Spiced Pumpkin Butter Granola

Spiced Pumpkin Butter Granola

In Partnership with – Sprouts Farmers Market. A few weeks ago, Sprouts Farmers Market coordinated a trip for a few Colorado Bloggers to visit Bobo’s.  My Colorado blogging friend Karissa recently posted about the entire tour and you can read all about it on her blog here.  To say that the tour was inspiring would be an understatement.  Touring Bobo’s also included a hands on “playtime” to create our own Bobo bars and I must say it was a real treat. Not only did the team at Bobo’s bake our individual bars for us, they even shipped them to us. If …

Healthier Crunchy Homemade Granola

healthy crunchy granola

The morning is abuzz with frantic activity. Everyone is up and about and doing something. There is music floating from one room and the sounds of off key singing, unbeknownst to the singer, trailing from another shower. The almost rushed activity of last minute course material is being stuffed into an already full backpack. The coffee machine chimes in with a jingle and wafts aromas of the nectar that is going to save your sanity. As you watch and hear this unfold, you have frantic thoughts of your own. You need to make sure everyone gets something nutritious and quick …

Chocolate and Red Current Oatmeal with Cholaca Chocolate

Chocolate and Red Current Oatmeal

Sprouts Farmers Market   invited  Colorado bloggers to visit Cholaca headquarters here in Colorado. To be honest I was a bit curious to visit the company and taste test the chocolate and hear about their story. Now, those who know me do know that I tend to get a bit snobbish about chocolate. Guys! I am not a snob! It is just that I have had my fair share of chocolates that were just candy. Let’s not name names, but we know that most of our grocery stores have those lined up in the “candy” section. So a good quality chocolate that …

Mango Oats Smoothie

The scent of cardamom, creamy milk, delicious honey make this mango oats smoothie a real breakfast treat. Grab and go.