Tasty Travels + a Giveaway!

Hellooo, beauties! Call me crazy, but is anyone else super-nutzo excited about spring?? Winter has drained me completely and I am starved for some vitamin D right about now. Oh, and I just bought a really nice spring jacket from H&M and I haven?t been able to wear it yet.

I think my priorities are in line, non?

[[ Aaand I just realized it looks like there's a dollop of hummus on my oats :\ Hummus oats these are not - Carrot Cake Oats made a triumphant return to my morning! And that dollop atop? Just some coconut cream cheese frosting, no big deal. These were old fashioned oats cooked in ginger tea + unsweetened soy milk, with carrot, pumpkin, craisins and pecans. Yes, plz ]]

And what better way is there to start-off spring (because having the ?official? start to spring in March, when it?s still cold and snowy seems like a tease) than with a giveaway?? The lovely Erica over at Larabar is offering two readers, one Canadian and one US (sorry other international friends L) a chance to win a whole box of delicious, nutritious Larabars!!!

The Canadian reader is up to win a box of (my personal fave), Peanut Butter Larabars (aka Beurre d?Arachide, en Francais).

(This photo was provided by Erica @ Larabar, but how funny that I own those same exact Canada gloves and would definitely have used them in my picture as well!!)

My lovely US reader has a chance to win a full box of (my third favourite ? after PB and Cherry Pie ;) ) Apple Pie Larabars!!!

How to enter: leave me a comment on this post, indicating your given country, and telling me what you?re most excited about this coming spring! (Sorry about the boring question ? I?m just super-crazy-insane excited about the warmer weather!!)

Bonus optional entry: Link this post back on your own blog! And leave me a comment (with your country of origin, por favor) telling me you?ve done so!

You have until Saturday, April 9th to enter! I will draw two lucky winners than evening.

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Apart from shielding myself from the cold beneath layers and layers of sweatshirts, and anxiously anticipating the return of warmer weather, this winter hasn?t actually been all bad.

I took a trip to La Belle Provence (aka Quebec) over reading week, and enjoyed some traditional Quebecois cusine:

[[ Mixed berry-banana crepe drizzled with caramel and dusted with powdered sugar... I almost forgot to take a picture, hence the bite in the bottom-left-hand corner ;) ]]

[[ My half-eaten, medium-sized poutine. For you non-Canucks: poutine = fries + cheese curds + gravy. There was much of this consumed on my trip ;) ]]

What can I say…when in Rome ;)

You?ll also recall I got an online gift card from CSN Stores last month? well I received my selected item (while in Quebec over reading week, actually!)?

I picked this handmixer! Funny thing is ? I?ve been so busy with school and work, I haven?t tried it yet! :S I need to get on that ? I think I could use a batch of chocolate chip cookies ;)

And, natch, I?ve been enjoying lots and lots and lots of yummy eats. Pour example:

[[ Cheezy-stuffed red peppers: stuffed with a bean/TVP mix with veggies and naturally, nooch ]]

[[ I'd always had my Kashi Cinnamon Harvest cereal with yoghurt, but it was only after seeing a Mini Wheats commercial that it occured to me to have them hot - in warm soy milk! So. Good. The milk got all cinnamon-y and delicious!! ]]

[[ Lentil lovin'. Lentils cooked my favourite way, with shroomies, carrots, tomatoes and some unpictured sweet tater fries. Check out my lentil tutorial for how to cook lentils from scratch! ]]

Well I?m off to work for the day! Remember to enter my giveaway!!!