar puffs, cocoa pops, lucky charms if I can afford to pay the crazy import prices…

Browsing around online, as you do, I cam across Mornflake and their range of cereals; what really drew me in was their current competition to win a walk on part in Shrek the Musical (I do love that green Ogre) so I sent a quick e-mail to find out more and received a swift response asking me to pick a cereal to sample to review for Snacking Saturday!

I could have gone for something virtuous like oatbran, muesli or porridge (porridge being my staple breakfast) but as soon as I set eyes on the Chocolatey squares I knew they had to be mine.

(that’s only about half of what I put in my bowl!)

Despite being a cereal aimed at children, and being chocolate based, this wasn’t too sweet nor sickly. I’ve been working my way through a box as snacks, rather than breakfast and find it perfect for picking at when I’m at work or sitting at my desk.
You’ll find the cereal available in supermarkets (currently Morrisons and Sainsburys and fingers crossed for Asda and Tesco soon) if you want to try it for yourself (I recommend you do!) Next on my list is the Chocolatey Checkers and the Golden Syrup Oats. This sweet tooth is insatiable!

Have you tried this cereal?
Are you a fellow sugar fiend?
What, if anything would you like to see on Snacking Saturday in the future?

Stay tuned for a giveaway this weekend too!

xxx

It’s been a funny week. A really funny week. My thoughts are with Norway, the friends and family of Amy Winehouse and the family and anyone who knew Kerri; a friend who passed away recently.


Here are some of this week’s highlights…

– Seeing my two bestest friends, Becca and Trudi.
– Not having to work and finally catching up with myself.
– Epic, long awaited shopping trip with Trudi, in Bath, one of my favourite places.
– My family. Enough said.
– Being alive.

I am also thankful for Gin in a Tin, new makeup and brightly coloured parcels in the post.

The Shit List this week goes to…

-The weather…gone were my chances of a week in the garden, although this weekend has gone some way to appease that and I am off to the seaside today.
– Having to face up to a few harsh truths.
– The shops being full of the scrag ends of sale stock/Autumn clothes and not much that is suitable for now.
– It’s still a week to payday.
– Aforementioned tragedies and the attitudes of people in general.
– Being booted out of bed on a Sunday morning by a cat with serious wind issues AND muddy paws.

Highs/Lows this week?

…don’t worry, things WILL get better

xxx