gO gO gOjI!

Published on 06/02/10

by Brittany Dixon | 8 Comments

Am I the only one that find it easier to wake up in the morning if I know I have a knew breakfast awaiting me? ::crickets chirping:: 😉 Well I haven’t had cereal in forever and was looking forward to enjoying a bowl of a new kind I picked up...

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For those that are new to goji berries, let me introduce you. Goji berries (also called wolfberries) are berries (duh) that grow in China, Mongolia and the Himalayas. They are red and usually shriveled (think red and raisin-like). Gojis are rich in antioxidants and have been used for 6000+ years to do the following:

protect the liver
help eyesight
improve sexual function and fertility
strengthen the legs (not sure how it does this, but oh well ;))
boost immune function
improve circulation
promote longevity

There has even been a study showing that cancer patients responded better to their treatment when goji berries were in their diet. So is goji the newest superfood? Yup, but I’m not counting on it to make me super human or anything.

Back to my new cereal… I was a little disappointed when I poured myself a bowl (1 c). I thought I’d see actual goji berries, but no color popped up from the rather dull light tan flakes. However while reading the box I was impressed with all the goodness in the cereal: oats, barley, spelt, amaranth, quinoa, an antioxidant-rich blend of goji berries and green tea with chia seed and natural Indian gooseberry, and made with zero GMO (genetically modified organisms). Plus, I could pronounce all the ingredients listed- SCORE.

I topped off the cereal with 1/2 c of almond milk and a 1/2 tbsp pf PB & Co because… why not? 🙂

See… not as colorful as I would have liked. Maybe next time I’ll top it off with some berries. But the taste… YUMmmmm… the taste was delish! Sweet and crunchy and filling!

Again, I apologize for the poor picture quality… I need to charge the fancy camera stat. But I am thrilled about my new cereal for lazy breakfast days! Try it out and let me know what you think 😀

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Wow… so it’s on days like this where I think… I should just skip blogging today. I’ve been all over the place today, and so have my food choices. Oh well, it’s honest… even if it is a weird eating day:

Yup. That’s my snack. A leftover burger (made with antibiotic, grass fed beef) with mustard and ketchup (no HFCS… that’s good, right?! :))

After that snack, I was all over the place… everywhere but home. So lunch ended up being out. Since I had some appointments to attend to a few exits down, I was close by a Fresh Market… so I decided to treat myself to brown rice sushi… California Roll!

It was realllllly good, like always! I even grabbed a green packet of low sodium soy sauce to use instead of the red packet it comes with.

I am feeling pretty guilty over my lack of fruits and veggies today, so hopefully I’ll make up for some of it later. We’ll see! What an “off” day… ever have those?

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Again, I considered not blogging because dinner was weird, but for sake of consistency, I decided to go ahead and blog it. Hubbs is coming home late from work (should be home in about an hour), so I didn’t waste time fixing a dinner. Instead I steamed and ate a bag of “chinese” mixed vegetables. But there was no sauce on them, and I decided “steak house” vegetables sounded better, so I topped them off with a drizzle of A-1. Weird?

I also snacked on a few bites of leftover shrimp pasta and 3 olives.

I might have a few more olives before the night is over… but that’s it for the day! What a weird day. I have to get back to making real meals 🙂 Stay tuned!