Grocery Find: Frozen Greek Yogurt

I've heard people sing the praises of Greek yogurt, but when I tried it I found it way too tart for my tastes.  Too bad, since Greek yogurt has more protein than regular yogurt.  But my problem has been solved by this food find from Costco - Yasso Frozen Greek Yogurt bars!!!

What a treat during these crazy 100+ degree days that seem like they are never going to end!  And only 70 calories with 6 grams of protein and 15% of your daily recommended calcium.  The boxes at Costco contain both blueberry and strawberry flavor.

Check them out!!!

Because You Are Worth It

I am a fairly frugal person. I make good money, but I live well below my means. I drive a reliable but unremarkable car. I own a modest home. I am not in anyway extravagant. But I have finally decided that some things are just worth spending the money on, especially if they are going to make my life better. There is no point to my working so hard and earning a good salary if I am not going to spend some of it to make my life better. So here are some things I have started spending more money:

From Whole Foods:

• A big family-sized delicious salad of dark greens, strawberries, mandarin oranges, blueberries, and walnuts to keep in the fridge at work and eat on all week for lunch instead of fast food.
• A tray of pre-cut fruits for snacking - strawberries, kiwi, grapes, pineapple.
• Some pre-cut carrot sticks and cucumber slices for easy snacking.

Yep, this all cost a more than if I had bought everything separately and prepped it myself. But I just don't have the time right now so it is worth it to me to spend the extra money if it helps me to eat more healthfully during the week. Besides, all this cost me not much more than a week's worth of trips to the drive-thru.

At home:

• Set up bottled water delivery service for my home. It's really no more costly than buying water at the store and lugging it home. I never seem to bother with that so I had been drinking way too many diet sodes because our city water tastes yucky.
• Am interviewing cleaning ladies. I used to have one and got rid of her because she was doing a half-assed job and therefore I thought it was a waste of money. I thought I could do it myself, but it turns out I can't. I just do not have the time. So I am in search of a really good cleaning service to help me keep my home clean and orderly so it can be the haven of peace and rest that a home should be.

What about you? Is there anything you can be doing for yourself that you are not? You are worth it too!

Grocery Find: Birdseye Steamfresh Brown Rice

This is my latest grocery store find that has been helping me with quick and easy preparations of healthy meals when I am pressed for time. New from Birdseye is BROWN rice is their Steamfresh packaging. I have seen white rice this way but this is the first time I have found brown rice. These have been a Godsend. Now I can have healthy brown rice in 4 minutes and I don't even have to get a pot dirty! Now THAT is what I call convenient. I have been using these as an easy side dish and I have added the rice to homemade soups and other recipes that call for cooked rice. I'm down to my last package and I definitely plan to buy more!

Grocery Find: Orowheat Double Fiber Mini-Loaf

This may be old news, but it is new news to me. The other day in the bread aisle I discovered Orowheat Double Fiber Mini-Loaf. It's basically a half loaf of bread which is terrific for those of us buying groceries for one. I can't tell you how many half-loaves of bread I have thrown out. Or worse, how many slices of bread I have toasted and slathered with peanut butter so as not to "waste" the bread that was going to get stale. Yay Orowheat!