Burrito, Burrito!

Afternoon! I hope your Sunday is going well.  Ours has been very relaxing.  Ryan and I skipped church, and instead took the dogs on a nice 4 mile walk.  It’s a gorgeous day outside—it would have been a shame to spend it indoors

By the time we got back to the house, my parents had just gotten back from church, and we were all ready for some lunch!

For my lunch, I headed south of the border.  I heated up a Morningstar veggie burger and crumbled it into an Ezekiel wrap, along with some guacamole and black beans (Ryan and my parents made Mexican food for their dinner last night while I was away with the girls), all topped with some Follow Your Heart cheddar.  I think I like the cheddar even better than the mozzarella.  Again, I don’t think I would just eat it plain or on a cracker, but melted into a big fat burrito, it tasted pretty good!  My mom put some in her lunch as well, and she said she liked it! 

Burrito:

Stuffed with mixed greens and rolled up tight:

After lunch, I snacked on some new cookies that I got at our natural foods store yesterday.  Actually, they call them “super cookies” on the bag, but I would say they’re closer to a mix between a cracker and a cookie. 

The brand is Go Raw, and the cookies are: raw, vegan, certified organic, wheat/gluten free, and nut free. We got three different flavors, and I tried two today: original and chocolate.

You know, I’m a huge chocolate fan, but I actually liked the original flavor better than the chocolate with these.  The original had a great coconut flavor that worked well with the crispness of the cookie (cracker?).  The chocolate ones were good too, but the cocoa-flavor was slightly underwhelming.  I don’t think I would have known that they were supposed to be chocolate-flavored if it didn’t say so on the package.  Still, both kinds were good!

The nutritional stats on both are pretty comparable.  Each bag has three servings, with around 150 calories per serving.  The original has slightly more fat than the chocolate (9 and 8 grams, respectively), slightly more protein (3 and 2 grams), slightly less carbohydrates (15 and 17 grams), and slightly less sugar (5 and 6 grams).  Both have 4 grams of fiber per serving. 

These are definitely not going to replace chocolate chip cookies any day soon, but for a sweet, healthy snack, they’re a good option to have!  We also got some savory pumpkin seeds ones, so I’ll let you know how those turn out when I taste them.

Hope your day is off to a good start! See you tonight for dinner!