Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Review - Mix My Granola

A big thanks to Raoul and his Mix My Granola team for letting me try their granola and for being patient as I get this review up! This past few weeks have been extremely busy with me finishing up school and going on vacation. I am still unpacking a little from moving back home, but at least now I only have one kitchen instead of two. I hated trying to figure out what ingredients and supplies I needed when visiting home for the weekend or a break.



Anyway, Mix My Granola is a terrfic concept because you get to pick what goes in your granola. No more picking out stuff you don't eat! There are some pre-mixes available if you simply can't decide or in a hurry to buy granola. First, you pick your granola base. I chose the organic granola, but you can also pick french vanilla granola, organic muesli, and low-fat granola. Some come with mix-ins already. The organic granola is just granola. Then the fun begins.


Your choices are dried cranberries, dried apples, dried strawberries, dried raspberries, banana chips, dried apricots, dried blueberries, dried mangos, dried melon slices, dried pineapple, dried cherries, dates, dried papaya, dried plums, raisins, goji berries, dried blackberries, almonds, peanuts, cashews, pecans, brazil nuts, pistachios, soy beans, walnuts, sesame seeds, pepitas, amaranth seeds, flax seeds, sunflower seeds, macadamia nuts, hazelnuts, hemp seeds, chia seeds, yogurt pretzels, sesame sticks, wasabi bears, gummy bears, jelly beans, rice crispies, oatbran flakes, honey smacks, coco shreds, choco espresso beans, peanut butter bites, candy corn, pomegranate cordials, chocolate raisins, tiramisu caramels, crystalized ginger, peanut MnMs, fruit loops, mini morsels, and cocoa crisp bites. Phew! Please don't tell me they don't have anything you like!



How the mix-ins work: you pick as many as you like as many times as you want. You pay per ounce of each ingredient you want. Shipping is a flat rate of $4.99, no matter how many containers you order. What's nice is you can name your mix for future reference and a personalized gift.



I decided to get dried apricots, dried papaya, sunflower seeds, pomegranate cordials, chocolate raisins, sesame seeds, and wasabi peas. The granola makes an excellent snack for vacation.

I definitely recommend Mix My Granola to all granola lovers. My favorite part is customizing your ingredients. How many sites let you do that?

Friday, May 1, 2009

Fly Away

"Angel carry me, oh so far away.
May my body never touch the ground.
And If I promise you that I'll be back someday,
will you set me free so I can fly away?"
- Fly Away by Sugarland

In case you haven't heard, I'm graduating tomorrow. Eek! Thanks to everyone who gave me well wishes and congrats so far. My professors and friends keep asking me what my plans are after graduation. Truth be told, find a job in video production. I don't have anything lined up, but I still have time. Right? RIGHT?

I won't be blogging probably for the next week or so because my graduation present is a trip with my dad to Nashville and Memphis. I know I'm crazy, but graduation is tomorrow, and we are leaving Sunday. Originally, we were going to leave Monday, but Kate Voegele is playing in Pittsburgh next Saturday, so I bumped our trip up a day so we would come home Friday instead of Saturday. I will be taking my laptop and using wireless internet at the hotels, so if there is time I will answer messages and comments.

To my TwDers - I will hopefully be back with the mango bread. I'm really upset I'm missing the tiramisu cake. Not sure if I'll have time to make the lemon tart because I'll be unpacking and settling back home. I sure do love lemon though.

I will leave you all with a video. The first half, imagine my dad saying "Murray, roll over. Roll over, Murray." At about 00:15, he goes "Carla is coming home Saturday." Sorry the lighting is so dark.