Saturday 25 October 2008

More pasta dishes, cupcakes and a fabulous box of treats!

I am such a creature of habit. I absolutely love pasta and never get bored of eating it several times per week! Therefore my dinners this week have not been too different from my usual fare!

Here is what I have been eating:


Veg spaghetti bolognaise made with soya mince and lots of chilli peppers:

Spag bol too but this time with pasta twists:

Soya 'chicken style' pieces in a basil sauce (bought not home made ; ) ) with spaghetti:


And now for the sweet stuff! Here is a picture of some cupcakes I took into work for a colleague's birthday. Someone even asked me for the recipe (and was very really surprised to find out they contained vinegar and no eggs!) Vegan baking is the best!




I was also lucky enough to receive a lovely package in the post yesterday. It was from natural balance foods (http://www.naturalbalancefoods.co.uk/) who make the yummy Nakd bars and Trek bars, both of which I adore.
They are also a hit with other bloggers living in England- Mi (http://wholefoodswholeme.wordpress.com/) and Peony (http://www.cosmicwild.blogspot.com/) have also blogged about their enjoyment of these products.
Anyway, I emailed the company to tell them how much I like their products and they were kind enough to send me a huge box of freebies in the post! I was so excited to receive the package and it even contained a hand written note from the company!

Here is the box of goodies:

Before opening.....


I was definitely ready to be happy- in fact happy is a major understatement!

After opening...

Contained in the box was:
3 Trek bars (flavours were Mixed Berry, Cocoa Brownie & Peanut & Oat)
3 Nakd bars (flavours were Berry Cheeky, Apple Pie & Cocoa Loco)
4 Nakd Nibbles (flavours were Berry Cheeky, Apple Pie, Cocoa Loco & Banana Bread)
3 Nakd Raisins- fruit juice soaked raisins (flavours were Cherry, Orange & Lemon)

All made from natural ingredients (fruit and nuts) and even better all totally vegan!

This box made my day! I am also in a great mood now because it is half-term at school so no full-time work for a week (although I am still working my other job- the library but I love that so it doesn't really seem like work!)

5 comments:

miho said...

thanks for the shout out! that is so good of them!!!! i'm so jealous! maybe i should do the same.. haha. i'm so sneaky ;) i do LOVE their stuff though, lovelove.

Joanna said...

you are like the pasta queen! your dinners make my dinners look like crap... or muffins haha i usually eat muffins for dinner just because i'm obsessed with them.

that was so cool of the company to send you all that food! i'm gonna start writing letters to companies now haha

Agnesss =) said...

HEY...!!

Like Joanna said!! You seem to be the pasta queen =DD

YAYYY for getting all the free GOODIES!!!!!!!! =))) Such a wonderful sample!! hah

Well,well...I'd be happy to see your comments on my blog...:))
Pls visit me!!

www.agnesworldofveganpleasures.blogspot.com

Enjoy the weekend!!

peony in a nutshell said...

i swear all your dindins make me well hungry :D ana wowe i didnt kno they did rasins, will well have to look out for them.
updating tomorrow btw ;D eventualy lol xx

ChocolateCoveredVegan said...

Yay for pasta! I had some last night!