Love Of Oats

A blog dedicated to balancing a healthy and fun life… with oats!

Guilty Pleasure

I finally lost the stuffed-to-capacity feeling at around 3pm, after a cup of Tazo Zen, so I decided to try out my new find @ Target… THE CLIF MINI BARS… I picked these up on Sunday and was somewhat skeptical, just because of the bad reaction I had to the mini Luna bars… I don’t know why I was skeptical because I love Cliff bars… I could eat them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner… Now, onto the review… these were all around P.E.R.F.E.C.T!  There’s no other words… it was so nice not to have to open a bar, break it in half, and tape the rest of the package up!  Plus it was 100 calories vs. 120-140 for half a normal Clif bar (granted it is a bit smaller)… I had the crunchy peanut butter flavor and savored it, I can’t wait to try the other flavors, even though I know they will all be yummy since they taste exactly like the full-size bars…  Mmmm mmmm mmmm…

Ok now I will stop obsessing about Clif bars because I’m sure I’m probably scaring some of you out there!

Dinner was a change… We had to drop off another car at the shop (my brother’s needs to be fixed before he comes home from college), so it was a quick dinner for us… We had the frozen California Pizza Kitchen Garlic Chicken pizza… CPK is a guilty pleasure for me and reminds me of our last two summer trips with our friends to Jamaica & Punta Cana (because we always got the bbq chicken pizza from the airpoints)… I liked this pizza, but it wasn’t nearly as good as the bbq chicken pizza…

After dinner I went for an hour long walk… I was going to head to the gym, but it seemed like a nice day weather-wise, so I figured I should take advantage of it… The walk was nice, it was a little brisk though… I pretty much powerwalked through the entire thing… my neighbors may think I was weird because I was definitely pumping my arms ;)

Hope you all enjoy your night!  I am planning on finally watching last Thursday’s LOST episode – since all my schoolwork is DONEEEEEEEE!

Category: dinner, snack
  • Meghann says:

    I LOVE California Pizza Kitchen, that is defiantely one of my guilty pleasures. Lately I have been trying the Kasi pizza for a bit mroe fiber content, its not quite as good as CPK, but still pizza therefore DELICIOUS!

    April 30, 2008 at 10:47 am
  • lindzakins921 says:

    Jill ~ I agree, these are definitely the best (and only ones I will eat!) ;) Great job on finishing up school!

    VeggieGirl ~ Oooo I’ll have to try that pizza! Haha, I’ve been made fun of / teased before, but I think at least I will have toned arms while everyone else is laughing ;) Ooo, catch up on LOST so we can chat about it haha…

    ChocolateCoveredVegan + Chandra ~ There are new Z bar flavors???!!! YAY for that ;) I found the Clif mini’s in Target! DELISH!

    Cassie ~ That is an awesome idea!!!!

    Jenn ~ HEHE, sorry for making you crave it, but it is so good, isn’t it?!

    Ashley ~ Mmm, that sounds almost like a banana-strawberry smoothie w/o ice! I only had FAGE plain before but I should try it w/ fruit ;)

    MizFit ~ I hope they come to your area, soon!

    Betsy ~ Well, if they are in my area, they should be in your area soon, since it’s not too far away… Hope you get to have them soon… LOST was AWESOME… I am pumped for this week’s episode… I don’t even know what to make of a lot of the things that happened, but it was definitely eye opening!

    April 30, 2008 at 6:03 am
  • Betsy says:

    i NEED to find mini clif bars!!! i loooove regular clif bars, but i agree, the are always too big. the only time i eat a whole one is before a long run. the mini ones would be PERFECT for other times!

    last weeks episode was SOO GOOD!! and kinda crazy. and mind-boggling. tell me what you think after you watch it!

    April 30, 2008 at 5:45 am
  • MizFit says:

    I CANT FIND THOSE….yet :)

    April 30, 2008 at 5:39 am
  • ashley says:

    I just found/created/ate the best snack EVER! Fage with cut-up banana and strawberries mized all together. In a to-go container, of course.

    =)

    April 29, 2008 at 9:58 pm
  • Jenn says:

    OH MY how I LOVE CPK’s Barbecue Chicken Pizza — seriously, you have made me crave it more than I’ve craved anything in a long time just by saying those three words! Well I’m just going to have to go there now…

    I’m also going to have to try those mini Clif bars if I find them :)

    April 29, 2008 at 9:52 pm
  • Cassie says:

    Haha no worries I am addicted to the mini clif bars too! I had one as a pre-workout snack and couldn’t help myself at night and ate a half of the chocolate brownie flavor for dessert with vanilla ice cream! YUM tasted like a brownie sundae – but mych better for you of course.

    April 29, 2008 at 9:18 pm
  • chandra says:

    I haven’t seen the mini-clifs yet, but I’m excited to get them!! I’m obessed with clif bars as well!!

    April 29, 2008 at 8:12 pm
  • ChocolateCoveredVegan says:

    What?! Clif is making mini bars now??? I am just as scarily excited as you!!!!!!! I heard about the new Z bar flavors due out this fall, and I also heard about Luna minis, but I didn’t know about mini Clifs… I want to find them NOW!!!

    Now you have ME obsessing!

    April 29, 2008 at 7:32 pm
  • VeggieGirl says:

    That Clif mini-bar is so cute!

    I love the CPK vegetarian pizza (sans cheese, of course), and their pastas – yum! Now I want to go there, haha.

    I’m always afraid that people are watching me when I power-walk – you’re brave for pumping your arms, haha :0)

    Hooray for no schoolwork!! Enjoy!! Ahh, but don’t spoil ‘Lost’ – my family and I are 4 EPISODES BEHIND (eek, I know).

    April 29, 2008 at 7:20 pm
  • Jill says:

    There’s like a mini-bar trend going around! However, I think these ones, over the balance and luna versions, would be the ones I would go for!

    YOUR DONE! I’m on my last paragraph and then I’m done! WE ROCK.

    April 29, 2008 at 7:19 pm

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