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Smarty Pants Good Gummies [Giveaway]

I’ve always been a bit fussy when it comes to vitamins. I steered away from the gummy kinds because most of the time they are loaded with high fructose corn syrup which I can’t have (nor do I wish to have). But then Smarty Pants gave me the opportunity to try their Women’s Complete Gummies, and my tune has changed!

Sweet Potato Bites Gummy Vitamins

The Women’s Complete Gummy not only is a complete multivitamin, but also has Omega 3 DHA and EPA fish oil, K2 for bone health and Folate for detox support. These gummies are also FREE of all artificial flavors and sweeteners, and contain no corn, soy or gluten, making them ideal for me and my food allergies. Throw in the fact that they are free of GMOs and taste great, and you’ve got a winner in my book.

Since I’ve been doing a lot more lifting and a lot less running lately, I’ve found these gummies to be the perfect complement to my breakfast post-workout. They give me a nice little boost for the rest of the day and I love knowing that I’m doing something good for my body.

Smarty Pants Vitamins Sweet Potato Bites

Ok, so now the fun part: one lucky winner will get to try their own set of Smarty Pants Gummies for themselves! Please fill out the form below to be entered to win your own set of gummy vitamins!

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Thank you to Fit Approach and Smarty Pants for providing me with the gummy vitamins and for hosting this awesome giveaway opportunity!

Ginger Glazed Salmon

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Remember a couple of months ago when I went to the Flavors of Aloha event at Tommy Bahama? At the end of our delicious meal we were each given the new Flavors of Aloha cookbook, and I finally decided to make the ginger glazed salmon recipe that I’ve had my eye on for weeks now (because, salmon). Not only was this recipe incredibly easy, it was delicious too!

The key to this recipe’s success is getting really good salmon. As I’ve mentioned before, I only get my fish at Santa Monica Seafood, and I always make a point to get sustainable wild fish. I hear it’s good for the synthesis of vitamins, and I lowkey hoped that one day I wouldn’t need my Proclear lenses. Lucky for me, Santa Monica Seafood happened to have some wild salmon on sale, so I jumped on it.

The original recipe in the Flavors of Aloha cookbook calls for hoisin sauce, but since I can’t have soy, I swapped in coconut aminos instead, which still yielded a tasty result. The rest of the ingredients included diced ginger, sake (or rice wine), green onion and garlic.

From start to finish this took roughly 20 minutes, making it the perfect meal to whip up during the week when you don’t want to spend a lot of time in the kitchen cooking.

We had our salmon with some roasted potatoes, but I think the wasabi mashed potatoes from the Flavors of Aloha cookbook would be a wonderful side to the ginger glazed salmon. And if you don’t like salmon, try it with ahi, halibut or even sea bass.

Ginger Glazed Salmon (serves 2, from the Flavors of Aloha Cookbook)

Ingredients:

2 salmon filets

1/4 cup coconut aminos

2 tbsp sake

2 tbsp chopped green onion

2 tbsp diced ginger

1 garlic clove, smashed

Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Set your oven to a broil setting. Place your salmon filets skin side up on a baking sheet.

In a small bowl, mix your ginger glaze and set aside.

Place salmon in the oven for 2-3 minutes. Remove from the oven and flip over. Add the ginger glaze to your fish and place back in the oven for another 4-5 minutes.

If you want your salmon cooked a little further, I recommend keeping in the oven for another couple of minutes otherwise remove from the oven, eat and enjoy!

Nakd Bars

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When we were preparing for our trip to Europe last month, I made sure to pack all the snacks and paleo bars to get us through the 10 days we would be there. But what I didn’t account for is the fact that I literally would not be able to eat anything on the flight over and that we would find ourselves in France on a National Holiday when everything was closed. So needless to say, by the time we got to London, my trusty bag of snacks was gone. Enter Nakd Bars.

One of the things the Englishman and I love to do when we travel is visit grocery stores. In France, we spent a significant time in Carrefour and as soon as we arrived in London, we made a beeline for Tesco to stock up on goods for our Air BnB. I was looking for some grain-free bars to replenish my stash and stumbled upon Nakd Bars. Not only was the cheeky packaging great, the bars were made with minimal ingredients which is an automatic win in my book. Plus, they had all sorts of fun flavors like Rhubarb and Custard and Cocoa Orange.

And I have to say, these bars are quite delicious! They are lower in sugar than some of their American counterparts, and it was the perfect snack to keep me going through the remainder of our travels. In fact, I bought a few more to get me through the flight home, and Virgin Atlantic surprised me by having a Nakd Bar in one of our snack boxes (which was much appreciated since I had just watched the Englishman eat a tasty ice cream bar an hour earlier).

Naturally when I arrived home I immediately reached out to the Nakd Bars team to see if they had any distribution in the US. While the bars aren’t in stores, you can order them online….OR you can win a sampler pack for yourself right now!

The Nakd Bars team was kind enough to send me a box of bars to enjoy and are offering one lucky winner their own sampler box! This will include their more traditional gluten-free bars as well as some of their “crunch” bars with soy protein. And with so many delicious flavors offered, chances are you’ll fall in love with the bars as fast as I did. Word on the street is there’s a new Bakewell Tart flavor I can’t wait to try!